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TimeTracker for Mac
This is a project which I took ownership of. It is hosted at Google Code.
It has these main features
- simple and clean UI
- easily record your time using project/task organization hierarchy
- timer that nags you when you have been idle
- CSV export
- system menu bar remembers list of recent tasks and allows quick start without activating the GUI
- comments!
- ability to edit and reassign entries to different tasks / projects (double click on a recording)
- prevent duplicate project / task names which can seriously screw up the database
- laptop standby mode detection
- filter your recordings by creating your own custom filters
Screenshots
The main window
Status bar quickstart menu
This project is open source and its source can be downloaded at
http://code.google.com/p/time-tracker-mac/source/checkout
To view it online, go to http://code.google.com/p/time-tracker-mac/source/browse/
Please also view always the most recent post in the TimeTracker category to be notified about new versions etc. Also you can subscribe to the TimeTracker category RSS feed.
FAQ
In case you have problems/questions please see the FAQ section on google code first.
I’ve just been testing several desktop time-tracking programs.
TimeLog, OfficeTime and Billings are prettier and might have more features but are more fiddly to use and eat CPU cycles. And the extra features are not of use to me. So, Time Tracker it is!
But, can I make a couple of feature requests?
1. This one’s easy, I think. I’d like to have a couple more Notes fields. I’m sure other people might use them differently but I just want to track a) where I did the job (on site or my office), and b) which car I used for travelling.
2. This one might be much more difficult. I want to collate my monthly activities to make a report. Even though I might have several events in a day, I would like some OPTIONS when exporting the data: to consolidate the comments for the day into a single exportable field and to total the time for that day. I would want the option to break this down by Task but that facility is already available via Export > Selection.
Yesterday, I exported a CSV and then did this within Excel. It took a long time and there is the risk that I will corrupt the data – because I use the information for invoicing, errors are not allowed!
I’d be pleased to communicated further on this.
With thanks for a great product.
Kevin
@Kevin, please enter those feature requests on google code issues list. Thanks
Hello. how can I change the export format?
@Filipe, right now only csv is supported.
We use Time Tracker and we really like it, because it‘s so easy to use. But there is one functionality which is missing. Especially if you work in teams. A central synchronisation with a server.
Would it be possible to implement this to Time Tracker in a near future? That would be great feature!
The only tool which is featuring a server synched time tracking is iBiz: http://www.iggsoftware.com/ibiz/multiuser.php
But their Interface sucks a little bit
all the best
Thomas
Hi Thomas, I would love to spend more time and add some kind of synchronization plugins to popular time tracking services. The reality right now is that I simply dont have time to start any larger scale activities (and such a feature would be something like that). I definitely have a wish to do that at a certain point of time, but right now, I wouldnt how I could accomodate this into my lifes schedule. Also I would probably move towards an appstore model where the app would cost a little bit (certainly not more than 2 lattes), especially if I planned to spend significant amounts of time developing it.
So right now on the free version, I will keep making fixes (if problems occur) and implement small enhancements that wont eat away the little free time that I currently have. Larger things will probably move into an appstore version which would then be basically a rewrite of the application using the latest 10.6 (and then 10.7) APIs to take full advantage of the new OS functionality.
I’d definitely by such an appstore-version.
Would be nice though to have a black and white menu bar icon, like all my other apps.
Thanks for TimeTracker!
Hi,
is there a way to change the CSV output from TimeTracker?
I want the time without the date on begin and ending position.
Best regards
@Jan, right now no, you can postprocess this in numbers/excel.
Agreed with #5 Thomas regarding being able to have multiple people working on a project at once, this would be AWESOME! if we can work this out some how!
Can somebody from the development @ Time Tracker email me at sheldon@sparx.co.nz? Keen to chat more about possible donation etc as well.
Hi,
I have been using Time Tracker 1.3.13. Thank you for this useful program!
But after using the program for several months, I’ve noticed a problem that I am hoping might be fixed in the next release. Say I log 8 hours per day from Sunday 12/25 through Saturday 12/31 for a total of 56 hours. If I use the “Custom” Smart Filters for Start Time greater than or equal to 12/25 and the End Time less than or equal to 12/31, the hours I’ve worked on Saturday 12/31 are not included. I’ve just discovered this after months of using the program and realize I have under-billed, missing any Saturday hours that I’ve worked
. If you can fix this soon, I would really appreciate it as I prefer the clarity of your program to the Klok app.
Thanks!
This is a known issue (and should be already documented on the FAQ). Mathematically it is correct but I agree that it is somewhat confusing. You always need to specify the next day. This is why I typically use the default custom filter which I use to just check a certain week.
Hello !
I really like your soft, but i’ve just switch for windows (yeah i know, but mac is so expensive for a freelance…), so do you plan to make it for windows ?
Thank you anyways !
@Bill, back when I was using windows I was using the following program: http://0xff.net/site/index.php/timetracker/info/
Ok, thank you, i will try, if it’s less good, i’ll keep your soft on my mac and just press start when i work on my pc !
Thank you for your nice soft !