OfficeTime Changelog

What's new in OfficeTime 2.0.659

Apr 30, 2024
  • Stop on quit. (Sunshine) Closing the app now always stops all timers.
  • Wifi sync. (Sunshine). File->Sync Now no longer asks you to sign in
  • Columns: Improved resizing
  • Paused sessions. Clicking done on a pause session stops the timer.
  • Default projects. Creating a new project from the menu while you have a paused timer no longer sets the project
  • Entry shortcuts. Improved the help display when entering text, particularly on Windows.
  • Tidy up. (Sunshine) Removed non functional sharing buttons.
  • Improved sync. (Business) OfficeTime now always notifies team copies to update when a new project is made or modified.
  • Spell check. (Windows) Right click now smartly shows either spell checker or copy/paste menu as needed
  • Sharing. (Business) Can now remove all people from a shared project.
  • Improved team viewing. (Business). No longer sometimes shows a team member’s paused project in the menubar/dock.

New in OfficeTime 2.0.652 (Feb 14, 2024)

  • Faster entry. Much faster session entry particularly if you have a big report below
  • Better file defaults: Now remembers the last place you opened an OfficeTime file from
  • Fixes a pause: No longer freezes until you click when making a new category or new project from the popup menu when editing an existing session.
  • Sharing Projects: Sharing multiple projects no longer fails if you’ve selected a divider to share.
  • Help text: Little tweaks to help text.
  • Budgets clarity: No longer offers budgets when editing an existing project if you’re a Sunshine customer.
  • Mac Dark Mode: Better at being dark in Dark Mode

New in OfficeTime 2.0.650 (Oct 26, 2023)

  • Stay signed in : If the server goes down, OfficeTime lets you continue on as normal picking up sync when it comes back online
  • Exporting: The grand total for time and duration now line up in the correct columns
  • Sharing: The handy list of existing projects to copy people from is now sorted
  • Idle notifications: Now shows an easier to understand time like 2h 15m instead of 135m when notifying you how long you haven’t been timing for
  • Version checking: Upgraded version control checking to use latest protocol for safety and now offers to contact support for you.
  • Deleting sessions. Now properly updated the totals when you delete a session.
  • Licensing: More friendly if you upgrade and aren’t signed in for it to check your license. We believe you should never be locked out from software you’ve purchased.
  • (Windows) Default locations. To respect user privacy, OfficeTime no longer saves new files to Documents unless asked. If you already have data in Documents, it is unaffected. Data and backups are now in the application support folder located at UsersUserNameAppDataRoamingOfficeTime
  • (Mac) Typing. macOS Sonoma autocomplete no longer messes up typing in the main area notes.
  • (Mac) Calendar: Repeat events from Apple Calendar no longer cause the timesheet to repeatedly update
  • (Mac) Calendar: For simplicity, identical repeating events don’t import. However any changes you make to a repeating event in Apple Calendar on a specific day does get imported.

New in OfficeTime 2.0.646 (Jun 18, 2023)

  • Share multiple projects at once. You can now share several projects to your team at once. Choose Edit-Projects menu. Select the projects and click share.
  • Business privacy mode. Get all the business features while staying offline and cloud free. Write to [email protected] to change your plan.
  • Small tweaks and improvements.

New in OfficeTime 2.0.641 (Feb 22, 2023)

  • Improved sorting. Should consistently sort details by date and better understand what you’re trying to sort. Some views may be remembered in their old state and need you to manually sort them once.
  • Away window always on top. Never lose the “you’ve been away” window again as it stays front and center.
  • Category sharing. You can now choose which categories get shared out to the team. Click the Share Categories button when sharing a project. Any category used in a shared project gets automatically shared even if you don’t use this option.
  • Better passwords. You can now use unusual characters in your password to keep it more secure. Requires latest iOS version for the new passwords to work on iPhone/iPad.
  • (Windows) Right click text menu. You can now right click to get the standard cut, copy, paste menu. Finally!
  • (Mac) Better Apple Calendar sync. Now looks for changes much further back.

New in OfficeTime 2.0.638 (Feb 22, 2023)

  • Date choosers always default to today even if you leave OfficeTime open overnight
  • Mac: Improvements to Apple Calendar sync under Ventura 13.2 and above
  • Mac: Dark mode improvements

New in OfficeTime 2.0.635 (Dec 22, 2022)

  • Fixes some business accounts being unable to share projects.
  • Fixes rare case of it not unlocking because it thinks you’re already signed in

New in OfficeTime 2.0.634 (Dec 20, 2022)

  • Fixes some people being unable to sync. You may need to sign in again by clicking the Unlock button or under the Help->Sync menu.

New in OfficeTime 2.0.632 (Oct 30, 2022)

  • In Halloween spirit, the notes up top were too dark (when in dark mode.) That was too scary so they are now back to boring white.

New in OfficeTime 2.0.630 (Oct 25, 2022)

  • This update improves things for MacOS Ventura, provides a new contact picker and improved away window.
  • The idle detection window: Now handily keeps track of the last project you moved time into so you don’t have to pick it each time
  • Mac: New contacts picker helps keep your contacts organized. MacOS 12 Monterey and above.
  • Mac: Contacts picker works on MacOS Ventura
  • Mac: Increased stability under MacOS Ventura
  • Invoice screen now consistently fills in address cue text
  • Cloud: Dramatically faster sign in if you’re on a team and sign in again
  • Windows: Better a placing new windows on the correct screen if you have multiple monitors under different resolutions
  • Fixed some memory leaks

New in OfficeTime 2.0.628 (Sep 22, 2022)

  • Much snappier start button particularly if you have lots of sessions tracked.
  • No longer rarely sets your start time to early morning if left on overnight.
  • Improved filtering. Better remembers and displays which filters you’re using between launches.
  • No longer rarely says you don’t have permission for a shared project when signing in for the first time.
  • MacOS Ventura compatible.

New in OfficeTime 2.0.625 (Aug 2, 2022)

  • The Quick Start menu (or the global start icon) now always sets the the default category correctly
  • Date range picker works properly in all views
  • Small sync speed improvements
  • Fix subscription status not always being recognized
  • Other small improvements

New in OfficeTime 2.0.622 (Jun 17, 2022)

  • Invoicing selected items works again
  • If you make a new category while editing a session, it now helpfully assumes you want to use that category here.
  • Notification improvements. Won’t notify you while the computer is asleep and will notify you as soon as it wakes up.
  • Faster sync. Syncs faster after your last change and reduces unnecessary syncs to speed things up.
  • Much faster project sharing.
  • Now shows a sync animation to let you know when changes are coming in from one of your other devices
  • Consistent sync. Fixes a rare case where if you made many changes, some of them might not sync out until restart.
  • Cosmetic improvements

New in OfficeTime 2.0.615 (Mar 17, 2022)

  • Better sync and more! OfficeTime is smoother and more stable particularly for those doing cloud sync.
  • Improved sync and stability. Sync is now able to recover automatically from problems.
  • New preference to turn off display of relative dates like Today and Yesterday
  • Invoicing only selected items now works properly again

New in OfficeTime 2.0.606 (Feb 6, 2022)

  • OfficeTime used to like to sync while your computer was sleeping. This lead to bad dreams and a state of general confusion for OfficeTime giving symptoms like you or I might have after a bad night like sluggishness and forgetfulness. OfficeTime now sleeps properly and behaves much more like an upstanding citizen.
  • No longer syncs during sleep which was causing troubles
  • Various cosmetic fixes

New in OfficeTime 2.0.603 (Dec 21, 2021)

  • Better at recovering from a stalled sync

New in OfficeTime 2.0.601 (Dec 10, 2021)

  • Your time tracking is valuable. This update keeps your data safer by making more backups and automatically recovering from problems.
  • Now keeps multiple current, hourly, daily and monthly backups. You can change how many are kept in the Backups section of the preferences.
  • Automatically detects crashes and sync problems and imports a recovery backup to ensure you don’t lose data even if something goes wrong.
  • Some small visual tidy up to keep the preferences screen nice and clean.
  • Will now always make backups for you even if you have opened an existing backup file.

New in OfficeTime 2.0.600 (Nov 23, 2021)

  • Fixes issue logging in for the first time if you still have OfficeTime demonstration data from years ago
  • Fixes possible crash if you press tab with a report filter open
  • Better problem logging
  • (Mac) Fixes crash on quit if you had a report filter menu open
  • (Mac) Improved dark mode
  • (Mac) Improved Apple Calendar sync, particularly if you are also using OfficeTime cloud sync. If you’ve received any calendar duplicates in the past, you can remove them with Edit->Remove Duplicates menu.
  • (Windows) Logging moved from Documents to OfficeTime’s support folder.
  • (Windows) Uses less resources. Particularly handy if you rarely close OfficeTime.

New in OfficeTime 2.0.597 (Oct 10, 2021)

  • Categories now always sort correctly
  • Small visual enhancements
  • “You’ve been away” preference moved to notification panel
  • Fixes rare issue preventing sync, particularly if you need to reset your account

New in OfficeTime 2.0.590 (Aug 15, 2021)

  • Big things:
  • Improved top area.
  • + button now adds instantly
  • New 3 dots “More” icon at top for all extra features.+ icon at top now quickly adds a session with no dropdown menu.
  • Keyboard shortcuts behave more consistently, particularly ESC and Enter when entering an item up top.
  • New add more icon to quickly add further entries.
  • (Windows) Much sharper text and images for those with hi-res (hiDPI) monitors.
  • New online Help available from Help menu.
  • (Teams) When inviting your team to a project, there’s no need to type in all those emails. Just choose a team from an existing project!
  • Exporting to Excel no longer sometimes appears in one column.
  • You now need to enter your Version 2 serial or login to unlock.
  • New icon
  • As we’re leaving early access, we’ve removed the free preview of the Budgets feature. Budgets are still available to Freelancer and Business Edition customers.
  • Small things:
  • No longer complains about missing serials if you import a version 2 file.
  • Sync: No longer allows importing of files with other people’s data in it
  • Sync: No longer fails to do some backups if you logged in without a file open.
  • Sync: No longer sometimes thinks you’ve been idle when logging into an account with a running timer
  • Demonstration data now comes in with a recent date
  • Warns Sunshine Users that cloud sync isn’t included
  • New window for version 1 users to let you enter a serial, sign in, or get an upgrade discount.
  • If your system uses “A.M.” instead of AM you will no longer have trouble clicking on it.
  • No longer prevents login if you delete your old .otd file
  • Clicking subtotals now consistently shows only items in that subtotal
  • Support emails include more info for faster support.
  • Removed developer test items from Help->Advanced menu
  • (Windows) Disabled File->New, Open , Save when cloud syncing as they are not relevant.
  • (Mac) Fixes rare startup fail caused by Apple Calendar sync

New in OfficeTime 1.99 (Apr 23, 2020)

  • Some more little things to make version 1 work better! Version 2 will soon be here!
  • No longer shows blank dates in some regions
  • You’ve been away window consistently comes to the front
  • Mac: Improved Catalina compatibility
  • PC: Improved Windows 10 compatibility
  • PC: Improved iOS sync
  • PC: Keeps your data even if you use a temporary file
  • PC: Fix rare hang
  • PC: Removing an employee will always delete all employee projects

New in OfficeTime 1.98 (Oct 8, 2019)

  • Version 2 is coming but we're not making you upgrade. Here's some more fixes to make it work for years to come!
  • (Mac) Now MacOS Catalina compatible!
  • Deleting an employee now properly deletes all projects imported from that employee.
  • Improved iOS sync
  • Keeps your data if you open a temp file and restart
  • Fixes rare hang if you're having hard drive problems

New in OfficeTime 1.9 (May 16, 2018)

  • (Mac) Now 64 bit compatible. Will no longer warn that this app needs to be updated to work with this computer.
  • OfficeTime has finally been taught to clean up after itself and no longer leaves temp files on the carpet in the middle of the night
  • File->Move File more reliable
  • No longer fails to save to some networked drives
  • Improved backwards compatibility with version 2 save files
  • No longer allows job numbers to be ### which would really confuse OfficeTime
  • Improved network silence in safe mode. Hold Shift when starting OfficeTime to put it into safe mode which prevents all external sync and networking.

New in OfficeTime 1.8.2 (Mar 23, 2018)

  • [Mac] Apple Calendar no longer rarely steals valuable time from your running timer.

New in OfficeTime 1.8.1 (Mar 23, 2018)

  • Gives proper recognition and respect to even really old serials.

New in OfficeTime 1.8 (Mar 23, 2018)

  • OfficeTime has been taught how to clean up after itself. It no longer leaves temporary files behind
  • Now remembers where your backups should go even if your backup drive keeps going offline
  • Corrupted employee names no longer assigned to a sample employee.
  • You data files now work on both Version 1 and our big, secret, upcoming Version 2.
  • (Shhh! Nothing here to see.)
  • [Mac] Fixes global menu sometimes not listening to your mouse click
  • [Mac] Apple Calendar sync improvements:
  • Now detects expenses in other currencies. Example: A calendar with the note “Spent £10 at Starbucks” now imports properly as an expense
  • Calendar syncs more consistently
  • Better calendar echo protection. No longer sometimes reverts notes or timing to match the calendar.
  • Improved iOS sync:
  • More consistently syncs everything
  • Sessions with a “None” category on iOS now sync properly as “No Category” on Mac/PC
  • Now remembers category dividers when syncing

New in OfficeTime 1.7.8.3.1 (Apr 6, 2016)

  • OfficeTime is less absent minded about your notes and always remembers them.
  • Taxes on invoices are now rounded to the nearest penny (rather than being rounded down).
  • [Mac] No longer fails to update Apple Calendar if you make a change and quit OfficeTime in a hurry. (It’ll update the calendar next launch).
  • [Mac] No longer once in a while resurrects sessions you just deleted (due to Apple Calendar sending them back to us).

New in OfficeTime 1.7.7.3.1 (Mar 3, 2016)

  • No longer sometimes complains it can’t export a report.
  • New invoice templates
  • Invoices now support two tax rates. Use [tax] and [tax2] and [totaltax] in your templates.
  • Invoices have better support for displaying session notes on their own line. Try one of the new invoice templates. Use “Show Templates” button on the Invoice window.
  • (Mac) No longer occasionally hangs trying to sync with Apple Calendar
  • (Mac) No longer fails to move a session to a new project if you were syncing with Apple Calendar in both projects.
  • (Windows) No longer limited to amount of text you can type inline in the comments

New in OfficeTime 1.7.6.3.1 (Sep 8, 2015)

  • Timer always runs now even if you're creating sessions while timing.
  • Hourly backup is now the "Current" backup and is a live backup of your current changes. This means team members could set their backup to a shared folder and an admin will always have access to the most recent version of everyone's work for team reporting.

New in OfficeTime 1.7.5 (Aug 28, 2015)

  • [ Mac ] Further improvements to fidgety edits when calendar syncing.
  • [ Mac ] No longer complains cannot import some files.

New in OfficeTime 1.7.4 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • [ Mac ] Calendars now read properly in El Capitan
  • [ Mac ] Edits no longer seem to fidget about if you're syncing with a calendar

New in OfficeTime 1.7.3 (Jun 30, 2015)

  • No longer occasionally complains a session has been added but not displayed.
  • No longer sometimes loses your session notes if you have multiple windows open.
  • Adding menu separators now adds at your selection point.
  • Row colour changed to match theme.
  • No longer occasionally prompts to subtract time from paused timers
  • Faster startup.
  • No longer selects incoming new sessions from your iPhone/iPad.
  • Better at recovering from an empty user name.
  • [Mac] No longer loses icons on case sensitive OS’s.
  • [Mac] Removed Console Gestalt complaint
  • [Mac] No longer rounds time coming in from Apple Calendar. Was causing issues with timer stuttering and rounding.
  • [Mac] Improvedmenubar icon. Now supports dark mode.

New in OfficeTime 1.7.2 (Oct 8, 2014)

  • Yosemite compatible!
  • Much faster for large files.
  • Smarter time adjusting! Hold down the shift key while using the up/down arrows. Example: A session starts at 12:00 and has 0 minutes. Hold down shift while adjusting the minutes from 0 to 10. The start time will change to 11:50. Or hold shift and adjust the start time to 11:45. The duration changes to 15 minutes.
  • Invoices now display subtotals in decimal (or the format of your choosing.)
  • Fixes rounding error on invoices which could have been off by a penny.
  • Better at tracking idle time.
  • Now remembers the invoice format (decimal, hh:mm, etc) you last used
  • File->Move File now moves instead of copies your file.
  • No longer exports with a “.asc” extension if you remove the .txt extension
  • Now removes “###” from the left of comments which can interfere with file saving.
  • No longer sometimes advances a day if you type “12” to enter a time around mid day.
  • No longer sometimes override formatting of invoice templates. Plus now handles foreign characters better
  • Notes area on report window no longer clickable if you haven’t clicked on a session.
  • Improved calendar sync. Once again works even if OfficeTime is closed.
  • Can now start items from the global icon without OfficeTime coming to the front.
  • Once again syncs Calendar events even if OfficeTime is closed.
  • Edit->Resync with iCal works again
  • No longer sometimes starts up with windows that don’t show or work correctly.

New in OfficeTime 1.7.1 (Jun 23, 2014)

  • Pie legend is sortable again
  • Newly created sessions can once again be rounded and after restarting OfficeTime you can still resume from the unrounded time
  • Now shows all projects in your menus even if you had previously imported them once with show only in reports checked and once with it unchecked.
  • Now consistently brings the "You've been away" window to the front even if waking up from a locked computer
  • Creating a new project or category works again even if you have no windows open

New in OfficeTime 1.7 (May 29, 2014)

  • The Fun Stuff:
  • Improved look. Clearer. Easier to read.
  • Better idle detection. Now properly senses sleep and keyboard activity.
  • Change the category or project of multiple sessions at once. Select the sessions (using shift click or command/control click). Then right click (that’s control click on the Mac) on the category or project shown for any session. (Open a report to see the project listed on sessions.)
  • Now supports Japanese and other non western characters in project names and invoices.
  • Can now tab between items you used to have to click on such as the category popup. Use space or return to modify them.
  • No longer sometimes leaves temp files behind
  • [Mac] Much faster at startup and new project creation if you are syncing with a busy calendar.
  • [Mac] Yummy retina graphics.
  • [Mac] Built in spell checking.
  • [Mac] Faster startup and new project creation when syncing with Calendar.
  • [Mac] Now requires Mac OS 10.7 or better. Works under Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks. Ok, maybe not so fun if you have an old machine.
  • The Nice Stuff:
  • Subtotals now export and invoice correctly in decimal. This means you can do a summary report of, say, your project totals and export them as decimal. Hoorah!
  • Can now use arrow keys to move highlighted row or use shift arrow keys to select multiple rows.
  • Now shows a scrollbar if needed for long session notes (at the bottom of a window)
  • Can now type “1:30” or “1h30” to enter time.
  • Comments over multiple paragraphs wrap better on invoices.
  • Can now choose from multiple contacts per company in your Address Book/Outlook Contacts.
  • The category and project menus in a session now open to your current item if there’s room.
  • Invoice: Tax now works properly on invoices that contain only expenses
  • Window->Bring All To Front now preserves window order
  • Clicking on a timer or button even if the window is not frontmost should work better.
  • Long project notes can now be scrolled (at the bottom of any window.)
  • New Window->Zoom menu.
  • Improved iPhone/iPad syncing.
  • New Safe Mode. Hold down the Shift key while starting to disable Calendar Sync, iPhone Sync, and Contacts and Outlook reading.
  • Better support for Japanese and other character sets on the invoice
  • Better at showing the “You’ve been away” window in front when waking up from sleep.
  • [Mac] Now uses and understand the proper decimal separator for expenses in Apple's Calendar. (Like €32,00)
  • [Mac] OfficeTime can now keep up with you changing events in iCal quickly.
  • [Mac] Talk to OfficeTime! You can now dictate notes. Just press the fn key (bottom left of most keyboards) twice. Of course, this works in most other apps too.
  • [Mac] OfficeTime’s global menu now appears to the left of the current time. Nice to always have the time in the upper right.
  • [Mac] Calendar: By default, OfficeTime only looks at your last year of calendar events. If you’d like more, use Edit-Resync with Calendar.
  • [Windows] Can now set the start time by typing in 24 hour time format (if your system clock is set to 24 hour time).
  • [Windows] More stable when trying to access corrupt Outlook Contacts.
  • [Windows] OfficeTime now stays running in the task bar even if you close all the windows. Use File->Exit to close it or choose Exit from the task bar icon.
  • The Boring Stuff:
  • Choosing a category works better when double clicking fast or using a keyboard shortcut.
  • Choosing dates and date ranges in reports now works consistently.
  • Reports will no longer miss events that start at exactly midnight.
  • Reports, “This Week”, “This Month”, “This Year” now includes future events
  • You no longer have to restart after adding a serial number before your files can be imported.
  • Temp save files now have a proper extension in case you need to use them in an emergency.
  • Will never suggest the Trash/Recycle Bin as a place to save your document even if that’s where your current document is.
  • No longer asks you to move your data file if it's in the same folder as the OfficeTime app.
  • Clicking on the start time works better in some countries that display time with a period like 10.15 (rather than 10:15)
  • Manually checking for a new version no longer displays a “Checking…” window.
  • Changes to a category are now immediately shown in windows.
  • Project name changes from the iPhone/iPad are now shown right away.
  • Updated Quick Help.
  • Now restores your windows in the proper order when starting.
  • Text fields no longer have a dotted black border.
  • Subtotals no longer have a non functional checkbox
  • Invoices now show the [rate] properly if you chose not to show notes.
  • Can now tab again between date fields in a report.
  • Can now press ESC to cancel editing part of a session.
  • Auto selects the notes field when starting a session
  • More tolerant of serial numbers with extra spaces.
  • Only saves on quit or when changes are made.
  • Better at detecting Expenses correctly when importing from iCal.
  • Reports have smaller, but nicer looking, font for popups
  • No longer rarely rarely fails to send some sessions to the iPhone.
  • No longer occasionally displays an error message when quitting ifthe free trial screen is showing.
  • Edit->Projects is now modal.
  • File->Import works better with bad files.Fixes a rare problem with bad serials breaking a data file.Reports now shows all subtotals even if you have only one item shown.
  • New sync log. See Preferences, iPhone.
  • No longer allows “&" in the category name which could have caused problems.
  • Reports: Changing a session's category, then turning on Category subtotals, now continues to show the session correctly.
  • Making an invoice directly from the project window no longer longer selects the wrong project to bill to by default
  • Better looking invoicing tips windowInvoice window now sets focus to the Invoice Number for easy changing. Invoice window: Cue text for invoice details works better.
  • Invoice: now adds the company name to the file name.
  • Invoice: European and other character sets like ä, ö, ü, ß, € should work better
  • Invoice: Changing who to bill to copies the address better.
  • Pie graph no longer rarely gets confused.
  • Report multiple project/category/employee chooser. Can now click on text or checkbox to choose an item.
  • Can now delete or duplicate a session while editing.
  • No longer complains if you quit it while launching or entering your serial number.
  • Can now read the preferences even if you’re going back and forth between old and new versions.
  • No longer sometimes starts or stops a timer if you bring the window to the front with a hot key.
  • Export screen can now be closed via hot key or menu.
  • OfficeTime text refers to Apple Calendar (not iCal) properly now.
  • Starting a project from the global quick start menu will now make this window frontmost when you return ready for editing.
  • Popup arrow appears on everything that can be changed even if you’ve selected multiple items.
  • Includes build number in support emails to OfficeTime.
  • Tab, Return, Esc, Space all close calendar date chooser now.
  • Calendar date chooser now shows up better positioned.Away window now consistently clears notes cue text for you.
  • No longer sometimes loses your session notes if you have the same project open in 2 windows
  • Now uses RTF as default invoice template
  • Added notes on how the categories are stored in comments inside your save file.
  • No longer has problems with OfficeTime files saved to external or networked drives. Now keeps a working file is something goes horribly wrong during a save.
  • No longer allows you to have no name in the preferences screen. It’s good to be known.
  • Now syncs invoiced and reported sessions to your iPhone for new users. Existing users can change this in the preferences.
  • Better at recovering lost projects in save file.
  • [Mac] Fewer messages in the Console.
  • [Mac] Changed those obsolete drawers into nice pop out windows.
  • [Mac] Archived projects no longer sync with the Calendar.
  • [Mac] If you move a Apple Calendar event to a calendar that OfficeTime doesn't sync with, OfficeTime will stop updating that event.
  • [Mac] Mavericks: No longer asks for access to your Contacts until you click on a contact menu.
  • [Mac] Better looking dock badges
  • [Mac] Tells you how to turn on access to iCal if it’s been disabled. (In New Project Window)
  • [Mac] New Project/Category, Edit Expense/Session Rate now shown as a sheet that pops down into your current window.
  • [Mac] New, improved Dock menu. Right or Control click the dock icon.
  • [Windows] No longer crashes on PCs that have no speakers or headphone.
  • [Windows] No longer shows 2 default buttons on the “Did we crash” message.
  • [Windows 8] No longer shows some help tags that don’t go away.
  • [Windows] When comments, no longer shows text as too large on some systems.
  • [Windows] Time travel easter egg works again! Thanks goodness we’re fixing important things.
  • [Windows] Edit Expense/Edit Session Rate dialog now has OK / Cancel buttons in correct order
  • [Windows] Tips of the Day show better if you’ve asked Windows to make text bigger.
  • [Windows 8.1] Shows correct cursor consistently when mousing over main window controls.
  • [Windows] Fixes possible crash on exit.
  • [Windows] Invoices no longer lose your line breaks notes or billing addresses
  • [Windows] When you’ve been away, only the away dialog and associated timing window shows. Other windows are not brought to the front.

New in OfficeTime 1.6.5 (Sep 24, 2013)

  • Sync to iPhone/iPad works better with latest version for iOS. (No longer asks repeatedly if it's OK to sync.)

New in OfficeTime 1.6.4 (Mar 26, 2013)

  • Fixes bug where times could be off in iCal due to daylight savings time.
  • Even better at recognizing expenses in your calendar to import.
  • Invoices can now show the start and end time. Add the [endtime] tag to the details section of your invoice template.
  • You can now show your project notes on invoices. Add the [projectnotes] tag onto your invoice template.

New in OfficeTime 1.6.3 (Jul 26, 2012)

  • Mountain Lion compatible. (Note that iCal sync is not currently working if you are using iCloud. We're working on a fix!)
  • Automatically puts your cursor ready to type notes after starting the timer
  • Can now enter notes on shrunk windows.
  • Editing a note in the bottom large area and then continuing to edit that note inline works properly again.
  • No longer supports old Mac Power PCs

New in OfficeTime 1.6.2 (Apr 27, 2012)

  • Important Changes:
  • New invoice field shows the time a session started: [starttime]
  • Now more stable when syncing with iCal or an iPhone/iPad.
  • iPhone/iPad expenses now import as taxable.
  • (Mac) This is the last update for older PowerPC Macs. Newer updates will unfortunately support Intel only.
  • Boring Changes:
  • The date chooser has a "now" button instead of a "today" button. It now chooses the current time.
  • Fixes rare problem not choosing a default category properly.
  • A new category can now be created anywhere a category menu is shown.
  • The category menu can now be edited from anywhere it is shown.
  • Fixes rare flashing category menu.
  • Improved speed when many categories are in a menu.
  • Cosmetic improvements to New Version Available window.
  • Fixed problem not saving a comment in the lower box if comment is typed and you immediately quit.
  • No longer allows syncing with the iPhone or iPad when a file is not open which could lead to an out of sync state.
  • (Mac) New iCal events from before the current daylight savings went into effect now display the correct start time. (To fix current events, do any edit to the event in iCal.)

New in OfficeTime 1.6.1 (Aug 23, 2011)

  • Important Changes:
  • Reports now show costs calculated per second (versus per minute previously)
  • Exports now show costs calculated per second
  • Invoices now show costs calculated per second
  • (Win) Outlook Contacts integration. Copy from your Outlook contacts in the Invoice or New Project window.
  • (Win) Much faster file opening
  • (Win) Faster New Project and Invoice screen
  • (Mac) Now updates iCal again when you change a session's project
  • (Mac) Faster file opening
  • Boring Changes:
  • Now removes leftover temp files
  • The "Please locate your data file" no longer shows while opening a data file
  • No longer closes the current document if you cancel opening another document
  • (Win) Fixes misalignment in some tips text
  • (Win) Fixes button order in New Project window
  • (Win) Fixes help text when editing a session's rate
  • (Win) Fixes saving error under Wine/Linux
  • (Win) No longer sometimes opens Outlook on some systems
  • (Mac) Better at reading addresses in Apple's AddressBook
  • (Mac) No longer sometimes shows the "You've been away" window on the wrong desktop.

New in OfficeTime 1.6 (May 31, 2011)

  • Important Changes:
  • iPhone sync support. Wirelessly sync all of your time and expenses to OfficeTime for the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
  • Can now type decimal time! (Try it. Click on an hour and type "1.5". It will show 1:30. Or click anywhere and type in ".1" and it will show :06. In the future OfficeTime will support full display of decimal time.) Works with 1,5 too.
  • Export in decimal!
  • Invoice in decimal!
  • Export in Apple Numbers "1h 30m" format.
  • Invoice in Apple Numbers "1h 30m" format.
  • Grandfathered automatic backups! Now backs up hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly. Yes, we want your data extra safe. See the preferences for options.
  • Expenses can be entered as "Taxable". Only taxable expenses will have tax added to them when invoicing.
  • The return key works again in the Project notes area.
  • Invoicing select sessions now properly shows the total time.
  • Remembers your column widths properly.
  • Improved data integrity. Even better at handling corrupt hard drives and sudden power cuts.
  • You can now replace existing invoices (as long as it's not open in a text editor.)
  • Auto sort. New Projects and New Categories are automatically alphabetized into your list. (This only happens if your list is already alphabetical. Existing files need to go to Edit->Projects or Categories and sort them once.)
  • Importing now requires each file to have come from a copy of OfficeTime with a unique serial number. That is, each employee or contractor requires a seat license. (You can still import your own files from another computer with just one license. Just make sure your name is the same in the OfficeTime preferences on each machine.)
  • Archived projects are no longer imported.
  • Automatically moves your invoice template out of the old application folder to ensure it's not accidentally deleted in a future upgrade.
  • No longer inadvertently removes your invoice template if you try to save invoices in the same folder as it.
  • Deleting multiple categories at once works again.
  • (Windows) No longer in beta. Existing unregistered users will get a further 21-days to trial.
  • Handy changes:
  • Export: Combined date and time option.
  • Export: Remembers if you like to mark sessions as "reported".
  • Export: Improved alignment of totals and subtotals.
  • Export: Remembers your last folder.
  • Export: Now handles more international characters.
  • Export: Can now replace existing reports.
  • Faster saving.
  • Faster file opening.
  • When deleting multiple categories, it will ask you for a replacement category for each one still in use and remember your last choice.
  • Importing will no longer sometimes change your next invoice number.
  • Can now re-use deleted projects & job numbers immediately.
  • Easier upgrading. OfficeTime is now an all in one app and longer requires the OfficeTime folder.
  • Can now alphabetize a selection of categories.
  • Selecting a report a report end date earlier than the report start date now displays sessions properly.
  • Client invoice contact fields now support more foreign characters.
  • Now remembers the layering order of your windows correctly.
  • Now remembers how you had your sessions sorted.
  • Now offers to show you both your data file and your backups if there's something wrong with your file.
  • No longer duplicates the session if you change its project while still timing. (To easily change a session's project, open a report (such as Today), and click the project name.)
  • No longer asks to confirm deletion of sessions you accidentally started. (Only asks if session is over a minute.)
  • Negative expenses now export properly. (Use a negative expense to record a payment, retainer and other receipts.)
  • Reports: You no longer have to adjust both the start and end date. Selecting a new date will smartly update the other date if needed. (Like if you choose a start date after the end date.)
  • Enter Serial Screen now shows how many seats your license key is valid for.
  • Now offers you to locate your backups if your file becomes damaged.
  • New Show Templates button in Invoices Screen.
  • Edit-> Remove Duplicates.
  • Sped up file loading
  • (Windows) Double clicking the notification area icon (in your bottom right) now bring OfficeTime to the front.
  • (Mac) No longer asks you to accept network connections on startup.
  • (Mac) Works with 10.3 (Panther) again.
  • (Mac) iCal: Now imports all of today's events for you and ignores tomorrow's events to keep your timetable clear.
  • (Mac) Accepts drag and drop of OfficeTime files onto the app icon.
  • Boring Changes:
  • Your default project is now remembered separately for each file you work on.
  • Better preferences protection. We don't want OfficeTime forgetting where you put your data file.
  • Fixed inability to click on the hour sometimes when the text was compressed.
  • Sorting your project list by date now works for more international date standards.
  • The Edit Project Window now preselects the project name to be typed over.
  • Fixes failure to load a file if certain categories had been deleted.
  • Fixes report graphs appearing all black (or red), if your number format doesn't use a period for the decimal. (You'll need to reset your graph colour once in the preferences if this is happening.)
  • Memory improvement when importing only project and category names.
  • Fixes broken date range selection across months in reports
  • Move Up and Move Down buttons in the Project and Category menu editor now work properly.
  • Now remembers last file you were working on even if your computer crashes
  • Now autosaves every 10 mins to reduce traffic to services like DropBox.
  • Improved stability when iCal is corrupt but you are not integrating with iCal.
  • No longer claims your data file will be upgraded if you are only importing it.
  • No longer displays mouseover column text on short date and short time columns
  • Increased minimum width of date and time columns to prevent squashed text.
  • Improved File menu order.
  • Better About box.
  • Better alignment of editing arrows in reports.
  • Some improved Tips of the Day.
  • Cosmetic report window changes.
  • More reliably sets your backup location when asked if you want to use this location for automatic backups as well.
  • New categories made in the category editor now appear at your insertion point.
  • No longer sometimes shows more than one resume arrow.
  • Cosmetic improvement of time and date editing.
  • Fixed possible crash when trying to notify about a previous crash.
  • Remembers which Preference pane you were last on.
  • Fixed crash when checking if another copy of OfficeTime is running on this machine.
  • New sessions created on the report screen now respect your default project preference.
  • Damaged data files now report location of damage for easier repair.
  • Improved desktop app icon when displayed at large sizes
  • When deleting a category, the replacement category menu no longer offers the New Category option which wasn't working correctly.
  • Job numbers no longer allows erroneous paragraph returns.
  • (Windows) No longer forgets your last text edits if you exit the app while editing.
  • (Mac) Improved parsing of dates entered into report date range fields.
  • (Mac) AddressBook: Better at showing company names (as opposed to your contact's name) from your AddressBook
  • (Mac) AddressBook: Better support for unusual characters in the AddressBook.
  • (Mac) New users will have templates stored in user/library/application support/OfficeTime/Invoice Templates per Mac App Store Guidelines.
  • Mac: Preferences file moved to user/library/application support/OfficeTime to comply with Mac App Store Guidelines.

New in OfficeTime 1.5.2 (Jul 8, 2010)

  • Improvements:
  • Report pie graph now remembers that you hid it.
  • Extra info is now shown in the Notes and Employee column as a temporary tooltip when appropriate.
  • Remind Me feature no longer shows redundant confirmation.
  • Cosmetic improvements to clickable links.
  • File->New now suggests "OfficeTime Data" rather than your previous file name.
  • Help FAQ window has cosmetic improvements.
  • (Mac) Shrunk Windows can now be sized smaller.
  • (Mac) OfficeTime no longer deletes sessions when deleted in iCal. This is to prevent accidental data loss. (If you modify the deleted session in OfficeTime, it will appear again in iCal if you set OfficeTime to send data to iCal.)
  • (Windows) Stop / Pause menu items now better placed for quick access at the bottom of the notification area global menu.
  • (Windows) Can now select time and duration and type a new time or duration to change it.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Edit->Paste now works consistently when editing in the notes column.
  • No longer occasionally complains when two or more copies of OfficeTime try to save to the same folder (such as on a shared network drive).
  • Time editing arrows now properly hide when scrolling.
  • Making an invoice based on Only Selected Sessions now works again.
  • Sorting reports with a subtotal now properly removes the subtotal.
  • (Mac) Guesses your local currency more accurately on first run.
  • (Mac) Preferences window no longer strangely jumps up.
  • (Mac) Spaces no longer shows OfficeTime as untitled application.
  • (Mac - Snow Leopard) Reports now open as requested in Excel again.
  • (Mac - Snow Leopard) No longer displays repeated messages in the console.
  • (Windows) Invoice window no longer offers a non functional minimize button.
  • (Windows) Create category window no longer has a nonfunctional minimize button.
  • (Windows) Session editing arrows are better aligned and no longer occasionally disappear.
  • (Windows) Delete key works again when editing notes.
  • (Windows) No longer asks to open reports in Excel.
  • (Windows) Now shows the proper cursor for resizing columns and editing notes.
  • (Windows - Windows 7) Now reports as Windows 7, not Vista, in bug reports.

New in OfficeTime 1.5 (Jul 14, 2009)

  • Improvements:
  • Now automatically checks for new versions. See the preferences to adjust settings.
  • Cosmetic and functional improvements to Edit Categories window including ability to move and delete multiple categories at once.
  • Cosmetic and functional improvements to Edit Projects window.
  • OK button added to preferences window.
  • Cosmetic improvements to main window including more legible status area and larger default window width.
  • Can now use Delete, DEL, Backspace, CMD-Backspace/CTRL-Backspace to delete items.
  • Warns if your data file is in the Trash/Recyle Bin.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes duplication bug when an employee file is imported again after the employee moved a session to a different project.
  • Improved data safety should prevent rare corrupt file issue in extreme situations.
  • Job number settings are now displayed properly when re-editing a project.
  • Fixed rare crash when tabbing between items.
  • Fixed rare crash when reading corrupt data file.
  • Time travel easter egg works once again. Whew!
  • Clicking Cancel in the Edit Category window now works properly.
  • Fixes rare crash on launch due to network access difficulty.
  • (Mac) The play icon that appears in the menubar now reliably drops down when clicked on.
  • (Mac) Fixed issue that could cause you to be unable to change the calendar a Project is syncing with.

New in OfficeTime 1.4.2 (Jan 5, 2009)

  • Creating an invoice based on selected sessions only now works again.
  • You can now choose to invoice to a project other than the one the invoice/report is based on. For instance, if you had the following in your projects menu: ACME, ACME - Web Site, ACME - Brochure.
  • ...you could make a report for ACME - Web Site, press Make Invoice, and change the Invoice To dropdown from ACME - Web Site to ACME Inc. without affecting the sessions to be invoiced. (Yes, proper "Clients" are coming in a future release of OfficeTime.)

New in OfficeTime 1.3.3 (Aug 14, 2008)

  • Better safety with data integrity checking. OfficeTime checks what has been written on each save in case you are having disk issues or memory corruption.
  • Invoices now support just about any language and character set in common use. If you were previously having difficulties with currency symbols or extended characters, they should now work without difficulty.
  • Improved preference screen icons. Icons now look more like part of a harmonious family.
  • You can now correctly sort your projects by date in the Edit Projects screen.
  • The preference window no longer moves up when first clicked on possibly obscuring the close button.
  • Editing time in a report no longer causes the report to momentarily jitter.
  • Fixes memory leak when opening multiple datafiles consecutively.
  • Creating an invoice based upon only selected sessions now works again.
  • Removed the scrollbar from session notes field because it was visually problematic at small sizes.
  • No longer adds extraneous " " symbols before commas into iCal during synchronization.

New in OfficeTime 1.3.2 (Jun 19, 2008)

  • New "blue sky" color scheme.
  • Improved preferences.
  • Reports, particularly those with subtotals, now substantially faster.
  • Calendar integration from OfficeTime to iCal is now twice as fast. This will be most noticeable when integrating new projects with iCal.
  • OfficeTime now quits twice as fast.
  • [Mac] improved menu bar icon. Now fits in better with other Mac OS X icons.
  • Converts user-entered option-space to regular space for category and project names which could have alllowed name duplication.
  • OfficeTime datafiles now show the new OfficeTime logo.
  • Does not suggest "company" as part of the invoice file name if there is no company.
  • Menubar/Taskbar Quickstart icon section dividers are now more obvious and not selectable.
  • [Windows] Changing subtotals now has substantially less window flicker.
  • Damaged preferences recovery now uses your system username instead of anonymous or nil.
  • [Mac] Improved bug reporting: now includes your system crash log.
  • [Mac] Now warns 10.3 (Panther) users that .RTFD files cannot be used for invoices. ( Use .RTF invoice templates or upgrade to Tiger, Leopard or better.)
  • Now always scrolls to the top of a comment when the session is selected which prevents apparently empty comments from showing when they are just scrolled too far down.
  • No longer crashes occasionally when editing a session's notes. ( This combined with fixes in 1.31 should fix more than half of all known crashes. )
  • No longer fails to show the last item of detail on an invoice if the previous report did not have a grand total showing. The invoice total time and money was always correct on the invoice. ( Broken in 1.31)
  • [Mac] Fixes a rare bug where the timer shows substantially more time than is actually timing. The timer always displayed the correct time when stopped and the bug was only shown while timing.
  • [Mac] Fixes an occasional conflict on Leopard with other menubar icons.
  • [Mac] Fixes a menubar icon conflict with multiple monitors when one monitor is placed on top of another.
  • [Mac] OfficeTime datafiles now properly put the officetime extension (.OTD) on the end in Leopard.
  • Fixes a memory leak when integrating with the calendar.
  • No longer becomes unresponsive after editing a category for some users.
  • No longer crashes when receiving rare bad, empty information from the calendar.
  • Fixes very rare calendar integration problem related to computer's internal ticks wrapping around to zero.
  • Stops any inline notes editing when resizing the window to avoid display problems.
  • Prevents Reapply Rounding from applying to currently timing sessions which could, in rare instances, have unexpected effects.
  • The Up and Down arrows can be used again to change the time on a session. ( Broken in 1.31)
  • The graph legend now sorts properly for all international users.
  • The comment text, at bottom, no longer shows in the category color when you first start typing.
  • Backup Now backs up your current data, not your data of 1-2 minutes ago.
  • No longer sometimes names invoices "company name.rtfd.rtfd."
  • Invoices with only 1 session or expense now show the session or expense properly.

New in OfficeTime 1.3.1 (Apr 17, 2008)

  • Current project and duration displayed in menu bar. OfficeTime's global menu to start and stop projects from within any app just got better. Now you can see the current project and timer at a glance in the menu bar. See the preferences for menu bar customization options.
  • Inline notes editing! Editing notes now works the same as any other editing in OfficeTime. Just select the row and click on the notes to edit. ( Or double-click an unselected row.)
  • New [rate] placeholder in invoices. Now use the [rate] placeholder in the details section of any invoice to show the rate per hour for each session.
  • You can now choose where to save each invoice.
  • Various session and subtotal color improvements.
  • Subtle sound effect cues when creating a new session and expense.
  • Press TAB to move directly from editing time to editing notes on any session.
  • (Leopard) Can now copy from Apple's address book within the invoice screen.
  • The forward delete key can now be used when editing and will not try to delete the current session.
  • Exporting a report is now twice as fast.
  • Reports exported to Excel now format the money column in a way Excel can do calculations on.
  • Now displays a warning when opening a read-only file.
  • (Leopard) The current project time is now displayed again in the dock.
  • Fix for occasional crash while editing a session.
  • Fixes a problem some users with unusual international settings had selecting the hour or time. The yellow highlight is now always accurate.
  • Fixes a problem with some automatic rounding where stopping and resuming a session repeatedly can lead to a negative or inaccurate time.
  • Reports exported to Excel will now always open in Excel, and not a text editor, when requested.
  • Entering a rate with a currency symbol in place is now properly recognized in the edit category screen.
  • Fixes problems with pasted multi-line project and category names in OfficeTime and multi-line calendar names in iCal.
  • Fixed a problem with generating invoices based on only the selected sessions.
  • Huge invoice numbers no longer display in scientific notation.
  • Fix is a rare problem of not selecting AM/PM when tabbing in a report.

New in OfficeTime 1.3.0 (Mar 5, 2008)

  • Revamped calendar integration
  • (Leopard) Fast calendar integration now synchs in real-time both ways under Leopard. iCal does not need to be open.
  • (Leopard) Deleting events in iCal will delete them in OfficeTime if both apps are open
  • (Leopard) (Limitation) Can no longer create expenses in iCal for import. (Creation in OfficeTime and editing in iCal is still supported.)
  • Many small calendar integration speed and stability improvements.
  • Improved creation of event titles in iCal. The comment only appears in the title when appropriate and is more robust about editing.
  • Can now have Project Smith read all "Smith" events, Project "Bob" read Bob events from a calendar and another project read the remaining events.
  • Events read from the calendar are now rounded according to your rounding preferences.
  • Will now wait until a calendar event has finished before importing it.
  • Changing the calendar you are writing to now warns that it will move your sessions to the new calendar and accurately moves only the sessions in that project.
  • (Tiger/Panther) Now writes out session comment to iCal even if iCal is closed.
  • Edit->Reapply Rounding to Session. You can now change the rounding for any group of sessions by changing your rounding prefs and then reapplying the rounding. This can also be used to remove rounding. This will correctly apply the new rounding to your original time, not your current rounded time. (i.e. A time of 26 minutes rounded to the nearest 15 will round it to 30. If you then round it again to the nearest 5, it will round to 25, not 30.)
  • New [job] placeholder in invoices. Use it to display the invoiced job number(s) on the invoice.
  • File->Backup Now: Now create instant backups of your data to the location of your choice. Or use this feature to save a copy of your data to send to someone else. This can be used to supplement the automatic backup that OfficeTime does. (See the preferences.)
  • Data safety: OfficeTime will now automatically offer to move your data file if it is located inside the OfficeTime application folder. (We don't recommend saving your data to the program's application folder as you might accidentally replace this folder in future upgrade.) OfficeTime by default suggests the Documents folder for all documents.
  • Improvements
  • Report subtotals can now be based on only expenses or only sessions.
  • Job Numbers: Now remembers last job number used even if you make projects in between with no job number.
  • (Mac) Now uses the system currency symbol automatically for new users
  • ESC key now closes the calendar pop up.
  • Enter Expense window now warns about bad dates.
  • Expenses entered with an old date now defaults to 1 PM, not midnight.
  • Additional checking for file difficulty during saves.
  • Now tracks stop time for use in reporting in a future version of OfficeTime.
  • [FIX]No longer loads a bad, empty document when your preferences are damaged.
  • [FIX]Fixes rare crash when changing categories.
  • [FIX](Mac) Edit->Special Characters... works again.
  • [FIX]Adjusting a session's start hour by typing the hour now works more intuitively for systems that use AM/PM.
  • [FIX]Fixes rare corruption caused by multi-line calendar names in iCal.
  • [FIX]Ensures demo data does not default to the application's folder.
  • [FIX]No longer shows [TimeFees] amount in [expense] placeholder if expenses are 0 and the invoice shows only subtotals.
  • [FIX]The rate in the edit category screen now displays properly for international users.
  • [FIX]Better at finding off-screen windows and moving them back.