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Mac automatic time tracking9/16/2023 ![]() ![]() If you want just to track computer activites, another option is to use the built-in Screen Time app, which is however only available in macOS Catalina or later. Originaly posted by Erik Bjäreholt on Quora Cross-platform – Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android.Privacy – Data is stored locally and doesn't leave your device, we put local and privacy first.Editor plugins – Track how you spend time writing code with editor watchers.Browser extensions – Track the active tab using the extensions for Chrome and Firefox.Categories – Get a better overview of your usage by breaking it down into categories.Tracking – Tracks active application and window title out of the box, more with watchers.Might not work on all platforms) or worse, sending it off to some We started building it years ago because we wanted highly detailedĪutomated time tracking without having to run a proprietary app (that So I recommend you try it :)īy the way, there you can use the Stopwatch tab to manually track anything )ĪctivityWatch is an open-source automated time tracker that’sĬross-platform, extensible, and privacy-first. I'm using ActivityWatch for about half a month and it really like it. Has not been updated for 9 months, twitter account has been inactive for 5 months. There is no way to test it without paying the $6.99 price. It feels a bit like a Windows app that has been ported to Mac but I am not sure if that's true. OfficeTime feels like the best match so far but the UI is very cluttered (see this screenshot of the Generate Bill dialog as an example).Small typography, limited support for keyboard shortcuts and complex interface. iBiz and timeEdition have been discontinued.The same goes for Toggl: looks good, but is subscription-based and costs $5 per month.But it is subscription-only which is a no-go for me and costs at least $12 per month. Harvest looks good, it does have a desktop client itself and an API that is used by lots of apps.A friend uses it and says it crashes sometimes though it has not happended to me yet. Timings light-weight but the UI to create clients, projects and tasks can be confusing.At least he does not really fix bugs and is very slow to respond to his user base. On the Job looks great, but the developer seems to have abandoned it.Here's what I have looked at so far based on my google doc list I must emphasize that none of them really solves the problem stated above perfectly. I am listing the apps I have looked at so far. It may well be, as someone suggested, that it can be done with just some script. For instance, while I appreciate the usefulness of these features, I am not interested in iCal integration, nor in the ability to create invoices.īasically, what I am looking for is just a sort of "multi-timer", in which each timer can be easily started/stopped, and which logs the timings in any readable form. UPDATE: Thanks everybody for your answers, but I am not sure I have yet found what I am looking for. I have been trying out such a program called TrackTime, but it is (at least on my 10.5 MacBook) quite slow to react, and cannot show easily data for more than five or so activities. Automatic time tracking, including window title and path Manual time tracking Visual timeline of your day Configurable project rules Sync your data across all your devices Access to the Web app 7 report presets (Timesheets, Snippets, etc. You can also show columns for Travel Time and Total Travel Time in the List View, if you want you want to track or bill your travel time separately.I am looking for a program to time projects and activities, both computer- and real life-based, allowing me to tell him to start and stop timing this or that activity, in a very light, background, non-invasive way, and possibly keping past data about time intervals spent on various activities. Now, whenever you invoke this smart filter, it switches to List view, displaying only events that contain the xyz tag, with columns showing the Duration of each event and a running Total Duration for all events. ![]() Select List view, choose a Month date range from the pop-up menu at the top, and then Control-click the column header area and add these columns: Duration, Total Duration, and Tags.Ĭreate a smart filter that remembers the current view settings and displays only events that contain the xyz tag. Using the Info Panel, add a tag to each of the events related to the xyz project. Using a combination of tags, smart filters, and List view, you can generate a custom view that displays the total amount of time spent on a project for calculating billable hours, etc.įor example, to track the amount of time spent working on the xyz project each month, do the following: Using Bus圜al with Exchange / Office 365.Syncing Calendar Subscriptions with an iOS Device.Exporting, Importing, and Merging Calendars.Searching, Finding, and Filtering Events. ![]()
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