Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Bend, Oregon
Posts: 1

Time-tracking software for Prism/iMac

Hi All,
I have been really frustrated trying to find a good time-tracking software that works with my new visor prism and my new iMac (system 10). The Handingo people recommended this site, since none of their stuff seems to be mac-oriented, or they could not tell me about it.

What I need to do, as many professionals do, is do time-sheets as I work on projects every day: preferably in 15-min increments. A very simple thing, I thought, but the software I was recommended (Millie and Time-Traker) do not work so hot with the mac--or am I just incredibly stupid?
Any ideas or recommendations at all, before I turn my handspring into a paper weight??? (as so many of my office mates have already!)

Thanks in advance!

-DanO

Registered: Apr 2002
Location: New York City
Posts: 234

Does it have to be for Mac?

Hey,

I feel for you. I own an Imac too. I have not gone to the Os X side with it yet. My laptop has X on it though. You have to be a bit more specific in what you mean by time tracking. Why can't the datebook handle it? If you need something more I would say to go with an excel compatible palm program for windows. Ugg windows. My Imac has virtual PC on it and virtual PC 5 I believe works on Os X. You would need an excel program that just simply exports and imports pdb and exl files in and out of excel with no need of a conduit. I believe that quicksheet does this there are others. Go to www.palmgear.com and search for excel. One option is to use the memo pad. Make a spreadsheet in excel the way you would want your time tracking sheet to look like, and export it as comma separated. Open the file in a word processor select all, copy and then paste into the palm desktop memo pad and go from there. I hope this helps. If not it may have confused you. :-D.

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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Vermont
Posts: 148

I've been using the Documents to Go (www.dataviz.com) Spreadsheet to track my hours that I put in doing lights for my theatre group.

It works fairly well, and when the director asks us for our hours, I can go home and print out the spreadsheet for her.

Yes, I do use Win XP (gasp) but I believe Documents To Go is available for Mac (not sure if it is OS X friendly or not). Documents To Go supports Excel files, so as long as you have Excel for Mac you should be set.

- cml

( P.S. For those of you who get bent out of shape about people advertising on the board, I do not work for or sell Documents To Go. I just think it is an excellent program. )