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Billings Pro Is Out (and Multi-User)

Back in April, I posted about Marketcircle’s popular Mac billing application, Billings, announcing that it was “going pro,” a.k.a., multi-user, and headed to beta testing. Tonight, The Unofficial Apple Weblog reports that Billings Pro has gone live. As I am currently a solo practitioner, I have not put the multi-user version through its paces. I do religiously use Billings 3 for my billing needs, though, and highly recommend it. Time capture could be a little easier, but it is a solid program that has my full confidence otherwise. The Pro, multi-user, version requires you to set up a...
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Billings Goes Pro (Multi-User), Wants Beta Testers

The popular and professional Mac billing application, Billings, from Marketcircle (the same folks responsible for the celebrated Daylite software) is getting a much desired multi-user “pro” version. The developers are looking for a “limited number of beta testers,” and you can apply for the beta here. They say they’ll contact you “within a month or two.” According to The Unofficial Apple Weblog: The new application will include a server piece (like Daylite), a way to use the application offline and then sync to the server (once again built upon Daylite),...
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New Job: Only Mac In The Shop

Last month, I started a new job at a new firm. I spent nearly three years at my old firm, and most of what I have written on this blog to date has been related to my experiences there. If you read my Personal Update last fall, you know that last year I moved back to the town where I grew up – Hagerstown, Maryland. Long story short: The 3.5 hours of driving every day got old and a position at a well respected Hagerstown firm opened up due to one of its (now former) partners being appointed judge. The new firm runs on a Windows 2003 Exchange Server, and my early-2008 MacBook Pro is the only Mac...
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Excel and Numbers Templates for Attorney Billing Timesheets

I do a fair amount of billable hour work in my practice. Over the years, I’ve developed a fairly simple but flexible spreadsheet for tracking my billable time. For our firm, this represents the ideal solution at present. I have taken a liking to a few different Mac billing apps out there (like Billings, Involer, Invoice, GrandTotal, and iRatchet) but each of them falls short in one way or another for our purposes. I would encourage you to give them a try, however, as your needs might be different than ours. Early on, I would write my time down here and there, and at the end of the month, I would...
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OmniFocus, Things: You’re On The Hit List

There’s a new player on the field in the game of awesome-GTD-apps-for-the-Mac-…uh…-ball. It’s called The Hit List, and it’s made by the Potion Factory – the same folks who brought you Tangerine! and Voice Candy. I learned about this exciting new app from this article atThe Unofficial Apple Weblog. Not being able to control myself, I immediately applied for the private beta, promising Andy Kim, the developer, that I would put it through its paces and give him some feedback. Later that same night, I received my invitation and downloaded it immediately. The beta...
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