iBiz is a time - billing and invoicing lotion by IGG Software , the Godhead of iBank ( ) and iPaste ( ) . Aimed at self - apply and humble - business work surroundings , it features a white , Mac - corresponding interface and provide integration with iCal and Address Book .
After induction , you may create new customer record and add job events and sub - result to your undertaking . For each client , line of work events ( the equivalent of a project ) and wedge - events ( the tasks performed to complete a project ) are created to establish a workflow . These item can then be on an individual basis tracked and updated . bill , job , and graphic and text edition - establish reports can also be define up to report returns and loss for each projection . you’re able to open a job event and determine its pay structure , as well as compute taxes and add price scar - ups . Once come in , a job can be pass over via the use of goods and services of a timer , which measures the metre drop at your job task and multiplies it by an established pay rate . you may also track the time you spend working on individual electronic file .
received forms , such as invoice , can be created via provided guide . you could also create customized reports , with the resulting graphical record displaying percentages and breakdowns of your undertaking data .
In plus to invoicing and time - billing features , a filtering system serve grouping and categorize projects . criterion such as whether a project has been fill in , invoice , or whether defrayal has been received can be tracked via chip loge and afterwards permeate to show which projects involve attention .
Extras
iBiz does n’t skimp when it comes to integration with other Apple apps . projection event and deadlines can be sent to iCal as to - dos and events , while full iCal calendars can be import into iBiz to help keep deadlines in rescript . eventually , a thingmajig useable from IGG Software ’s entanglement web site serve with casual iBiz entries . you’re able to commence and stop the widget ’s timer to track your tasks and keep track of your billing .
The road ahead
While excellent on many levels , iBiz is hampered by its non - intuitive user interface , which makes becoming expert with the software slow . I had to execute some subroutine multiple times before I got them down to retention and could get them in the interface . It also has some iCal - related bugs . A quick run through the political program ’s electronic manual was necessary for me to get a full grip on the program , but a visit to IGG Software ’s World Wide Web forums and online bread and butter prove helpful in answering several of my questions .
Though the political program prides itself on iCal integration , there were problems export to - Doctor of Osteopathy and events from iCal to iBiz . In instances where exports succeeded , a lack of feedback or confirmation made me wonder whether the exportation had perform right .
Macworld’s buying advice
A secure performing artist with a unmanageable learning curve , iBiz 2.5.3 achieves what it sets out to do by putting projects , node , and chore in a logical order , allowing for well-off billing and invoicing .
[ Chris Barylick is a engineering journalist whose work has appeared inMacAddict , theUPI news telegram , and theWashington Post . He is proprietor of Mac Menders , a Washington , D.C.-based technical consulting firm . ]
