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iBiz 4.0 Beta 6 / 3.1.14


iBiz Self-employed time billing manager (was iWork).

System Requirememts
Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Download Details
Company IGG Software LLC
Version 4.0 Beta 6 / 3.1.14
Post Date September 10, 2009
License Trial
File Size 8.3 MB
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iBiz 4.0 Beta 6 / 3.1.14


Self-employed time billing manager (was iWork).
iBiz is an intuitive and powerful time-billing and invoicing application. iBiz is a very useful and easy to use time-billing and invoicing application.

iBiz integrates with iCal and Address Book, offers tax support and easily generates custom invoices. This is the most intuitive time-billing application out there.

Essential for anyone self employed. Try it, you won't be disappointed. And yeah, it has seamless networking features.


Main features of iBiz:

  • Document Monitor - Associate your files to a project then open them from within iBiz and all of your time spent on the opened files will be automatically tracked. It allows for truly seamless time tracking.
  • Big (Billing) Picture - Get the big picture on your clients, quickly see a list of invoices, estimates and payments for any or all clients to check their status. Check invoice status and send them again if necessary.
  • Spotlight Indexing - Search your projects and job events quickly and easily. Integration with Spotlight means that you can locate your work records even when you're not using iBiz.
  • Networking - For those who need an efficient way for multiple people to collaborate on projects, iBiz 3.0 offers seamless networking capabilities. Now in iBiz 3 you can set employee permissions, assign group rates and more.
  • AppleScript & Automator - Use Applescript and Automator actions to streamline your workflow. Create invoices, check for overdue balances and do a lot more. Let the scripts do the work so you don't have to.
  • Quick Timers - For those that need to track every minute efficiently. Start and stop timers from a new status item or global floating quick timer window. Assign the timed events to clients whenever it is more convenient.
  • iCal Integration - Use Sync Services to automatically sync iBiz Projects with calendars in iBiz. You can also manually send events from iBiz to iCal.
  • Address Book Integration - Upon installation iBiz adds a group to Address Book of iBiz Clients. Drag and drop clients into this group in Address Book for them to appear in iBiz.
  • Templates - Make invoices and estimates with completely customizable RTF and HTML based templates. Email them as a PDF attachment directly from within iBiz. Use the built-in templates or browse our online gallery.
  • Invoice & Estimates - Fully customizable invoice templates ensure you get the look you want for your invoices and estimates. Change fonts, insert a logo, add a special message - it's up to you. Click a button and send them as a PDF attachment using Mail or Entourage. Invoice from the toolbar.
  • Reporting - Create powerful reports with one click. Select the projects to be analyzed and click a button, it is that simple.


    Limitations of iBiz:

  • 10 day trial period, after which it will only run for 10 minutes at time.

    What's New in This Release:

  • Fixed bug where changing the 'balance visible' permission could cause client rows to look jumbled.
  • Fixed bug where job event in group could loose its 'link' to the popup inspector.
  • Fixed bug where job event notes would not stick if you press "Recalculate Billable Hours" on popup inspector.
  • Fixed bug where copy and paste wouldn't preserve decimals in amounts.
  • Reports now have Gross, Deductions and Net columns.
  • Fixed bug where Doc Monitor wouldn't load data if it was activated from menu item.
  • Fixed bug where updating users could see lots of open invoices.
  • Fixed bug with setting nil value in the time field in the job event popup inspector.
  • Finalized all tags and calculations.
  • Improved cell display in job event and billing lists.
  • Improved support for deductions at the project level.
  • Improved billing window appearance (added dates to second column).
  • Fixed invoice printing bug where invoices wouldn't print from preview pane.
  • Fixed bug where amounts could be incorrect on the invoice preview window.
  • Improved resizing of the billing table.
  • Added ability to export job event time logs.
  • Documentation improved, but still not complete.
  • Fixed bug with editing templates where HTML editor could be come unresponsive.
  • Hopefully fixed bug where iBiz could crash when closing invoice preview window.
  • Fixed bug where non-timed events could show up in File Cabinet menu of job events.
  • Known Issue: some old iBiz 4 invoices may print with odd margins from the Billing pane (please report this behavior if you notice it).