You can also download Clockify for Mac directly from the Clockify’s website<\/a>. This version includes the Idle detection<\/a> and Auto tracker<\/a> features. Please note that due to recent changes in the App Store\u2019s policies, these features are not available in the App Store version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To use Clockify Desktop app for Mac, you first have to log in to your Clockify account:<\/p>\n\n\n\n or<\/p>\n\n\n\n You\u2019ll receive an email with a verification code. To proceed, enter verification code in the verification screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re not receiving verification emails, it might be due to too many unused verification codes. To fix this, simply open the last verification email and click the click here<\/strong> button to start receiving emails again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you don\u2019t have a Clockify account yet, you can create it by clicking the Sign up<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Users on custom domain or subdomain can also use the Mac desktop app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To log in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can use Apple login to sign up and log in to the Clockify desktop app for Mac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you choose the Continue with Apple<\/strong> option:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Google and Apple login don\u2019t require an email verification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Apple login on Mac is only available if you downloaded Clockify from the AppStore<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you go through the Apple login process but don\u2019t have a Clockify account yet, before getting access to the app, you\u2019ll get a Signup<\/strong> screen where you\u2019ll need to agree with CAKE.com Terms of Use<\/strong> and click Create account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main purpose of the desktop app is to make time tracking faster and more convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To start tracking time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can also start the timer without the description, and then fill in the details later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to using the timer, you can also add time entries for past work manually:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Time format on the Mac desktop app is related to the time format settings set in your Clockify Profile settings<\/a> on the web version. For example, if you set your time settings to 24h format on the web, the desktop app will show hours in the same format as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Autocomplete<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s an autocomplete option available when you click on an entry and start typing a description or when you click on the down arrow ( v ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019ve already worked on some task, you can start a new timer for it with one click.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simply find the time entry you wish to continue tracking time for and click the blue play button next to it. All the data of that time entry will be duplicated, and the time will start ticking again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To delete a time entry, click on the three dots menu<\/strong> and choose the Delete<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n or<\/p>\n\n\n\n The time entry list shows you your most recent time entries. The list is organized by days, and each day contains the time entries you\u2019ve made that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each time entry shows the project, description, duration with tags and billability status (if any).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Duration format on the Mac desktop app depends on the duration format set in the Clockify workspace settings on the web version. For example, if you set the duration format to decimal on the web (e.g. 4.00), the desktop app will display the duration of tracker time in the same format, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can quickly create a new project<\/strong> in the Time Entry Details<\/strong> popup window, by clicking Create new project<\/strong>; then you can add the project name, the name of the client, and choose the project color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After you add the project, you can then add a new task<\/strong>. When you click Create new task<\/strong>, a new input field appears, where you can enter the name of the task, estimate, and choose an assignee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can add tags<\/strong> in the Time Entry Details<\/strong> popup window, by clicking Create new tag<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t forget to click Save<\/strong> to save the added project\/task\/tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regular (non-admin) team members aren\u2019t able to create clients, projects, and tags if they are not granted these permissions. To give them such permissions, you will need to log in via Web browser and set Who can create projects and clients<\/strong> and Who can create tags<\/strong> to Anyone<\/strong> in the Workspace settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The settings are located in the top right corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In your Clockify MacOS desktop preferences, you can choose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you sometimes forget to stop the timer when you go on a break or are finished working, Mac desktop app can stop the running timer for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mac app can also start the timer for you when you come back to work later so you don\u2019t have to worry about managing timers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Preferences > Timer, you can choose in which cases Clockify should automatically start and\/or stop the timer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the Pomodoro Timer, you can set up notifications that will let you know when it\u2019s time to take a break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clockify Desktop app will send you a notification when you reach the end of your current Pomodoro interval to let you know you should take a break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the break, you can continue tracking time on the latest task by clicking on that entry\u2019s play icon, or start a brand new timer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can set just the Pomodoro Timer (when to stop the timer and give you a notification), and you can also set breaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Pomodoro break is enabled, and you reach the end of your Pomodoro time, Clockify will let you know with a notification to stop the timer for the current task. After that, a new timer starts, with the description \u201cPomodoro break\u201d. After it ends, the timer will stop, and you can start a new timer for anything you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can start the timer for break directly from the notification by clicking Start break <\/strong>in the notification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can enable Pomodoro Timer and set your preferred Pomodoro and break intervals in Preferences > Timer tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you work on the same project every day, set a default project. Then, all you have to do is type what you\u2019re working on and start the timer, and the project will be selected automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can select:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can enable default project in the app\u2019s Settings > General tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you\u2019re focused on the Clockify window, you can use a keyboard shortcut to quickly perform some action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can also define your own custom global shortcut for start\/stop timer and hide\/show app in Settings > Preferences > General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can track time in Clockify on your Mac even offline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can regularly create time entries manually or start\/stop the timer, and newly created time entries will be saved locally on your computer. When you get back online, the app will automatically sync all time entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you\u2019re offline, you will only be able to see information loaded while you were online (time entries, projects, tasks, tags, etc.). So projects, tasks, and tags are available for selection if they were loaded before you went offline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s not possible to create new projects, tasks, tags, and clients while offline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The app stores data locally, and syncs with the web version once you\u2019re online again. If you want, you can also perform a manual sync by clicking the refresh icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are using the app in the offline mode<\/strong>, please make sure you\u2019ve synced your time entries with the cloud prior to logging out. If you fail to do that, all the data that is not synced at the moment of logging out, will be lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you use Clockify every day you can set it up so it starts automatically on startup. To enable this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To open the app on the same page it was when you closed it just leave the Close windows when quitting an app<\/strong> unchecked. To do this go to System preferences > General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you forget to manually start the timer, Clockify can automatically start<\/strong> the timer for you when your Mac is unlocked, awakes, or is booted. Or, if you forget to manually stop the timer, Clockify can automatically stop<\/strong> the timer for you when your Mac is locked, goes to sleep, or is shut down. Auto-start and stop can be enabled in Preferences > Timer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By default, app will be displayed on your operating system\u2019s language (if Clockify supports that language<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n To use Clockify in a language that\u2019s different from your operating system\u2019s:<\/p>\n\n\n\nLog in<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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