Menus and keyboard shortcuts

TimeBill adds its commands to three menus in the macOS menu bar: File, View, and Help. Here is everything they contain.

File menu: export and import

• Export → CSV for Bill → Export All Projects / Export Selected Project creates a CSV of your unbilled work (unbilled tasks with tracked time, plus cost items). Billed, paid, and zero-time tasks are skipped by design.
• Export → Project Export → Export All Projects / Export Selected Project: a versioned JSON file with projects, tasks, time entries, and cost items. This is the format for backups and moving to another Mac; note that customers and the Invoice Vault are not included. See exporting your data.
• Export → Export Timesheet (PDF) is only available while a project is selected in the sidebar. Details in exporting a timesheet PDF.
• Import Project... reads a Project Export JSON back in. Projects that already exist are skipped and reported by name; imports never merge or overwrite.

One trap to avoid: double-clicking an exported .json or CSV file in Finder opens TimeBill but imports nothing — always import via File → Import Project.... The only file type that imports on double-click is a .timebilltemplate invoice template.

View menu

• Show Dashboard (Shift-Cmd-D): statistics in the detail pane.
• Invoice Vault (Shift-Cmd-I): the archive of all exported invoices.
• Customer Management (Shift-Cmd-M): your client address book.
• Upgrade to Premium... (Shift-Cmd-U) opens the purchase sheet. This item exists in the Mac App Store build only; the Setapp edition is fully unlocked and has no purchase UI.

The standard macOS commands for hiding and showing the sidebar are also here.

Help menu

• Contact Support and Report a Bug open a pre-addressed email that already includes your app version, build number, and macOS version; the bug report adds a steps-to-reproduce template. Prefer the browser? Use the contact form.
• TimeBill Website and Privacy Policy open the corresponding web pages.

Shortcuts at a glance

• Shift-Cmd-D: Show Dashboard
• Shift-Cmd-I: Invoice Vault
• Shift-Cmd-M: Customer Management
• Shift-Cmd-U: Upgrade to Premium... (App Store build only)

Beyond the menu bar there are more: search, print, Quick Look, and delete inside the Invoice Vault, full keyboard navigation in the Cost Item Catalog, and Return/Escape in every sheet. The complete, printable list is on the keyboard shortcut cheat sheet.

One shortcut that intentionally does nothing: Cmd-, (Settings). TimeBill has no Settings window. All configuration lives in the Your Details sheet at the bottom of the sidebar, as shown in exploring the main window.