We’re excited to announce that TimeNet Law 4.1 is here! This is a big one! We’re introducing:
- Full document management with search, tagging, file reminders and so much more
- A totally redesigned reminder system, with powerful system-wide notification support
- Zero-configuration invoice emailing — now you can email invoices to your clients without configuring and managing a mail server
But we didn’t stop there. TimeNet Law 4.1 adds a bunch of other new features, improvements and fixes too — over 40 in all! Let’s take a look at what’s new.
Document Management
First up: Document Management! For a long time, TimeNet Law has allowed you to link a file to a task, but that’s about it. TimeNet Law 4.1 now brings you complete document management! What does that mean? Let’s check it out.
Documents Folder for Every Matter
TimeNet Law will automatically create a Documents folder for every matter you create. You can access your matter documents right from the matter window. The new View Toggle button lets you switch between List View, Calendar View, or Files View.
Documents are stored in your TimeNet Law database and are automatically synced along with your other TimeNet Law data.
Powerful Search and File Tagging
TimeNet Law uses your Mac’s powerful built-in Spotlight indexing to search for files. Find files by type, content, context, and more. Even find text in images using macOS Monterey’s new Live Text feature! All from right inside TimeNet Law. Search is lightning fast, even with thousands of files.
You can also tag files with custom tags and assign them colors. Then filter your search even further by tag.
All of this can be done from inside each matter, but you can also search your entire document library. The new QuickSearch Documents window lets you search all of your documents. Further refine your search by client or tag, date range, and more to find exactly what you’re looking for fast.
Assign Deadlines and Reminders to Documents
You can assign a reminder to a document to track due dates and follow-up actions. Assign the reminder to a specific timekeeper, or mark it to be completed by any timekeeper.
Documents flagged with reminders will show a reminder badge in the file list, and they will also appear on your calendar, task manager list, and Launchpad!
All the Features You Expect
Drag and drop, duplication, moving, sorting, searching, Quick Look previewing — you can do it all right from inside TimeNet Law! Even drag files from one matter to another, or out of TimeNet Law to your Finder and vice versa. It’s incredibly powerful.
The new document management system will help you keep all of your client files organized and within reach. Instantly access a matter’s files with one click. Tag them, assign reminders, save notes, and see file deadlines on your calendar. Managing client files just got so much easier!
To help you get the most out of the new Document Management system, we’ve created a complete guide.
New Notification System
Next, we’ve got a brand new notification system! With TimeNet Law 4, we added task management and calendaring. Reminders were added as an option, but they weren’t working well for some users. We’ve totally redesigned the notification system, so now they should be working for everyone.
You’ll get macOS-style system notifications. These notifications can be assigned to only appear for specific users of TimeNet Law (which requires Control Center and user login), or they can appear for everyone who runs TimeNet Law.
Notifications will even fire if TimeNet Law isn’t open! Once you get a notification, you can dismiss it, snooze it for 10 minutes, or jump right to the associated task in TimeNet Law — all from the notification.
Zero-Config Invoice Emailing
TimeNet Law could always email invoices to your clients automatically as you created them, but it required you to configure your own mail server settings. Users with iCloud or gmail accounts could have issues, and even when it worked, having to manually manage those settings was not ideal.
We’ve solved this problem with TimeNet Law 4.1 by spinning up our own mail server. Now TimeNet Law uses this automatically-configured mail server to email your invoices to your clients.
Invoices will be delivered with a customizable “from address”, so your clients can reply directly to you. And your invoices are never saved on our mail servers.
There’s a Lot More!
In addition to the new notification system and full document management, TimeNet Law 4.1 includes a lot of other new features, improvements and fixes. You can view the full release notes and download the new version below.