Sync Apple Calendar with TimeNet Law bidirectionally. Events appear in Launchpad. Time entries create calendar blocks. Conflicts are detected automatically. Never double-book again.
Your calendar and your billing system should be best friends. In TimeNet Law 6, they finally are.
2-Way Calendar Sync connects Apple Calendar with TimeNet so your events appear in Launchpad views and your time entries can block off calendar time. No more checking two apps to know your schedule. No more manually entering calendar events as time entries. They're synced, automatically.
DEMO VIDEO: "Calendar Meets Billing" — Apple Calendar with events → open TimeNet Launchpad → same events appear in Day View → create a time entry in TimeNet → it appears as a block in Apple Calendar. Two-way, real-time, seamless.
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Getting calendar sync running takes about two minutes. Here's the setup:
Head to Settings → Calendar Integration in TimeNet Law. This is where all your sync configuration lives.
TimeNet requests read/write access to Apple Calendar. This is a standard macOS permission — you'll see the familiar system dialog. Click Allow and you're set.
Choose which calendars to sync. Work, personal, court dates, shared calendars — pick as many as you need. Each one can have its own sync rules.
Three options: Apple → TimeNet only, TimeNet → Apple only, or 2-Way (recommended). 2-Way means changes in either app flow to the other automatically.
Choose how often sync runs: Real-time, every 5 minutes, every 15 minutes, or manual. Real-time is the default and works great for most setups.
Screenshot: Calendar Integration settings panel showing calendar selection and sync direction options
Start with 2-Way sync and all your work calendars. You can always adjust later. Most users never change from the default because it just works.
Your Apple Calendar events appear automatically in Launchpad. No copy-pasting, no manual entry. They just show up.
Launchpad makes it easy to tell synced events apart at a glance:
Click any unsynced event to link it to a matter. Once linked, you can convert it to a time entry with one click — client, matter, date, and duration all pre-filled from the calendar event.
Screenshot: Launchpad Day View showing synced (solid blue) and unsynced (pale blue dotted) calendar events alongside time entries
DEMO VIDEO: "Event to Time Entry" — Click unsynced calendar event → select matter from dropdown → click "Convert to Entry" → time entry created with all fields pre-filled. Your meeting just became a billable entry.
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The sync runs both ways. Your TimeNet entries flow back into Apple Calendar so your schedule is always complete, everywhere.
This means your Apple Calendar — and anything that reads it, like your iPhone, Apple Watch, or shared calendar views — always shows your complete picture. Colleagues looking at your calendar see when you're in billing mode.
Calendar events created by TimeNet are tagged with a [TimeNet] prefix and use a distinct calendar color so they're easy to identify.
Screenshot: Apple Calendar showing TimeNet-created blocks (with [TimeNet] prefix) alongside regular events
The sync engine is smart about conflicts. It doesn't just move data — it understands your schedule.
Screenshot: Launchpad showing a conflict highlight where a meeting overlaps with a time entry, plus an amber gap indicator between events
The gap detection feature alone can recover significant billable time. Those 30-minute gaps between meetings? You probably did something billable in them. Launchpad makes them visible so you can capture that time.
For litigators, calendar sync is especially powerful. Your most critical dates live in one unified view.
Screenshot: A court date appearing in both Apple Calendar and TimeNet Launchpad with red deadline styling
Sync as many calendars as you need. Each one gets its own sync rules and visual treatment in Launchpad.
Each calendar can have its own sync rules. Maybe your personal calendar syncs one-way (Apple → TimeNet only) while your work calendar is full 2-way. You set it once and forget about it.
Screenshot: Settings showing multiple calendars with individual sync direction toggles for each
On iPhone and iPad, calendar sync extends to mobile seamlessly.
Because Apple Calendar already syncs across your devices via iCloud, TimeNet on your Mac effectively keeps your iPhone's calendar in sync too. No additional setup needed on iOS — it just works through Apple's ecosystem.
Stop living in two worlds. Your calendar events and your billing entries belong together. 2-Way Calendar Sync makes them one unified view in Launchpad, converts events to entries with one click, and makes sure you never miss a billable moment hiding in the gaps between meetings.
Your calendar is now your billing tool.
Calendar permissions on macOS can be tricky. If sync isn't working, Perry will walk you through it personally.