The welcome screen and example projects

The first time you open TimeBill (it requires macOS 14.6 or later), two things happen: the app adds two example projects to the sidebar, and a welcome sheet appears.

The welcome sheet

The sheet is titled Welcome to TimeBill! and briefly introduces the app. It also tells you the two most useful facts for day one: example projects have been added for you to explore, and support lives in the Help menu. Click Get Started to close it. The sheet is shown once, on the very first launch only.

The two example projects

The example projects are there so you can click around a populated app instead of an empty one. They are real data, not a locked demo: they behave exactly like projects you create yourself, and you can edit or delete them at any time.

A few things worth knowing:

• They are seeded only once. If you delete them, they will not come back on the next launch. There is no way to restore them from within the app.
• Deleting them is permanent. Like any project deletion in TimeBill, it also permanently removes the project's tasks, time entries, and cost items, and there is no undo. See archiving vs. deleting projects.
• On the free plan they occupy project slots. The free tier allows 10 projects in total (archived ones included), and the example projects count like any other, so delete them when you no longer need them if you want the slots back.

Feel free to rename one of the example projects and use it as your first real project, or delete both and start clean.

Where to go from here

The quick start takes you from a new project to your first invoice in five steps. If anything is unclear, open the Help menu and choose Contact Support or Report a Bug; your email app opens a pre-addressed message that already includes your app version, build number, and macOS version. You can also reach us through the contact form.