Subject: Re: [Time Sink Talk] Q: Possible to Ignore All Browser Windows Yet Still Record Specific Windows? Whitelist?

From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 20:04:47 -0800

On Nov 11, 2017, at 6:27 AM, Thomas Rohde <[email-masked]> wrote:

> maybe a strange question, but nevermind: is it possible to …
> 
> • “ignore” all Browser windows (for the display in the activity report),
> • but at the same time record *specific* Browser windows, e.g. “*adobe*” in a pool?
> 
> Sort of a self-made whitelist? Have I missed some way to do this in TimeSink?
> If this is not possible, then I’d appreciate a whitelisting feature very much.
> My TimeSink setup is that it only shows apps/windows/Web sites relevant to my work, I want it to ignore everything else.

Tom:

I had to check with Peter, and here's what he had to say…

>> The blacklist applies before windows get sorted into pools, so you're right, you can't record blacklisted windows in pools. But maybe the following is close enough -- add this to your "Ignore windows titled…" blacklist:
>> 
>> Safari ▸ !*adobe*
>> 
>> This will make Time Sink ignore all Safari windows, except for those whose titles include "adobe". Then you can have a pool that matches Safari windows titled "*adobe*". You'll have entries for all matching windows in "Apps" as well, but at least you won't have any unrelated window titles recorded.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, this won't work if there are several exceptions (e.g., *adobe* and *corel*), because the blacklist can't do logical OR operations.
>> 
>> The only other solution I can think of would be having your app timers reset daily, but not your pool timers. That way, all of your Safari windows would still get recorded, but they wouldn't stick around forever.

regards;
-rob.

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From: Thomas Rohde <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 15:27:08 +0100

Hello,

macOS Sierra 10.12.6

Thanks in advance, Tom

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Thomas Rohde
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