If you are a user of Above & Beyond software from 1Soft, you can easily migrate to TimeTo™, vice versa, or continue to use both programs.
Since TimeTo™ uses a data format compatible with all Above & Beyond versions (versions 98 through to the most current), you can easily migrate from Above & Beyond to TimeTo™ or from TimeTo™ to Above and Beyond software. As well, since the programs each have a unique set of features, with the current version of TimeTo™ you could go back and forth on a daily basis if there happened to be features in each that you wish to use at different times.
Migrating from Above & Beyond to TimeTo
The simplest way to test TimeTo™ with your existing Above & Beyond data is to put the timedata.pak file from Above & Beyond into TimeTo™. However, if you wish to have your entire Above & Beyond data and history migrated to TimeTo™ (including all history, logs, notes, and almost every setting), then instead follow this procedure:
1. Make a copy of your entire Above&Beyond folder
(including subfolders) to a new folder called TimeTo.
You can put the new folder at the root level of drive
C (for instance, c:\TimeTo) or you may prefer to have
it in your Program Files folder (typically folder "c:\Program Files (x86)\TimeTo" though if your operating system is 32-bit Windows 7 or 32-bit Windows Vista or Windows XP or earlier then typically instead "c:\Program Files\TimeTo").
2. Run the TimeTo™ installer and have it install to
the new folder.
3. You can now launch TimeTo™ and have access to all your existing data. If you wish to ever launch Above & Beyond again, launch the a&b.exe file that is now located in your TimeTo™ folder. When ready, consider uninstalling the Above & Beyond folder in order to eliminate the chance that you'll accidentally launch what will now be an older data set after having used the new TimeTo folder to house your current information.
(If you wish to merge TimeTo™ and Above
& Beyond data together,
contact us at timetosupport@davidberman.com and we'll
give you instructions on what is possible).
Migrating from TimeTo™ to Above & Beyond
The simplest way to test Above & Beyond with your existing TimeTo™ data is to put the timedata.pak file from TimeTo™ into Above & Beyond. However, if you wish to have your entire TimeTo™ data and history migrated to Above & Beyond (including all history, logs, notes, and almost every setting), then instead follow this procedure:
1. Make a copy of your entire TimeTo™ folder
(including subfolders) to a new folder called c:\above.
You can put the new folder at the root level of drive
C (thus "c:\above") or you may prefer to have
it in your Program Files folder (typically folder "c:\Program Files (x86)\Above" though if your operating system is 32-bit Windows 7 or 32-bit Windows Vista or Windows XP or earlier then typically instead "c:\Program Files\Above").
2. Run the Above & Beyond installer and have it install to the new folder.
3. You can now launch Above & Beyond and have
access to all your existing data (and if you wish
to ever launch TimeTo™ again, launch the TimeTo.exe
file that is now located in your Above folder).
Glossary of Above & Beyond / TimeTo terminology equivalents
Here are some of the most popular equivalent terms, to help orient Above & Beyond users to TimeTo™ concepts, or vice versa.
| Above & Beyond concept | TimeTo™ concept |
|---|---|
| Adjust Workload command | Lighten Load and Increase Load commands |
| anchored | Set Date |
| Attempted Completion command | Record Failed Attempt command |
| Autodial command | Dial / Their Time & Location command |
| autoexec | st@rtyes (and autoexec works too) |
| auto-pilot | Balance All Days setting (in Other Settings) |
| Balance Workload command | Balance All Days command |
| Begin Time | Set Start Time |
| Biz Hours | Work Hours |
| Carry Over Undone Items | Bring Forward Past Undones To This Day command |
| Case # | Job # |
| Chronological List | Underscored Items List |
| Current Export File command | View Export File command |
| Daily Schedule | Print Day View |
| Define Week View | My Multiple Day View Settings |
| Ended Now command | Done With Current End Time command |
| Ended Previously command | Done With Earlier End Time command |
| exec | st@rt (and exec works too) |
| event | multi-day event |
| Export command | Export command |
| Fit To Gap command | Done & Fill Gap command |
| floating | flexible date |
| Handle Interruption command | Interrupt command |
| History For Month | Viewed Month's Done Items Log |
| Hold command | Hope command |
| Invoice command (Projects menu) | Items Report (Reports menu) (generates ItemReport1.txt, ...2.txt, etc.) |
| Keep | Bring Forward Instance |
| Lag days | Must be done for x days |
| Lag duration | Must be done for x hrs |
| marval | Expected Return |
| Melt | Day Becomes Flexible Upon Arrival |
| Miles field | Mileage field |
| occurrences | recurrences |
| Off Hours | After Work Hours |
| Optimize | Balance Day |
| options | settings |
| outlook | appointment calendar |
| Partial Completion command | Done For Now & Finish Later command |
| Postpone date | Earliest Begin Date |
| Preferences | Other Settings |
| (Projects) Report | Daily Time By Project Report |
| quad tiling | grid tiling |
| Set As Default command | Make This Schedule The One Open At Launch command |
| Shift | Shift Start Date |
| Single Schedule Window | Day View |
| Split Task Report | Split Item Breakdown |
| Standard Report | Print My Printouts |
| Start Item After Last command | Start & Fill Gap Since Last Done command |
| status | label |
| surprise | gapfiller |
| Tag Project For Time Card command | Tag/Untag Project (Statistics submenu) |
| Time Card command | Daily Time Spent On Tagged Projects (Statistics submenu) |
| Time Card Moving Average command | Weekly Time Spent On Tagged Projects (Statistics submenu) |
| Time Graph | 31-Day Busy Navigator |
| Time Space | Use More Vertical Space As Duration Rises |
| Timer | Stopwatch |
| vital | underscored |
| Web Site Connect command | Launch Web Page In Item command |
| Week command | My Multiple Day View command |
| worktools | tools |
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