Let me explain by example: I was sitting here watching its RAM usage start at 15 MB and slowly rise to 18 MB… then drop back down to 15 MB and start the climb again. It slowly increases the amount it uses, pauses the increase for a second, and then drops. It uses around 25 MB of RAM (on average) for me while sitting in the background (sure if it used less RAM it would be nice, but considering the fact it is constantly at work 25 MB of RAM is not too bad) What is interesting is how it uses the RAM. Before I explain let me clear the air that ManicTime is not really a resource hog but it isn’t exactly light on resources either. Not so much the CPU usage – it doesn’t really use much CPU while sitting in the background collecting data. Now on interesting, yet odd, thing I noticed about ManicTime is the computer resources it uses while running. In other words, the data collected is stored locally on your computer no one but you will ever have access to it and you need not be connected to the internet to use ManicTime. The best part of ManicTime is it works completely locally. Lastly, if you have ManicTime running and you temporarily would like to disable it, right clicking on the system try icon allows you to “Get off the record” (i.e.
To add cream on top of the cake, there is an option allowing for the export your computer usage data into. From the “Timeline” drop down menu selecting “Tags”, “Applications”, “Computer usage” (“Activity”), or “Browsing” will make the groups categorized under them respectively appear for your selection. You can select multiple data groups to be combined together (select whichever ones you want) or you can have each group be graphed individually (select just one). Just “Add” or “Remove” the data you do not want to see (you may also “Edit”):
You have the ability to control what data appears on the graph/table. …but you are also provided with graphs and tables: Statistics – you are not only provided with simple percentage statistics on how you used your computer….Interestingly, you can make multiple different tags for the same time period instead of just being limited to one:
I can tag the time spent writing this article as “New Article on ManicTime”) to help you categorize and book-keep your time:
#Manictime autotagging by folder software
Now most computer usage software just stop there they track how you use your computer but do not go any further. Browser/internet usage tracking – if the application you used is a web browser, what websites you visited, when you visited them and for how long will be logged:.Application usage tracking – shows you what applications you used, when you used them, and for how long:.“Activity” – basically records if you are active (“Active”) on your computer or unactive/away (“Away”, “Session Locked”, etc.):.ManicTime has three main “tracking” features: It sits in the background and collects data on how you use your computer. ManicTime is a very powerful time management/tracking tool. Whatever the case may be, ManicTime is here to help. Sometimes when one spends so much time on one activity it is nice to know exactly how we spent our time… don’t you agree? For some of us the need to track the time may be related to getting a pay check while for others it may just be an interesting statistic. I am sure for us computer-holics if we do not have access to a computer for a prolonged period of time, we start getting withdrawal symptoms including but not limited to clammy hands, stuttered speech and blurred vision I am living proof. Seriously, in today’s day and age most of us (almost) literally live on our computers. “How about… 3 hours of sleep, 1 hour of eating, and 20 hours of computer!” Now it has freeware and shareware editions.
Update: When I wrote this article ManicTime was purely a freeware program.
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