Mac app

Fyal is also a desktop app: the same application, in its own window, with a Dock icon and the system dialogs for saving. It runs on Intel and Apple Silicon, from macOS 11 (Big Sur).

Download Fyal for Mac Version 1.0.5 · 6 MB · Intel and Apple Silicon

Installing#

1. Open the downloaded file (Fyal.dmg). A window mounts with the Fyal icon and the Applications folder.
2. Drag Fyal to Applications. Afterwards you can eject the disk and delete the .dmg.
3. Open it from Applications or Launchpad. The first time macOS will stop you: keep reading.

“Apple could not verify…”#

Fyal for Mac isn't yet signed with an Apple developer certificate, so the first time you open it macOS shows a warning and won't open it. It's one step, only once:

1. Close the warning.
2. System Settings → Privacy & Security. Scroll to the bottom: you'll see “‘Fyal’ was blocked to protect your Mac” and an Open Anyway button.
3. Open Anyway, and confirm with your password or Touch ID. From then on it opens like any other app.

On earlier macOS versions this also works: right-click Fyal in Applications → Open → Open.

How it behaves#

The app loads www.fyal.es inside its window, with your session saved. That's why nearly every improvement to Fyal shows up on its own, just like in the browser. You need to be online.

• On launch, the window appears already at the right size: small if you need to sign in, large if you were already in. It remembers the size you leave it at, and goes back to the page, year and period you left it on.
• Closing the window (⌘W or the red button) doesn't quit the app: it stays in the Dock, and clicking its icon brings it back instantly to the page you were on. Quitting for real is ⌘Q.
• Moving the window: by the top strip, where the three buttons are. Double-clicking there maximises it.
• Offline: instead of a blank window, a notice with “Try again”.
• External links (a resource, the email in the footer) open in your browser or mail app.
• Saving PDF, CSV and ZIP: the macOS “Save as…” dialog opens and you choose where.
• Importing: drag the PDFs or photos from the Finder onto the window, just like in the browser.
• Theme: the window buttons follow the app's theme, light or dark.
• Menu bar (from 1.0.4), like any Mac app and in the app's language:

  Shortcut	What it does
  ⌘N · ⇧⌘N	New invoice · new expense
  ⌘O · ⇧⌘O	Import invoices · expenses
  ⌘1 to ⌘5	Overview, Invoices, Expenses, Projects and Clients
  ⌘[ · ⌘]	Back · forward
  ⌘K · ⇧⌘K	Search · Kaperu
  ⌥⌘T · ⌥⌘.	Pause or resume the timer · stop and log
  ⌘,	Settings
  ⇧⌘L	Lock Fyal
  ⌃⌘S	Show or hide the sidebar

• Deadline alerts (from 1.0.4): the Dock icon shows a number with what needs filing (the same as Kaperu's red dot), and five days before a deadline closes, and the day before, a notification shows the form and what to pay. The first time, macOS asks for permission.
• Timer in the menu bar (from 1.0.4): while you time a project, “● 0:42” shows next to the clock (“❚❚” when paused). It keeps counting with the window closed.

  Click	What you get
  Click (from 1.0.5)	A small Fyal window with the time, Pause and Stop and log, and your projects to switch to another: what you had is logged to the previous one and the new one starts counting
  Right-click	The usual menu: pause, stop and log, or open the project

• Touch ID: when Fyal locks, it asks for your fingerprint as soon as its window is in front; if it locks while you're in another app, it waits until you come back. If you'd rather type, the password is still there. When it locks is up to you in Settings → Profile → Lock.

Which version you have#

With the app open, menu Fyal → About Fyal. If it's lower than the one on this page, the app tells you at the bottom with “Update” (or, on 1.0.1, with a link to this page).

Updating#

Changes to the window itself (its shape, how it behaves in the Dock) come with a new version of the app. When there is one, a notice appears at the bottom: click Update and the app downloads and installs it right there. The notice fills up as it downloads, and when it's done Fyal restarts on the new version. Nothing is installed until you click; if you close the notice, it won't show again until the next version.

Version 1.0.1 can't update itself yet: the notice brings you to this page. Download the new one and install it over the old one by dragging it to Applications and choosing Replace. Your session is kept.

Requirements#

• macOS 11 Big Sur or later. One installer covers Intel and Apple Silicon.
• An internet connection.
• A Fyal account.