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TimePilot Newsletter No. 70: January 2023
News and info for users
of TimePilot time and attendance systems
New On-Premise Edition Feature: Back Up Your Data to the Cloud
One of the worst things that can happen to a business is a hard drive crash that destroys essential information. What would happen if, for instance, your TimePilot database vanished, taking with it all your employee data and payroll data?

It probably would take hours of work to recreate what you had, if you could do it at all.

That’s why backing up your database is so important. But it does take time, you have to remember to do it on a regular schedule and you have to have a secure place to save it.

TimePilot 5 On-Premise Edition customers now have a way to have their databases backed up and stored for safekeeping in the Cloud. If their hard drive crashes, they simply download the backed-up database and go on with their day.

The new backup feature costs On-Premise customers just $60 per year. You can set the feature to prompt you to back up each time you log out of the TimePilot software, or you can create a backup with a few clicks of your mouse. The five most recent backup copies are always available as long as you have an active subscription.

You can add this feature to your system by clicking or tapping here. We will respond within one business day with instructions on how to back up your database and how to access your backups.  

If you have the TimePilot 5 Cloud-Based Edition, automatic backups are included as one of its many extra features. Cloud Edition users also get iPhone or Android apps that allow their employees to clock in on their smartphones, TimePilot PC, which allows employees to clock in at their computers, and unlimited free tech support. For more on the Cloud Edition, click or tap here.   

Questions about the new TimePilot 5, answered by our support technicians.


Q. Our company uses Paychex to handle our payroll. Is there a way to prepare the data collected by TimePilot so we can send it to Paychex?

Q. We have the Cloud Edition and our employees clock in and out with the smartphone app, TimePilot Mobile. Can they can send a note with their clock-in or clock-out?

Q. Does the Tap clock have a low battery warning?

Q. Is your Cloud version web-based software?

Q. Can I use one Vetro time clock for more than one business?


Interesting time-related stories from around the world.
There's ancient and there's really ancient. We sometimes think of historical civilizations as single events and forget they might have lasted for centuries or more. For example, when Cleopatra ruled as queen of Egypt (51 to 30 BC), the Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx were already 2,500 years old. She lived closer to our current time than she did to the building of those monuments.


Did you notice it? The earth’s rotation is accelerating, and last June 29 was the shortest day in history: 1.59 milliseconds less than 24 hours. Scientists are talking about adding a “negative leap second”—subtracting a second from the day—to account for the change, but engineers are resisting, saying making the change could cause chaos with computer systems.

Every once in a while, our employees come across “cool stuff.” This is where they share their finds.

Wad-Free for Bed Sheets
Did you ever find your bedsheets all tangled up in your washer or balled up and still wet in your dryer? These little plastic devices keep your sheets from getting tangled and lets them dry much more quickly.

$19.99 for two

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