Is there any logging software for Macs?

Send me an email and I will email you what I use for my MAC. Just to track my Hours, not a log book. Does not calculate the resets, I think you have a 34 hour reset in US right?

 

Looking at the top right corner I see the words Trucker? Then Wannabe! That tells me your post pretty much is a waste of free broadband!

I did 32 years behind the wheel.
I've been playing with computers since Tandy was the big boy on the block and I had one of the first IBM Thinkpads out there, but when DDL first came out years ago it was the last time I had any problems with my logs! I never got a write up from the safety department and it made "scheduling" and managing my time so much easier and FASTER! And that

DOES help out in

No fuss and no "extra logbook" floating around for a cop to see and waste more of your time as he looks through it and finally figures out it's for scheduling your day or trip! There is less trash in the truck from pages being "torn out" of books and wasted ink!

Nope, computer programs are a big help not only in logging but in routing and saving copies of all the paper work that some of these BFI companies seem to "lose" or that didn't make it in the Trip Pack! Not to mention a new street map any time I need one and then of course all the other good things having that new fangled thing is good for! But as for logging, I would never leave home without my DDL! It's been a life saver more times than I can count and that

can bite you on that arse if you miss count by one 1/4 hour line!
You have a tool, use it!

 

Try this new logging program. I think it's Mac compatible but I can't find that info anywhere! I have the free trial running and it's actually easier than DDL and cheaper.

http://www.dieselboss.com/software/eclipse_logbook.htm

 

Yes in the U.S. we currently use a 34 hour restart...

 

Also software in above link IS NOT mac compatible.

Minimum Computer Requirements

Windows XP SP2, Vista, or Windows 7
800x600 16-bit video (minimum)
30 Mb free disk space
512 Mb RAM
In-cab printer (not necessary to run the program, but would be needed to print your log sheets)
Limitations

Standard log form included; customized log forms available, including two-on-a-page logs (limitations apply)
One carrier at a time
Custom company-specific templates available
Log starts at midnight
U.S. and miles only (no Canada/km

 

In reply to the question "What part of basic logging do you not understand?" I would suggest that the majority of drivers do not understand the rules for split breaks and most who do understand the rules do not use the split break rules effectively to avoid the complexity. However, good computer software makes it easy and even will suggest when logging split breaks will work better for your current situation.

Bob Rice

 

I'd like to use my Mac, too, for logging. It's not that I don't understand the logging rules, or how to do it, but I like the way the computer generated report looks.

I HATE windows and I'll never own anything ever again that has anything to do with windows. THey screwed me royally and when I called them, they couldn't care less. So, I went out and bought a MacBook Pro and an iPhone and I haven't looked back. Seriously, if Microsoft took over my electric company, I'm becoming Amish. I HATE, HATE, them!!

If you absolutely need to, Parallels for Windows will let you boot up windows right from your Mac, although that windows symbol on the screen of my Mac would send shivers down my spine. There's also Boot Camp that will let you do that, too.

I'll be checking out the Mac Logging Software, as well.

So far, in the two years I've been clean (from Windows), a logging program is the ONLY thing I haven't found for the Mac. EVERYTHING else has been completely compatible.

 

I did find one driver log application that runs on a Mac without using Parallels. It is "TruckLogger" and being written in Java it will run natively on both platforms. It seems to be hard to find on the web since it doesn't usually show up in a Google search. TruckLogger is recently released and it looks like a good program to check out!

TruckLogger wasn't available while I was driving so I started to develop my own application "MacDriverLog". MacDriverLog is more experimental in nature using newer software technology "MacRuby". Both MacDriverLog and MacRuby are not ready for release but progressing rapidly and I envision that MacDriverLog will eventually eclipse the other packages in functionality. Anyone interested in helping me to test the software in exchange for reserving a free license can download a copy at MacDriverLog.com.

Bob Rice