Plan your first day

Add your tasks

Chunk turns your tasks into time blocks on your calendar. Start by writing down what you want to get done today.

1. Click Tasks, the first of the three icons at the top left.
2. Click Inbox in the sidebar.
3. Press ⌘N, or click + at the top of the list.
4. Type the task's name.
5. Press ⌘N again for the next one.

The compact panel has no sidebar and no Plan. Click Widen panel in the bar along its foot first.

Put a task on your day

A task on your calendar becomes a block: a set time to work on it.

1. Drag a task from the list onto the day beside it.
2. Let go at the time you want to start. The task becomes an hour-long block.
3. To change its length, drag the block's top or bottom edge.

No day beside the list? Click Plan, the middle icon at the top left. Open a list in the sidebar and drag a task onto a day.

Start a focus block now

Ready to work with nothing planned? An instant block starts the clock straight away.

1. Click the lightning bolt in the toolbar, labelled Instant task.
2. Scroll the hours and minutes to the length you want, up to eight hours.
3. Click +. The block starts now, and the timer at the top of the window counts it down.

The bolt starts a block only when nothing else is running.

Tick blocks off

When you finish a block, click the circle before its name, labelled Complete task. The task is done and its block turns grey, as do events that have ended. The colour left on your day is what's still to come.

When a block ends, you can tick it off in the full-screen alert with Mark complete. See When a block ends.

Follow the Getting started checklist

The Getting started card at the foot of the sidebar lists your first steps, starting with Plan 3 things for today. Each item ticks itself when you do it.

1. If the card isn't showing, click ⋯ at the right end of the toolbar and choose Getting started.
2. If the card is folded, click its title to open it.
3. Click an item with an arrow to be shown how to do it.
4. When every item is ticked, click Done.

To hide the card early, right-click it and choose Remove.

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