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Getting Started

Getting Started

Download and Install

How to download Aftertone, run the installer on your Mac, and get through first launch in under five minutes.
Getting Started

Connect Google Calendar

How to connect your Google Calendar to Aftertone so your events and time blocks stay in sync automatically.
Getting Started

Your Profile

How to open your Profile, manage your subscription, toggle the daily report email, and manage your calendar integrations.
Getting Started

Plans and Billing

The Aftertone plan, what's included, how to manage your subscription, trial, and billing.
Getting Started

Migrating From Another Tool

Switching to Aftertone from Todoist, Sunsama, Motion or Notion. What to bring across and how to make the switch without losing momentum.
Getting Started

Troubleshooting Google Calendar Sync

Google Calendar not syncing with Aftertone? Here is how to diagnose the problem and fix it in most cases without needing to contact support.
Getting Started

Common Mistakes

The eight most common ways people use Aftertone wrong, and exactly how to fix each one.

Plan

Plan

The Calendar View

How the Calendar view works, what every mode does, and how to use it to plan and execute your day.
Plan

Tasks and Slots

The difference between a task and a slot in Aftertone — what each one is, when to use which, and how they behave in Focus Mode.
Plan

Events

How events work in Aftertone, how they arrive from Google Calendar, and how to create and join them.
Plan

Projects and Tags

How to set up and use projects and tags to organise your tasks and make the Planning view and weekly report useful.
Plan

Time Blocking

How to assign tasks to specific time slots in your calendar so your most important work gets done before the day fills up.
Plan

Smart Zoning

How to move tasks from your sidebar directly onto the calendar and position them precisely using only the keyboard.
Plan

Universal Capture

How to use Double Command to capture a task from anywhere on your Mac without switching apps or breaking your focus.
Plan

Clearing Your Inbox

What clearing your inbox means in Aftertone, how the wallpaper unblur works, and how to make inbox zero a fast daily habit.
Plan

Task Notes

How to attach markdown notes to any task in Aftertone so the context, links and details you need are always right where the work is.
Plan

Recurring Tasks/Events

How to set tasks or events that repeat on a schedule, when to use them, and how they interact with your inbox and planning view.
Plan

The Planning View

How to use the Planning view (5) to see all your tasks at once, move them between projects and days, and set up your week before scheduling anything.
Plan

Auto Capture and Auto Project Tagging

How Auto Capture and Auto Project Tagging work together to turn raw text into structured, organised tasks automatically.
Plan

Auto Plan

How to use Auto Plan to automatically distribute your inbox tasks across your upcoming days, with priority control and custom constraints.
Plan

Auto Schedule

How to use Auto Schedule to automatically place your planned tasks into time slots on your calendar, accounting for duration, existing events, and working hours.
Plan

Weekly Planning

A simple structure for planning your week in Aftertone. What to review, what to carry forward, and how to set yourself up for a focused week.

Execute

Execute

Focus Mode

How Focus Mode works, what you see on screen, and why showing you one task at a time changes the way you get through your day.
Execute

Moving Through Tasks

How to complete tasks, skip tasks, and move through your day in Focus Mode without going back to the planning view between every step.
Execute

Managing Time in Focus Mode

How to extend, shorten or pause a work session in Focus Mode without losing your place or leaving a gap in your calendar.
Execute

Adding Subtasks in Focus Mode

How to add subtasks to a task while you are working on it in Focus Mode, without leaving the screen or losing your train of thought.
Execute

Handling Interruptions in Focus Mode

What to do when something urgent comes in during a focus session. How to capture it, deal with it cleanly, and get back to the work that matters.

Evaluate

Evaluate

The Weekly Report and Review

How to read your weekly report, what every metric means, and how to run a 10-minute Sunday review that makes each week better than the last.
Evaluate

The Daily Report

What the daily report email contains, what every metric means, and how to configure when it arrives.

Advanced

Advanced

Essential Shortcuts

The shortcuts that will make the biggest difference to how fast you move through Aftertone. Learn these before anything else.
Advanced

Full Shortcut Reference

Every keyboard shortcut in Aftertone in one place. Organised by screen so you can find what you need without searching through the whole list.

Best Practices

Best Practices

Aftertone for Founders

How founders use Aftertone to protect deep work time across a week that is constantly pulling in different directions.
Best Practices

Aftertone for Developers

How developers use Aftertone to protect long coding sessions, handle PR reviews and standups without losing flow, and stay keyboard-first throughout.
Best Practices

Aftertone for Operators

How operators and heads of function use Aftertone to manage high task volumes across multiple teams without losing track of what is moving and what is not.
Best Practices

Aftertone for Consultants

How consultants use Aftertone to manage multiple clients, track billable time across projects, and make sure every client's work is moving forward each week.
Best Practices

Aftertone for Creatives

How designers, writers and other creatives use Aftertone to protect creative time, capture ideas without losing flow, and structure non-linear work into a manageable week.
Best Practices

Aftertone for Sales Professionals

How sales reps use Aftertone to protect prospecting time, capture follow-ups instantly, and make sure every key account gets attention every week.
Best Practices

Aftertone for Freelancers

How freelancers manage multiple clients, track billable time, and make sure no client gets dropped in a busy week.
Best Practices

Aftertone for Students

How students use Aftertone to plan around lectures and deadlines, protect study time, and build the habits that compound past graduation.