Basic features & How to

Learn the basics of how to use Marvin

48 articles in this collection
Written by Christina and Mark

What are the differences between Tasks, Events, and Time Blocks?

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

How to subscribe to your Calendars as Public Feeds

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

How to add confetti/fireworks to your sidebar

Sometimes it's time to celebrate

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

Reward Points

What are Reward Points, how can I earn them, and how can I spend them?

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

How to restore backups

How to restore an automatic or manual backup and how backup restoration works

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

Automatic backups (desktop only)

How to setup and access automatic backups

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

How does the Trash Area work?

Use the Trash Area to recover deleted tasks, projects, and recurring tasks

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

How can I add projects to the sidebar?

Find out how to add individual projects to Marvin's sidebar

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

How to enable notifications

What to do when notifications aren't being shown in your browser/desktop app for timers and reminders

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

Marvin's category groupings explained

What's are the differences between group by main/secondary/tertiary/parent/category/project/next level?

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

Strategies & Workflow customization

Reward Point Smart Defaults

How to assign reward points to tasks and projects automatically

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

How to customize the right click menu and hover buttons

A detailed guide to "Right click menu" and "Hover button actions" strategy settings

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

How to turn features on and off with Strategies

How to customize Marvin

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

How to pick Strategies

Learn how to use the strategies

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Workflow Library

All you need to know about the workflow library

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Master List

What is the purpose of the Master List?

Find out why the Master List is a key part of Marvin and what to add there

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Categories, Projects and Tasks

The three main item types in Marvin

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

How to convert items into other items

Turn a project into a category, or task into a project etc.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

My Day

What is the "My day" view?

Taking life one day at a time

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

How to schedule tasks into your days

Schedule tasks into your day

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

The Reschedule Dialog

What is the reschedule dialog?

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Lists

How to change the layout

Vertical, horizontal, 2x2 or 3x3, you can have it all

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Filtering lists

How to filter lists

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Sorting lists

How to sort lists

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Dates

The different dates in Marvin

Due date, do date, start date and end date

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

The difference between do and due dates

Scheduling something vs. assigning a deadline - a crucial difference

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Due Dates

How to use due dates in Marvin

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Tasks

What are tasks?

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Using shortcuts while creating a task

"Task input" shortcuts

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

How to edit/rename a task title

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Bulk editing tasks

Want to apply the same action to multiple tasks at once? No problem!

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Re-ordering tasks

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

All about subtasks

How to add, edit and remove subtasks

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

How to delete a task

Remove a task or project

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Projects

How to add due dates to a project with a deadline.

You can add a due date to any project that has a fixed deadline.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

How to complete a project

All done with a project? Here is how you mark it done in Marvin.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Project/Category Fullscreen View

"Zoom" in on your projects for focused planning and work

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Recurring Items (tasks and projects)

When to create recurring items

Recurring tasks and projects can make your life much easier

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Recurring tasks

Learn how recurring tasks work

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Recurring projects

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

How to create recurring tasks

There are two ways to create recurring tasks

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

How to add, edit and remove attributes to recurring tasks

How to add priority stars, frogs, labels, time estimates to recurring tasks

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Helpful Basics

Task and Project Search

Looking for something? Use the global search

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Closing Overlays

Close overlays to return to your "My day" home screen.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Marvin Shortcuts

Shortcuts can make navigation and working in Marvin much faster

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Stats

Completed Task Stats

See stats on your completed tasks

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Archive

Archive (completed items)

Where completed tasks and projects live

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Sync

Sync Health Check

What is this and how to do it

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago