Basic features & How to

Learn the basics of how to use Marvin

49 articles in this collection
Written by Christina, Mark, and Branko

Two-Factor Authentication

An extra layer of security for your Marvin account

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

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 this week

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