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Your account, the apps and your first day.
- What is Prior?Prior is a task and habit app that saves your work on your device and syncs it across the web, Mac, Windows, Linux and Android.
- Create your accountSign up to Prior with Google or with an email and password, on the web, desktop or Android, then verify your address and set up in a minute.
- Install PriorDownload Prior for Mac, Windows, Linux or Android, or open it in your browser. Which file to pick, how to install it and what is not available yet.
- Your first day in PriorWhat happens from sign-up to the end of your first day: two setup questions, your first real tasks, a short guide on Today and where to go next.
- Use the Today pageWhat Today shows, how Prior picks your current priorities, and what to do with overdue and waiting tasks, your agenda, habits and finished work.
- Find your way around PriorThe sidebar and the phone tab bar, what each space is for, how to show or hide spaces in your menu, pin projects and jump to any page.
- Learn Prior with DiscoverDiscover is a short course inside Prior: 15 chapters of one to three real gestures each, started by you, on your own tasks, with progress saved to your account.
- Search and run commands with the palettePress Cmd+K or Ctrl+K to find any task, habit, note or project, create a task from a sentence, jump to a page or run a command without leaving the keyboard.
- Keyboard shortcutsEvery Prior keyboard shortcut in one place: navigation, tasks, search, the task list, the Focus timer and flashcard review, for Mac, Windows and Linux.
- Add Prior widgets to your home screen or desktopWidgets on Android and macOS show your day, your inbox, your calendar and your priorities without opening the app.
- Offline use and syncPrior saves everything on your device first and syncs when it can. What works offline, what the sync indicator means, and what happens to edits made apart.
- Import your dataBring your tasks over from Todoist, Linear or Notion exports, or from any CSV or pasted list. Files are read on your device and nothing is saved until you confirm.
- Prior glossaryThe words Prior uses, from area and backlog to sprint and streak, each with a short definition and a link to the page that explains it in full.
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