Open Preferences from the menu-bar dropdown, or with Cmd + comma. Settings are grouped into these sections.
Lay out and style your day bar: where it appears, the time format, how thick it is, and the colors used for sessions, meetings, and other activities.
Choose what Lifeline does for you: launch at startup, auto-launch sessions when you start working, automatic breaks, and starting meetings from your calendar.
Set your default session and meeting emoji, how custom session lengths behave, and whether untracked screen time appears in your activity log.
Three ways to protect your downtime: Breaks (your break ratio and overheat warning), the Sign Off challenge (a daily stop time that closes your computer for the evening), and Vacation mode (a calm full-screen rest screen while you're away).
Connect your calendar, choose which calendars to use, and mark each one as a session or a meeting calendar. Calendar integration is part of Pro.
Set the keyboard shortcuts for starting sessions, breaks, meetings, and the review window.
Choose the ticking sound, if any, that plays during sessions.
See your plan and upgrade, manage privacy (turn analytics off, reset your anonymous ID, or clear your history), set up automatic backups, and connect AI assistants and phone notifications under Integrations.
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