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A little help.

Add and pin a task

Type in an empty task row and press Return. Use the pin to make it your main goal. Click a saved title to edit it.

Change your time

Before a session, click the time to choose your minutes. Focus and break durations are also in Session options. Pause keeps your current session; reset returns it to the beginning.

Find the desk

Click offset in the menu bar. Closing the desk keeps the timer running. Right-click the menu bar icon to quit. Open the floating pod when you want the timer above your other windows.

When a focus ends

Your break starts and Offset asks about the task you were working on. Choose Done to complete it, or Keep to leave it unfinished. Skipping a phase does not count as finishing a focus session.

Break sounds

Open Session options and choose Silence, Forest or Waves. Use the volume control to adjust the break sound. It plays only during a running break, including when the desk is closed. Pausing or ending the break stops it. The completion chime has a separate setting.

Notifications

Open Session options and choose Enable notifications. If access was denied, change it in System Settings → Notifications → offset. Notification previews can contain your task title; macOS lets you control when those previews appear.

Your saved tasks

Tasks and settings stay on this Mac. There is no account or cloud sync. If Offset cannot open its data, it offers Try again and Open data folder. Keep the existing files and contact support before deleting anything.

Get in touch

Copy your app and macOS version from About & privacy → Copy support details. Include what happened and what you expected. You do not need to include private task titles.

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