On the “Day” tab, hit the “+” button at the top left of the screen, or on the “Task” tab, hit the “+” button at the top right of the screen.

Each task is characterized by:

• start and end dates (the task will be valid during this time span, and automatically postponed if not completed by the end date)
• a status: ongoing, late (but still ongoing, i.e. not pending), pending, completed
• an alert, if you wish to be notified before the task begins or ends (you can choose between the start and end date in the application settings)
• a priority level (high, medium, low)

When you create a task, its status is “ongoing”.

When its end date is earlier than the current date, it changes to “late”.

It is possible to put a task on standby using the “pending” status: the task is on hold and is no longer displayed in the daily, weekly and monthly views.

Once completed, you have to change the task to the “completed” status (see next section).

Once an ongoing task has been successfully completed, change its status to “completed” on the task’s detailed information screen.

By default, the closing date is set to the day you complete the task, but you can modify it via the “Completed date” label.

When the end date of one of your ongoing tasks is earlier than the current date, this task will be automatically postponed to the current day and flagged as “late”. A red icon with an exclamation mark is displayed to the right of the banner.

The duration of a task corresponds to the number of days between its start and end dates for ongoing or pending tasks.

For completed tasks, the length is calculated using the completed date instead of the end date.

By default, the application calculates durations by taking each day of the week into account.

You are nonetheless able to include only weekdays (from Monday to Friday): simply go the application settings, under the “Tasks / Durations” category.

By default, the task list is sorted by end date, in chronological order.

You can modify the criterion used for sorting in the application settings, under the “Task / Display order”. Other choices include the task name, the priority or the start date.

The application enables you to associate a comment, which includes text and can include a picture, to every day. You will thus be able to remember a specific event or important information for that day.

On the “Day” view, hit the blue “Day note” label at the bottom right of the screen, then enter your comment and optionally attach a picture.

In addition to your activities, the application displays the events of your iPhone/iPad calendar by default. It also enables you to add or modify calendar events in the ‘Day’ view.

To disable calendar synchronization, simply go to the Settings menu and select “No” for the “Display calendar” item.

By default, your calendars are based on the iOS default colors, i.e. blue and green for your Home and Work calendars.

If you synchronize the calendars on your device with iCal (Mac) or Outlook (PC), preset colors for these calendars will be retrieved.

To modify these default colors, go to the “Calendars” tab and tap the “Colors” button.

Simply select your calendar, then its new color.

Calendar event data do not belong to the application: the app only accesses these data via iOS programming interfaces, and is not allowed to add new properties or modify existing ones (such as changing the color associated to a particular event, for example).

You are nonetheless able to create different calendars to store different kinds of events (work, personal, leisure, etc). The application then enables you to associate a specific color to each calendar (thus allowing you to have one color per event).

You can easily create new calendars, with Google Calendar for example. If you want to add new calendars to the application, you first have to create them externally (with Mac iCal, MS Outlook, MobileMe or Google Calendar) and then sync them with your device.

The general method for syncing a new external calendar to your device is as follows:

• iOS Settings:
• Open System Settings
• Go to Mail, Contacts, Calendars
• Tap on “Add Account”
• Add a new externally synced calendar

Application data backup is a built-in feature of your iPhone-iPad and iTunes, as long as you regularly synchronize your device with iTunes on your PC or Mac.

At the beginning of the syncing process, iTunes saves the following data from your device:

• Contacts and Contact favorites
• App Store Application data
• Application settings, preferences and data
• Music, videos, photos, etc.

When you change your device, or even with your current device, you are able to restore that backup with iTunes. You will thus be able to retrieve all the data and content saved during the last syncing.

For more information about backup saving and restoring, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766?viewlocale=us_US

You can also use the “iTunes Database export” feature (see below) to run an individual backup of your application data. Be careful to properly save the “Database_Export.db” file on your PC or Mac.

Running iOS 5 or higher with a valid iCloud account, you can export your application database from your device to another device (iPhone, iPad or iPod touch) using the same iCloud account.

A) From your source device (device A):

• select About, Settings, Database Management, Import Export
• select “iCloud – Export Database”

B) From your target device (device B):

• select About, Settings, Database Management, Import Export
• select “iCloud – Import Database”. Check that the date and time correspond to the file you exported from device A.
• just confirm the import by clicking on “Yes” in order to replace the former database of device B by the one just transferred from device A.

Once finished, device B contains exactly the same app data as device A.

Note 1: iCloud sync may take several minutes to complete, especially when data size is large and Internet connection, slow.

Note 2: if you have just installed and launched the app on device B, you are advised to wait a few minutes for the app to sync with iCloud, before exporting your data from device A.

This process will allow you to export your application database to another device.

A) From your source device (device A):

1. select About, Settings, Database Management
2. select “iTunes File Sharing / Export Database”
3. connect your source device to your computer
4. in iTunes, select the device (below Devices), and click on the “Apps” button.
5. below “File Sharing” from the list on the left, select the application
6. from the list on the right, select the “Database_Export.db” file and click on “Save to”.
7. in the window that appears, select the destination where you want to save the file, and click Choose.

B) From your target device (device B):

1. connect your device to your computer
2. in iTunes, select your target device (below Devices), and click the “Apps” button.
3. Below File Sharing, in the list on the left, select the application
4. Click on ‘Add’ in the list on the right
5. in the window that appears, select the the “Database_Export.db” file you saved in step A.6 (see above).
6. the file is transferred to your device.
7. on your target device, select About, Settings, Database Management
8. select “iTunes File Sharing / Import Database”
9. Just confirm the import by clicking on “Yes” in order to replace the former database by the one just transferred.

Once finished, device B contains exactly the same data as device A.

Note 1: the Export feature can be used to back up your app database: in this case, select the ‘Database_Export.db’ file in iTunes, and click on ‘Save to’ to back it up on the chosen support (hard disk, USB storage, etc.).

Note 2: another way to back up your device is to Sync it with iTunes.

Note 3: you can use this feature to transfer your data from the Lite version (export) to the Full version (import)