Hidden gems and power moves
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A brain dump is the practice of writing down every task, idea, and worry looping in your head — with zero filtering — so your working memory can rest. Once it is all captured exter
A task template is a saved bundle of tasks and subtasks you can reuse whenever the same workflow repeats — a client onboarding, a Monday planning routine, a launch checklist. Inste
Make habits or stats public and share with friends. Generate beautiful share cards for social media. Nothing motivates like accountability (or showing off,…
The 2-Minute Rule, from David Allen's Getting Things Done, states that if a task takes less than two minutes, you should do it immediately rather than tracking it. The overhead of
A weekly review is a 20-60 minute ritual where you look back at what you completed, what slipped, and what is ahead — then reset your system for the coming week. It is the single h
LemTask is designed to run entirely from the keyboard using Q for quick-add, Cmd+K for the command palette, J/K for navigation, E to edit, and single-letter shortcuts for priority,
The three fastest ways to capture a task on mobile in LemTask are voice dictation (tap the mic in Quick Add), the OS Share Sheet from any app (share a link, tweet, or email straigh
If LemTask push notifications stop arriving, the fix is almost always one of: notifications disabled at the OS level, the PWA reinstalled which reset the subscription, battery-save
Google Calendar events not appearing, or LemTask blocks not pushing to your calendar, usually means an expired OAuth token, a paused sync, or a calendar excluded in settings. Recon
A partial import in LemTask usually means the source file used a non-standard column layout, contained more than 5000 tasks in one file, or referenced sub-tasks whose parents were
A recurring task fails to reschedule most often because it was archived instead of completed, its end date has passed, or its recurrence is set to from completion date while comple
Offline in LemTask, you can create, edit, complete, snooze, delete and reorder tasks locally, and everything syncs the moment you reconnect. What does not work offline: sharing inv
If LemTask shows outdated data, missing UI elements or an old version banner, the culprit is almost always a cached service worker or stale local build. Settings → Advanced → Reset
Sign-in failures in LemTask usually trace to a magic link opened in the wrong browser, an expired 60-minute link, a Google OAuth pop-up blocked, or a lingering session cookie from
XP and streaks are recomputed nightly against your task and habit history, so a missing streak or under-counted XP usually means an offline action hasn't synced, a time-zone rollov
The LemTask install banner appears only once the browser sees engagement signals and only in browsers that support PWA install prompts — Safari on iOS never shows one, so iOS users
Deleted tasks in LemTask live in Trash for 30 days and can be restored with one click, while completed tasks older than the visible window live in Archive and can be un-archived at