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Short answers about how Pensova works.
19 articles cover almost every question so far. If yours is not here, email and a person will answer.
Start here
The first five minutes, and what Pensova asks of Google or Microsoft.
- Getting started in five minutesFrom sign-in to your first task with time blocked. The app walks you through it, in the order that fits you.Video · 2:40
- Connecting Google CalendarThe two permissions and what each is for, what the permission screen shows, and how to disconnect.Video · 2:09
- Connecting Outlook and Microsoft 365Sign in with Microsoft, the three permissions and what each is for, the verified publisher on the permission screen, what Approval required means, and how to disconnect.Video · 3:54
Using Pensova
Tasks, the calendar, how Pensova picks times, and meeting notes.
- Choosing which calendars countEvery calendar you subscribe to is listed. Checked ones count as busy, including busy-only and holiday calendars.Video · 1:28
- Seeing every calendar in one placePensova reads one Google or Microsoft account. Bring your work calendar and your household's calendars into it, so Pensova sees everything you have committed to.Video · 3:58
- Working hours and the first day of the weekWhen tasks can be given time, which days count, and why the Week view starts where it does.Video · 1:16
- Adding tasksPlain-words capture, the fields on a task, what the defaults are, and what happens the moment you save.Video · 2:27
- Splitting long tasksLetting a task spread across days, why every block is at least thirty minutes, and what should never split.Video · 1:22
- How Pensova picks timesThe order the rules apply in, when Pensova plans, and the three reasons a task is left without a time.Video · 2:06
- Reading the calendarBlocks, busy time, today, the views, dragging a block to a new time, and what happens when a meeting lands.Video · 1:59
- Meeting notes to tasksPaste notes or forward the notes email; only the items that are yours come back, as drafts you accept or dismiss. Pro.Video · 3:03
- Hey Siri, capture thisSay a task from the lock screen, the car or a watch. An iPhone Shortcut sends it to your private link, Pensova gives it time, and Siri tells you where it landed.Video · 0:32
- Use Pensova from ClaudeConnect Pensova to Claude once, then ask it in plain words to add a task, say what is on this week, or move a task to another day. Pensova blocks the time on your calendar. Pro.
- Add from photoA picture or PDF of a season table, a timetable or a week on the family calendar becomes fixed events on your calendar, on their day or every week, after you check what it read.Video · 2:28
- Forwarding meeting notes and call transcripts automaticallySet your mailbox to forward notes and transcripts to your private Pensova address, so the drafts are waiting before you open the app. Pro.Video · 3:37
Account and billing
Plans, the trial, changing or canceling, and your data.
- BillingThe trial, monthly and yearly, switching plans, canceling, and what happens to your calendar if you stop.Video · 1:46
- Refer a friendYour own referral link under Settings, what your friend gets, and what you get.
- Security and your dataWhat Pensova reads, what it keeps, what it never touches, and how to delete everything.Video · 1:32
Trouble
The things that have gone wrong so far, and what to do.
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