# Get started

> Install TodoCity, turn your first piece of text into a task, and connect the tools you already use.

Source: https://todocity.app/docs

Read this page as Markdown: `curl https://todocity.app/docs/index.md`

## Start here

**Install and capture in a minute**

1. Download TodoCity and drag it to Applications.
2. Pick the on-device model the tour suggests.
3. Copy any text and press <kbd>⌘C</kbd> again.

[Download for Mac](https://github.com/pillieshwar/TodoCity/releases/latest/download/TodoCity-macOS.dmg) [Quick start →](https://todocity.app/docs/quick-start)

Free and open source (MIT) · macOS 11 or later, Apple silicon and Intel · version 0.4.74

**What a capture becomes**

```text
# you copy
Could you send me the Q3 numbers
by Friday 3pm? Thanks!

# TodoCity writes
task      Send Q3 numbers
when      Friday · 3:00 PM
deadline  Friday
```

The model on your Mac reads the text, and plain code works out the date.

## Set up

- [Install TodoCity](https://todocity.app/docs/install) Download it, open it, and allow only the permissions you'll use.
- [Capture text](https://todocity.app/docs/capture) Press ⌘C twice, use ⇧⌘S, right-click, or type it into Quick Add.
- [Dates and times](https://todocity.app/docs/dates-and-times) How “by Friday 3pm” turns into a day, a time and a deadline.
- [AI models](https://todocity.app/docs/ai-models) Pick a model that fits your Mac's memory. It runs offline.
- [Keyboard shortcuts](https://todocity.app/docs/keyboard-shortcuts) Every key, and how to choose your own.
- [Privacy](https://todocity.app/docs/privacy) What stays on your Mac, and what leaves it when you turn something on.

## Common workflows

- [Move from Todoist](https://todocity.app/docs/connectors/todoist) Connect with your API token and keep both apps in sync.
- [Move from Things 3](https://todocity.app/docs/connectors/things) Bring your whole library over without it leaving your Mac.
- [Tasks on your iPhone](https://todocity.app/docs/connectors/apple-reminders) Sync both ways through Apple Reminders.
- [Work and personal Macs](https://todocity.app/docs/sync-between-macs) End-to-end encrypted sync, with its own mode on each Mac.
- [Let Claude Code plan your day](https://todocity.app/docs/agents) Connect an agent over MCP and approve what it changes.
- [Turn emails into tasks](https://todocity.app/docs/email-to-tasks) Capture from Mail, let Watch spot them, or ask an agent.

## More resources

- [Troubleshooting](https://todocity.app/docs/troubleshooting) Quick fixes for capture, models, imports and sync.
- [Release notes](https://todocity.app/docs/release-notes) What changed in each version. You're looking at 0.4.74.
- [Source code](https://github.com/pillieshwar/TodoCity) TodoCity is open source under the MIT License.
- [Report an issue](https://github.com/pillieshwar/TodoCity/issues) It helps to attach the log from Settings → Help.

> [!PRIVATE]
> Nothing leaves your Mac unless you turn it on. [Privacy](https://todocity.app/docs/privacy) walks through how each feature handles your data.