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Short guides for everything on your MinDrop board, from your first drop to Mia, MeetDrop and your Kindle.

Basics

Basics

Make your first drop

A drop is a sticky note. Notes, lists and reminders are all drops.

  1. Tap the + button (New drop on the web).
  2. Type what's on your mind. The first line becomes the title.
  3. Pick a tag if you like, then tap Drop (Save on the web).
  4. Your drop lands on the board. Tap it any time to open, edit or pin it.

Basics

Lists vs. reminders

A list is a drop with checkboxes. A reminder is a drop with a time.

  1. When you write a drop, switch it to To-do list to get checkboxes.
  2. Tap a box to check it off. Finished lists move to Completed.
  3. Add a time to get a notification when it's due: tap Remind me (on iPhone, choose Reminder and set When; on the web, Add reminder).
  4. Reminders can repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, and you can snooze them.
  5. A list can have a reminder too.
  6. Checked one off or deleted it by mistake? Tap Undo on the note that pops up at the bottom for a few seconds. Undo shows up for things that close or remove a drop, like marking it done, deleting it or ungrouping a set.

Basics

Using Today

Today puts your reminders and calendar events on one timeline.

  1. Open the Today tab.
  2. The line shows where you are in the day. Anything past it is behind you.
  3. Tap a row to open it, or check it off right there.
  4. Pick another day in the calendar to plan ahead.
  5. On your phone, connect your calendar in Settings → Calendar to see your events here too. Each account picks its own calendars, and you can disconnect one there.

BasicsiPhone & Android

Peek at and move drops

Press and hold a drop to see all of it, or hold and drag to move it.

  1. Press and hold a drop on the board to peek at the whole thing.
  2. Let go and you're right back on the board. Nothing opens.
  3. To move a drop, hold it for a moment, then drag it to a new spot and let go.
  4. Tap a drop to open it and make changes.

Basics

Group drops into a set

Stack a few drops together, like a folder, and flip through them.

  1. Hold a drop and drag it onto another drop. Wait a moment until the other drop lights up, then let go. The two become a set.
  2. Drag more drops onto the set to add them. Drag between drops instead to just move one.
  3. Tap the set to open it, then swipe left or right to go from drop to drop. The set's name stays at the top. Everything inside works like a normal drop.
  4. Tap the name at the top of an open set to see all its drops at once, then tap one to jump to it. That overview, and the set's menu on the board, can rename the set, give it a color, ungroup it or delete it.
  5. Can't drag? Use Add to set… in a drop's menu.
  6. Today, search and reminders still show each drop on its own.

Basics

Lock a drop or set

Keep a drop or set from being changed by accident, or keep it out of sight.

  1. Open the drop's menu and choose Lock…. For a set, use the set's menu or overview. There are two switches. Use one or both.
  2. Protect: the drop or set can't be edited, moved, completed, snoozed, grouped or deleted until you unlock it. A small lock shows on the card. On a set, it covers the set and every drop in it.
  3. Private: the card shows only its color and the word Private. To read it, confirm it's you with Face ID, Touch ID, your fingerprint or your device passcode. On the web, enter your account password. It stays open until you leave the app for more than a minute (5 minutes on the web).
  4. A private drop is left out of widgets, the Lock Screen, the watch, Kindle, the share sheet and search previews. Mia never reads it, not even when you text or email her. A private reminder still rings, but it just says "Private reminder".
  5. Turn the switches off in the same Lock… menu to unlock.
  6. Locking hides things on your screens. It isn't extra encryption: your drops are already encrypted on our servers the same way, locked or not.

Capture

Capture

Capture by email, text and share

Save things from your inbox, your messages and other apps without opening MinDrop.

  1. Email: forward any email from your account address to [email protected]. It becomes a drop.
  2. Share: in almost any app, tap Share and pick MinDrop. Links and text become drops; photos and any other file (PDF, ZIP, Word, Excel…) are attached, up to 6 MB. Open the drop and tap a file to open, save or share it.
  3. Text (early access): set up your MinDrop number in Settings, then text it from an allowed phone.
  4. Widgets: add a MinDrop widget to your Home Screen for one-tap drops.

CaptureiPhone & Web

Talk to Mia without opening the app

Press one button, say what to remember, and Mia saves it.

  1. Add MinDrop's Talk to Mia control: open Settings → Action Button → Controls, or edit Control Center or the Lock Screen.
  2. Press it and talk, for example "Remind me to call Sam at 4". MinDrop stays closed while it listens.
  3. Press again or stop talking for a moment. You'll see what was saved, like "Saved: Call Sam, 4:00 PM".
  4. If Mia needs more, tap the message to answer her in the app. Open MinDrop and tap Talk to Mia once first, to allow the microphone.

CaptureAndroid

Talk to Mia from Quick Settings

Tap one tile, say what to remember, and Mia saves it.

  1. Swipe down twice from the top of the screen, tap the pencil and add the Tell Mia tile.
  2. Tap the tile and talk, for example "Remind me to call Sam at 4". MinDrop stays closed while it listens.
  3. Tap Stop or stop talking for a moment. You'll see what was saved, like "Saved: Call Sam, 4:00 PM".
  4. If Mia needs more, tap the notification to answer her in the app.

CaptureEarly accessWeb

Works with Kindle Scribe

Your handwritten notebooks back up to MinDrop and can become tasks.

  1. On a computer, open MinDrop → Settings → Kindle Scribe sync.
  2. Download your pairing file, connect the Scribe over USB and copy the file onto it.
  3. Write in a notebook on the Kindle as usual. It syncs to MinDrop.
  4. Mia can read your pages and suggest tasks and reminders. Nothing is added until you approve it.
  5. On the Kindle, open the browser and go to mindrop.app/kindle for a simple board.
  6. Kindle Scribe sync is in early access. Email [email protected] to join.

Mia

Mia

Meet Mia

Mia is your assistant. Say or type it however you like and she sorts it into drops.

  1. Tap Talk to Mia and say or type it, for example "Buy milk, eggs and bread, and remind me Friday at 6 to call Mom".
  2. What she makes lands on your board right away as sticky notes, here a grocery list and a reminder with the time filled in.
  3. Say "add coffee to my grocery list" and she adds to the list you already have.
  4. Tap Undo under any drop you don't want. Open a drop to edit it.
  5. In the app, pick her voice and speaking speed in Settings → Mia. She answers out loud when you talk and stays quiet when you type.
  6. Mia is in early access. Email [email protected] to join.

MiaEarly accessiPhone & Web

MeetDrop: meeting notes for you

Record a meeting and get a summary, deliverables and follow-ups.

  1. On iPhone, open MeetDrop and tap Record a meeting when it starts.
  2. On Apple Watch, open MinDrop and tap Record. You can also ask Siri to "Start a MeetDrop recording in MinDrop", or use the Record a meeting control on the Action button or in Control Center. It keeps recording when you go back to the watch face: the time shows in the Smart Stack and on your iPhone Lock Screen. Tap it to get back to Pause and Stop.
  3. On a Mac, open the MeetDrop tab on the web and choose Get the Mac app. It sits in the menu bar and offers to record when a call starts. No bot joins your call.
  4. When you stop, you get a transcript, a summary, what was promised by whom (deliverables) and follow-ups.
  5. With your calendar connected, a meeting recorded during an event takes the event's name and invitees, so the notes can name who said what. Names MeetDrop works out show as Suggested: confirm one with the check mark, or tap the name to change it. If one person shows up as two speakers, use Merge speakers. To use a different event, choose Link a calendar event (or Change) on the meeting.
  6. If a meeting says Notes didn't finish, tap Try again. The transcript is kept, so nothing needs to be recorded again.
  7. Each follow-up has its own buttons: add it as a reminder (when a time was mentioned), a to-do or a note. Each one makes a single short drop. Tap Added to open it. Use Copy to grab the summary, the full notes or the transcript.
  8. To tie a meeting to drops or notebooks, tap Link on the meeting and pick them, or choose Link a meeting in a drop's menu. Linked items show as chips on both sides. Tap one to open it.
  9. The audio is deleted once the transcript is ready. MeetDrop is in early access. Email [email protected] to join.

Personalize

Personalize

Themes, colors and background

Change your board's theme, accent color and background photo.

  1. Open Settings → Appearance.
  2. Choose Dark, Light, or follow your device's setting.
  3. Pick an accent color.
  4. Add your own background photo. Your notes stay easy to read on top of it.
  5. On the web, Customize → Paint one paints a background for you: Flowers or Landscape. Shuffle for another, then Use this.
  6. Turn on Tilted notes for a real corkboard feel.
  7. Profile picture: upload a photo in Settings → Profile. Without one, you get a drawing made just for you. On the web, Shuffle for a new one, then Use this.

PersonalizeiPhone & Android

Swipe gestures

Swipe an open drop up or down to close it.

  1. Open a drop, then swipe it up or down.
  2. To finish a drop, tap its Complete button.
  3. A long drop scrolls first; pull down from the top to close it.
  4. To turn swiping off, go to Settings → Swipe to close.

Account

AccountWeb

Get the apps

MinDrop runs on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web. One board on all of them.

  1. Open Settings → Get the apps.
  2. iPhone and iPad: install TestFlight from the App Store, then tap Get it on TestFlight.
  3. Android: tap Request Android access and enter your Google account email. We'll email you when you're in.
  4. Once you're approved, open the link with that Google account, tap Become a tester, then download MinDrop on Google Play.
  5. Sign in to each app with the same MinDrop account.

AccountiPhone

MinDrop on iPad and the web

Use the same board on your iPad and on a computer.

  1. On your iPad, install TestFlight from the App Store.
  2. Open testflight.apple.com/join/XqAuwUTb on the iPad and tap Install.
  3. On a computer, go to mindrop.app.
  4. Sign in with the same MinDrop account. Your drops are already there.

AccountAndroid

MinDrop on another device

Use the same board on the web, another phone or an iPad.

  1. On a computer, go to mindrop.app.
  2. Another Android phone: sign in to Google Play with the Google account you joined the test with, then install MinDrop.
  3. iPhone or iPad: install TestFlight from the App Store, then open testflight.apple.com/join/XqAuwUTb.
  4. Sign in with the same MinDrop account. Your drops are already there.

Account

Privacy and deleting your account

Your drops are yours. You can export or delete them any time.

  1. Your drops are encrypted for your account. We don't show ads or sell your data.
  2. Download your drops as a spreadsheet: on the web, open View options (the sliders button) → Export spreadsheet.
  3. To delete your account, open Settings and choose Delete account (on the web it's under Privacy & account).
  4. Deleting removes your drops, notebooks and settings for good. It can't be undone.
  5. For anything about your data or account, email [email protected].