Your first day

After setup, keep working. drifty records the app, site, and session while you work. By the end of the day, the timeline is ready to review.

What happens in the background

• Activity is stored as timeline blocks; the day view opens at a readable detail level you can adjust.
• Idle time is detected from the operating system. When you step away, the current segment stops extending.
• If you chose an AI route, classification can catch up as context becomes available.
• If the computer is offline, capture still continues locally. Cloud and own-key classification wait until you are back online. Local AI can classify on the device after the model is ready.

What to look at first

Open the day view. You should see:

• a live or completed timeline
• a productivity ring for the day
• a category breakdown once classification has somewhere to start

The first hours can look sparse. That is expected. drifty needs a normal working stretch, not a demo script.

If the first day looks incomplete

• On Mac, confirm Accessibility is still enabled.
• Confirm tracking is running from the account menu at the bottom of the sidebar, the Mac menu bar, or the Windows system tray. While tracking is paused or needs attention, the account row says so under your name.
• Give classification a few minutes after a cluster of activity, especially on Cloud or with your own key.
• If you skipped account setup, the local timeline still fills. Cloud-only features will not.

When the first day has enough captured time, move to the timeline.