BUSY and CUSTOM modes

busy bar comes with two focus modes and busy is intended as your main focus mode, while custom works as a status indicator for people around you in practice, both modes offer the same functionality and can be fully adjusted to your preferences how to start a focus session on busy bar switch your busy bar to or press start / pause a focus session starts on your busy bar and, if connected, in the busy app on your phone or desktop device control your focus session from busy bar once a busy session is active, the controls adapt in the following way start / pause button — pause your focus session scroll wheel — rotate to adjust time, or press to skip the current phase mode selector — move to immediately end your session back button — immediately end your session \ bout using the scroll wheel to adjust the time \ in sessions with busy and rest phases (interval timer), rotating the scroll wheel adjusts only the current phase for example, if you extend a busy phase from 20 to 30 minutes, it returns to 20 minutes after the rest phase to adjust the time of the entire session, you need to do it in the mode's settings switch your busy bar to or go to \ setup \> timer \ to set the session duration control a focus session from busy app busy app https //busy app/pages/app creates a seamless ecosystem across your busy bar, phone, watch, and mac start a focus session on any linked device and continue controlling it from another — all devices stay automatically synchronized using mobile busy app with busy app on your ios or android phone, you can set up, start, and control focus sessions running on your busy bar and other connected devices you can also choose which apps are blocked on your phone during a focus session learn more%page% docid\ t7klhajsrwohzoxjk9oj6 using busy app on your watch \ busy app on your phone is required \ busy app must be installed on the paired phone for it to work on watches currently, busy app is not available as a standalone app for watchos or wear os with busy app on your watchos or wearos device, you can start and control focus sessions running on your busy bar and other connected devices the busy app on your watch can’t change the timer settings for this, use the busy app on your phone or the busy bar device, or the busy app on your mac if synced learn more%page% docid\ t7klhajsrwohzoxjk9oj6 using desktop busy app (mac only) with busy app on your mac, you can set up, start, and control focus sessions running on your busy bar and other connected devices learn more%page% docid\ t7klhajsrwohzoxjk9oj6 you can reduce distractions by blocking apps, syncing settings with the mobile app, and extending your setup with smart home integrations learn how to set up modes and block distracting apps set up modes on busy bar https //docs busy app/bar/modes/setup on busy bar set up modes via mobile app https //docs busy app/bar/modes/setup mobile block apps and notifications https //docs busy app/bar/modes/block distractions