# First minutes

Your first session, step by step. Add a track, mark where it is, see what still needs uploading, find any track and keep a copy of your catalog.

> **The first time you open tracklog, short hints show you around the window.** Skip turns them off. To see them again, open Settings → Appearance and turn on Show hints.


## 1. Add a track

Click **Add track** in the sidebar, or press `⌘` + `N`. Type the title.

If the track is finished, click **Ready** and pick its list. It gets the next catalog number. If you are still writing it, leave it **In progress**. Then it only needs a working title.



> **tracklog warns about repeated titles while you type.** It also checks names used on platforms. Check this before you offer a track exclusively.


## 2. Mark where it is

The track card opens on the right. It has a line for every platform of the list.

Click a status to switch between **Live** and **To upload**. To pick any other status, right-click it.



Statuses: Live, To upload, Review, Reject, Not marked.

## 3. See what is not live yet

Click **Platforms** above the tracks and choose **Not live yet**. Tick the platforms you want to check.

Now the list shows only the tracks that still need uploading there. Each list remembers its own filters.



## 4. Find a track

Press `⌘` + `F` and type. Search looks at titles, genres, moods, descriptions, notes, tags, codes and releases.



## 5. Keep a copy of your catalog

tracklog saves a copy of your catalog every time it starts. To save one right now, open **Settings → Backups** and click **Back up now**.



> **Your catalog file must not live in iCloud or Dropbox.** Only copies go there. In Settings → Backups, click **Choose folder…** and pick iCloud, Dropbox or an external drive. Then a copy goes there every time tracklog starts.