Using Advancify
Metrics
- What do the Minimum and Recommended recharge times mean?
- What does the central Focus Readiness sphere represent?
- What does Mental Energy mean?
- My Mental Energy is low, but I don't feel tired. Why?
- What does Visual Comfort mean?
- What does Recharge Window mean?
- What does Cognitive Load mean?
- Can a high Cognitive Load be positive?
- Why is Cognitive Load shown as Light, Engaged or Intense instead of a score?
- What does Cognitive Reserve mean?
- What does Active Screen Time mean?
- Does Active Screen Time include meetings, videos or reading without mouse and keyboard activity?
- What counts as a break?
- Does lunch or a long absence count differently from a short break?
- Does time away from the camera count as a break?
- What happens to the daily history if I change time zone?
- When does a new day start in the app?
Camera & Monitoring
- What is eye tracking, and how does it work?
- How can I pause or resume monitoring?
- What happens when I pause monitoring?
- Does Advancify start automatically when I start my Mac?
- What is the camera tracking schedule?
- Does Advancify continue monitoring when my Mac goes to sleep?
- Does monitoring continue if I close the widget?
- Does monitoring continue when I close the main application window?
- Does Advancify need to remain open for monitoring to work?
- What is rPPG?
- Why does Advancify use rPPG?
- Can I use Advancify without rPPG processing?
- Does Advancify measure or display my heart rate?
- Why does Advancify say the lighting is insufficient?
- How can I improve tracking quality?
- Do tinted, photochromic or blue-light-filter glasses affect tracking?
- Does wearing a mask affect tracking?
- What happens if I look away from the screen or leave my desk?
- Do I need to look directly at the screen?
- Can Advancify work if more than one person is visible?
- Does Advancify analyse the background or other people visible to the camera?
- Why does the camera indicator on my Mac turn on while Advancify is running?
- What happens if the selected camera is disconnected?
- Can I use an external webcam?
- How do I select a different camera?
- What does the camera toggle in Settings control?
- How do I know whether monitoring is currently active?
Dashboard & Interface
- What is the Advancify widget?
- Can I hide or move the widget?
- How do I reopen the widget?
- Why didn't I receive a break reminder?
- Can I close the widget without stopping monitoring?
- Can I disable break reminders while keeping recovery updates?
- Will metric monitoring continue if notifications are disabled?
- What is the difference between System Notifications and Email Notifications?
- What notifications does Advancify provide?