Getting started with Mandaboard

Mandaboard is a native Mac app with three connected rooms. This guide gets you from a fresh install to your first card, win and thought record in a few minutes.

Install

Mandaboard runs on macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Download it from the Mac App Store, open it, and you're ready — there is no account to create.

Meet the three rooms

Use the sidebar to move between sections, or press the number keys below.

• Board (⌘1) — a vision board: one board for all your lifetime goals, arranged in lanes, one lane per area of your life.
• Mandala (⌘2) — your Mandala, built from all those goals at once. Goals you complete settle into it, set in place.
• Wins (⌘3) — a box of kindness for the evidence you're doing better than it feels.
• Thought Log (⌘4) — thought records for the days a thought won't let go.
• Completed (⌘5) and Archive (⌘6) — where finished and retired cards live.

Your first card

1. Open Board.
2. Click + in an area (or press ⌘N) to add a card.
3. Give it a title, a note, and optionally an image and a date.

Your first win

Open Wins, press ⌘N, and type something kind, however small. It joins your Need Love deck straight away.

Your first thought record

Open Thought Log, press ⌘N, and fill in what happened and what went through your mind. You can stop there, or open Advanced for emotions, distortions and a balanced thought. See Working with thought records for the full walkthrough.