How To Videos

Watch these short, easy-to-follow videos to learn how to use Personal Time Capsule. Click any topic in the menu above to jump directly to that section.

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A quick introduction to this page

🚀 Getting Started

Learn the basics of setting up your account and navigating the dashboard.

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Creating Your Account

Step-by-step guide to signing up and setting up your profile.

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Navigating the Dashboard

A tour of your dashboard and where to find everything.

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Your First Steps

What to do first after logging in for the first time.

🔐 Digital Trustees

Appoint a trusted person to help manage your account and deliver your legacy.

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What is a Digital Trustee?

Understanding the role and importance of a Digital Trustee.

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Appointing Your Trustee

How to choose and invite someone to be your Digital Trustee.

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Trustee Permissions

Setting what your Trustee can and cannot do.

👥 Adding Contacts

Add family members and friends who will receive your stories and messages.

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Adding Family Members

How to add your children, grandchildren, and other family.

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Managing Your Contacts

Editing, organizing, and removing contacts.

🎙️ Recording Your Stories

Learn how to record, edit, and save your life stories using voice or text.

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Answering Prompts

How to use our guided prompts to tell your stories.

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Voice Recording

Record your stories by speaking - no typing required!

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Adding Photos to Stories

Enhance your stories with photos and images.

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Editing Your Stories

How to review and edit your saved stories.

👨‍👩‍👧 Sharing With Friends and Family to Collaborate

Invite loved ones to help you create your legacy together.

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Inviting Family to Help

How to invite children or grandchildren to collaborate.

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Sharing Your Stories

Share completed stories with family members.

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Family Helping Upload Photos

Let family help digitize and upload old photos.

💌 Farewell Messages

Create heartfelt goodbye messages for your loved ones to receive after you're gone.

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Creating a Farewell Message

Record a personal goodbye for someone special.

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Video vs. Written Messages

Choose between video, audio, or written farewell messages.

📅 Future Messages

Schedule messages for birthdays, anniversaries, and life milestones - delivered even after you're gone.

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Scheduled Messages

Create messages for birthdays and anniversaries that send automatically.

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Milestone Messages

Messages for weddings, graduations, and other life events - sent by your Trustee.

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Creating Unique Messages

How to create different messages for each year or occasion.

📋 Estate Planning

Access tools and templates to help organize your important documents.

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Estate Planning Overview

Introduction to our estate planning tools and templates.

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Document Templates

How to use our legal document templates.

📖 Printing Your Book

Transform your digital stories into a beautiful hardcover book.

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Adding Stories to Your Book

How to select which stories go into your printed book.

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Previewing Your Book

Review how your book will look before ordering.

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Ordering Your Book

How to order one or multiple copies of your life story book.

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QR Codes in Your Book

How QR codes let readers listen to your audio and watch videos.

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