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Install the Mac desktop app

Download, install, and update the Monad desktop app for macOS.

Monad has a native desktop app for macOS. It gives you tabs, multiple signed-in workspaces, native notifications with a Dock badge, and a graceful offline screen — alongside everything you can do in the browser.

Download and install

  1. Download Monad for Mac.
  2. Open the downloaded Monad.dmg.
  3. Drag Monad into your Applications folder.
  4. Open Monad from Applications (or Spotlight).

Monad is signed and notarized by Apple. The first time you open it, macOS may ask you to confirm — click Open.

First launch

When you open Monad, sign in with the same account you use in the browser. Once you're in, your workspaces, spaces, and messages are exactly where you left them.

Tabs and workspaces

  • Tabs — open spaces, canvases, and threads in tabs, like a browser. Use ⌘T for a new tab, ⌘W to close one, and ⌃Tab to move between them.
  • Workspaces — if you belong to more than one workspace, switch between them from the sidebar; each keeps its own set of tabs.

Notifications

Monad shows native macOS notifications and a count on the Dock icon for unread activity. Click a notification to jump straight to the message or thread it's about. Notifications respect your macOS Focus settings.

Monad can also notify you even when it isn't open, so important activity reaches you like a message from Mail or Messages. This is off until you turn it on: go to Settings → Notifications → Push Notifications and choose Turn on for this device. The first time you do, macOS asks you to allow notifications — click Allow. When the app is open and you're already looking at a conversation, Monad won't double-notify you about it. You can turn it back off from the same place anytime.

Staying up to date

When a new version is available, Monad lets you know and asks how to proceed — install it now, be reminded later, or skip that version. From the same prompt you can turn on automatic updates, so future versions download in the background and install the next time you quit and reopen Monad. Either way, you can check any time from Monad → Check for Updates….

Working offline

If Monad can't reach the network when it opens, it shows an offline screen and reconnects on its own once you're back online. Canvas documents and databases you've already opened keep working offline — your edits sync when you reconnect.