Desktop app

Tylode has an app for Windows and for Mac. It's the same Tylode as in the browser, with the same account and the same data, plus what a browser tab can't do:

• It stays in the system tray (on a Mac, in the menu bar). Closing the window doesn't quit it: it keeps notifying you. To really quit, use Quit Tylode in the menu of its icon.
• System notifications when someone mentions you, replies to you, assigns you a card or shares a page with you and Tylode isn't in front of you. Click the notification to go to what it's about.
• Unread items on the icon: a dot on the Windows taskbar icon and a number on the Dock icon on a Mac.
• Its own window to share your screen in calls, with Screens and Windows tabs and a thumbnail of each one.
• Links outside Tylode open in your browser, not inside the app.
• It updates itself: it downloads new versions in the background and installs them when you quit.

The Mac app needs a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 13 or later. On a Mac with an Intel processor, use Tylode in the browser or install it as an app from the browser.

#Install on Windows

1. Download the Tylode-Setup installer from the downloads page.
2. Open it. It installs by itself, with no questions and no administrator rights, and Tylode opens when it's done.
3. Sign in with your account, as on the web.

#If Windows says "Windows protected your PC"

The Windows app isn't digitally signed yet, and Windows warns about any unsigned program. Click More info and then Run anyway. This only happens when you install it.

#Install on Mac

1. On the downloads page, click Download for Mac. A .dmg file downloads.
2. Open it and drag Tylode to the Applications folder.
3. Open Tylode from Applications or Launchpad and sign in with your account, as on the web.

The Mac app is signed and notarized by Apple: it opens with a double-click, without the "unidentified developer" warning.

#Sign in with Google

Clicking Continue with Google opens your browser: Google doesn't allow signing in inside other apps. Sign in there as usual and, when you're done, your browser asks for permission to open Tylode; allow it and the app opens signed in. You can then close the browser tab.

#Using the app

• Open and quit. Click the Tylode icon in the tray to bring the window back. Its menu (right-click) has Open Tylode, Check for updates, Open when I sign in to the computer and Quit Tylode. The app's menus are in Spanish for now.
• On a Mac, that icon is in the menu bar, at the top right, with the same menu. The window's menus are in the menu bar, like in any Mac app, and Cmd+Q quits Tylode.
• Open when I sign in to the computer. Tick it in the tray menu so Tylode opens by itself when you turn on your computer.
• Window menu. On Windows, press Alt to show it: reload, zoom (Ctrl++, Ctrl+-, Ctrl+0) and full screen (F11). On a Mac, zoom uses Cmd instead of Ctrl.
• Right-click to cut, copy and paste, open or copy a link, and fix spelling (Spanish and English).
• Offline, the app opens what's saved on the device for reading (Offline · Read only). If it's the first time and nothing is saved yet, it shows a notice with Retry.
• The window remembers its size and where you left it.

#Updates

The app checks for new versions when it opens and every few hours, and downloads them by itself. When one is ready, a notification tells you: it installs when you quit, or you can click the notification (or Restart to update in the tray menu) to do it now.

On a Mac, versions before 0.1.3 don't update by themselves: they tell you and take you to the downloads page so you can install the new one.

#Uninstall

• On Windows, go to Windows Settings → Apps → Installed apps, find Tylode and click Uninstall.
• On a Mac, quit Tylode (Cmd+Q) and drag Tylode from the Applications folder to the Trash.

Your account and your data aren't touched: they're in the cloud, and you can keep using Tylode in the browser.

#Install from the browser

On any system, Chrome and Edge can install Tylode as an app: open app.tylode.com and use Install Tylode in the browser menu (or the install icon in the address bar). It opens in its own window, although without the tray, system notifications or its own screen-sharing window. More in Install Tylode as an app.

#Related pages

• Tylode Calendar: just the calendar, in its own Windows and Mac app
• Navigating Tylode
• Voice channels
• Keyboard shortcuts