Install the Mac app

Download Qufy for Mac from the website, drag it to Applications, and open it from the menu bar.

Before you start

  • You need a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 12 or later. Desktop widgets need macOS 15 or later; on older systems the app works and the widgets do not appear.
  • Use the same Qufy account you use on the website. While Qufy is in beta, the download page opens for people who are signed in or have beta access.

Steps

  1. 1

    On the website, open the Mac app page at /app.

  2. 2

    Wait a few seconds: the download starts on its own ("The download starts in 3…"). If it does not, press "Download for Mac".

    The Mac app page on the website, with the Download for Mac button, the lines For Mac with Apple silicon and Signed and notarized by Apple, and the download line under it.
  3. 3

    Open the downloaded disk image (a file whose name starts with Qufy and ends in -mac.dmg) from your Downloads folder.

  4. 4

    Drag the Qufy icon onto the Applications folder in the window that opens.

  5. 5

    Open Qufy from Applications. macOS asks once whether to open an app downloaded from the internet; choose "Open".

  6. 6

    Find the lavender Q in the menu bar at the top of the screen. That is where Qufy lives while it runs.

  7. 7

    Sign in to the app with your Qufy account. See "Sign in to the Mac app with a code".

Good to know

  • The disk image and the app are signed and notarized by Apple, so the one question on first open is the only warning you should see.
  • Qufy is installed in your Applications folder. It keeps running in the menu bar. The Dock icon appears only while the main window is open; closing the window hides it again.
  • To start Qufy when you sign in to your Mac, right-click the Q in the menu bar and tick "Open when the Mac starts". It is off by default.
  • Updates are not installed for you. When a new version is ready, you download it and drag it to Applications again; your sign-in is kept. See "Update the Mac app".
  • The Mac app is for Mac with Apple silicon only. On a phone or another computer, use the website.

If something goes wrong

“If the file did not start, use the button.”
Press "Download for Mac" on /app. Your browser may also ask you to allow the download.
“The installer is not published yet.”
There is no file to download at the moment. Try the page again later, and use the website in the meantime.
“The widgets are missing from the widget gallery.”
Widgets need macOS 15 or later. Open Qufy from the Applications folder at least once, then look again.

Last updated 6 Oct 2026

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