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Coming soon to testers. The Mac app is in internal testing. TestFlight for external testers is coming soon, and it isn’t on the Mac App Store yet. It needs macOS 26 or later.
The Mac app uses the same account, vault format, and capture grammar as the web app. It lives in the menu bar and opens a full Tuck window when you want one.

Sign in and unlock

  1. Sign in with a passkey or an email link.
  2. If your account already has a vault, unlock it with the same vault passphrase.
  3. After the first unlock, Touch ID (or your Mac password) can unlock it again.
Do not create a second vault on your Mac.

Tuck from the menu bar

Click the Tuck icon in the menu bar, or press ⌃⌥Space, to open the capture panel. Type and press Enter to tuck it. Shift+Enter adds a new line. #tag, @person, /brain, and dates like tomorrow or at 2pm work the same as on the web. Attach files with the paperclip, or paste or drop them on the box. The mic records a voice thought, and transcription stays on your Mac. Your newest thoughts sit under the box. Press Esc or click outside to close the panel. Tuck stays in the menu bar.

The Tuck window

The window has a sidebar with Today, Todos, and Stream, then your brains, tags, shared brains, people, and archived thoughts.
  • Stream lists your thoughts as cards. Click one to open it beside the list, or double-click to open it in its own window.
  • Today shows what matters most, your commitments, and your schedule.
  • Todos groups open todos by Overdue, Today, Upcoming, and No date, with Proposed and Done.
  • People lists everyone with their thoughts. Edit a person’s details from their page.
  • Search (⌘F) matches titles, text, tags, people, file names, and transcripts.
Press ⌘N for a new tuck and ⇧⌘L to lock. Closing the window keeps Tuck in the menu bar.

Notification Center widgets

Add Quick Tuck to open the capture panel, or Voice Tuck to start recording right away.

Raycast and Alfred

In the capture panel’s menu, Copy pair link copies a link that connects Raycast or Alfred to Tuck on this Mac.
Some web features aren’t on the Mac yet, including calendar and mail connectors, the full rich editor, theme studio, and kanban. Shared brains open read-only here. Create, edit, and invite on the web app.