Install on a Mac

Download Nifty for Mac, set it up, and keep it up to date.

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Nifty for Mac keeps your data on your Mac, or opens a Nifty server. It needs a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 or later.

Install

Run it from Applications, not from the disk image or Downloads: only then can it update itself.

Choose Get started.
Check your name (it comes from your Mac) and choose Keep my data on this Mac.
When it says All ready to go, choose Take me to Nifty.
Choose Start free trial, or I have a licence key to paste yours (Your licence).

That's it: no password needed. Nifty signs you in by itself each time it opens.

To keep your data somewhere else, choose Advanced options in step 2 and pick a folder. A folder that already has Nifty data opens as it was (Open my data).
To use a Nifty server instead, choose Use Nifty on a server, type its address and choose Connect. You sign in with the server's username and password.

Want Nifty in a browser or on another device too? Set a password in Settings → Sign-in. See Settings.

Nifty checks for a new version once a day, downloads it in the background, and installs it when you quit.

To install it now, choose Nifty → Restart to Update. You come back to the page you were on, and anything you're typing is kept.
To check yourself, choose Nifty → Check for Updates….
Versions released after your licence's Updates until date aren't installed: Nifty → Desktop Settings… → Updates says so. See When your updates end.
Nifty → Desktop Settings… → Updates has Check for updates automatically (on by default) and Beta releases, for new features before they're stable. Turning betas off never takes you back a version.

Choose Nifty → Desktop Settings…, then Data. You can switch between this Mac and a server, or pick another folder.

What	Where
Your data (by default)	`~/Library/Application Support/Nifty`
The app's own settings	`~/Library/Application Support/io.niftyware.desktop`

To back it up, see Backups.

Quit Nifty and drag it from Applications to the Bin. Your data stays in its folder until you delete it.