dayripple

Desktop app · Sign-in screen · First-launch guide

Install the desktop app and use it with your phone

DayRipple also works on Mac and Windows. Sign in with the same account as your phone, and your spaces, events, anniversaries and planner come right in. Changes you make on any device show up on the others straight away.

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Install and sign in

  1. Step 1. Install DayRipple from the App Store on Mac or the Microsoft Store on Windows

    On Mac, find DayRipple in the App Store. On Windows, find it in the Microsoft Store. Then install it. The Mac app runs on Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or later).

  2. Step 2. Sign in with the account you use on your phone

    When you open the app, the sign-in screen appears. If you signed up with email, enter your email and password and click Sign in. If you signed up with Google or Apple, click Continue with Google or ‘Continue with Apple’. It has to be the same account you signed in with on your phone for your phone's spaces and events to show up.

    With Google and Apple, the sign-in page opens in your default browser. Finish signing in there, come back to the app, and you're signed in.

Choices on first launch

  1. Step 3. In the guide that appears first, turn on only what you need

    The first time you sign in, a guide appears saying ‘Your account is open on Mac too’ with your name (‘on Windows too’ on Windows). It also tells you that the events you made on your phone are already here.

    You can use the app without turning on any of the switches in the guide, and you can turn them on later in Settings. The app asks for permission only when you turn on the feature that needs it. When you're done, click ‘Go to Today’ to go to the planner, or click Start with Calendar to start in calendar mode.

    • ‘Connect Mac calendar’: shows events from the Mac Calendar app alongside DayRipple. Mac only.
    • ‘Get notifications’: alerts you at the time set on an event and one day before a deadline.
    • ‘Jot from the menu bar’ (‘Jot from the taskbar’ on Windows): write a line with ⌃Space (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows) without opening the window.
    • ‘Open when your Mac starts’: DayRipple opens when you log in to your Mac. The first-launch guide on Windows doesn't have this row.

Use it together with your phone

  1. Step 4. Make changes on your phone or desktop, whichever is handy

    Events, anniversaries and to-dos in the same space, and your own planner, go through the server and show up on every device straight away. If the other person changes an event on their phone, your desktop screen updates by itself.

    What you write is saved on this computer first, so it isn't lost if the internet drops, and it's uploaded automatically once you're back online. If something hasn't been uploaded yet, a circular arrow with a count appears at the right of the title bar. Click it to open the ‘Sync Status’ window and see what's waiting.

    If the same item was changed separately on two devices, choose Keep this device’s content or Use the other device’s content in this window.

Good to know

  • Events and anniversaries in calendar mode are shared with your space members, and planner items are only for you. It's the same on desktop.
  • The desktop app has no field for entering an invite code to join another space. If you've been invited, join in the phone app, then open the desktop app and that space will be there too.
  • If the account you signed in with has no space, you'll see ‘There's no space to save to yet’. Anything you write then isn't saved, so create or join a space on your phone and open the app again.
  • The number of free items you can create on desktop is counted separately from your phone. See the ‘Desktop Lifetime and payments’ help page.

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