Buddy 1.2

Download Buddy for Mac

Install in three steps

1. Open the downloaded Buddy.dmg and drag Buddy onto Applications.
2. Open Buddy from Applications. The first time only, macOS says it can't check the app: click Done, then open System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.
3. Follow the setup window: your name, your keys, three permissions.

Already have Buddy 1.0 or 1.1? Do the same once: download, drag onto Applications, and choose Replace. Your keys, memory and permissions stay. From this version on, updates arrive by themselves.

What's new in 1.2

• Buddy updates itself. Once a day it checks for a newer version; the notch says when one is ready, and Update installs it in a click, keeping everything you had. Settings has Check now and a switch to turn it off.
• A copy of Buddy opened from somewhere else no longer takes away its open-at-login setting.

Works on any Mac with macOS 14.2 or later, Apple silicon or Intel. Step-by-step help: docs/install.md.

_{For the careful: each update is checked against Buddy.dmg.sha256 and against the app's signature before it is installed. To check a download by hand, shasum -a 256 -c Buddy.dmg.sha256 in the folder holding both.}