Install the Fieldwerk Mac app

The Mac app is in preview. To ask for access, email team@fieldwerk.ai.

The Mac app is for people who live in Fieldwerk all day. It gives Fieldwerk its own window with tabs, a quick-note shortcut that captures a thought from any app in a second, a menu bar icon that shows sync at a glance, and two-way sync between collections and folders on your Mac. It's the same Fieldwerk you use in the browser, so everything is always current, and the app keeps itself up to date.

What you need

A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later).
macOS 10.15 or later.

Install it

Go to the download page and click Download for Mac.
Open the downloaded file and drag Fieldwerk into your Applications folder.
Open Fieldwerk and sign in.

Write a quick note from anywhere

Press Option+Shift+Space in any app, or choose New quick note from the menu bar icon. A small window opens, you type, and it saves as you go. The thought is in Fieldwerk before you've lost it. See Create and edit a memo.

Use tabs and windows

New Tab (Cmd+T) and New Window (Cmd+N) work as in a browser, with Back, Forward and Reload.
Open in Browser opens the current page in your browser.
Zoom In, Zoom Out and Actual Size change the text size.

Open Fieldwerk links in the app

In the app's Settings…, under General, turn on Open Fieldwerk links in this app. Links to Fieldwerk you click in email, Slack or your browser then open in the app. Choose whether they open in a New tab or New window, and whether to Switch to a tab already showing the page.

The Fieldwerk icon in the menu bar shows whether folder sync is Up to date, Syncing… or needs you. Its menu has New quick note, Open Fieldwerk, Sync now, Recent sync activity…, Check for updates… and Settings…. To set up folder sync, see Sync a collection to a folder on your Mac.

Keep it up to date

Under Settings…, General, leave Install updates automatically on. Updates download quietly and start the next time Fieldwerk opens. Check for Updates checks straight away.