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Installation

Download a single file, click through the installer and you are done. Three minutes.

Step 1: Download

Open the download page of your aYOUne tenant and choose your operating system:

  • Windows 10/11 — aYOUne-Setup-x.y.z.exe (approx. 180 MB)
  • macOS 12 or later — aYOUne-x.y.z.dmg (approx. 200 MB, Apple silicon and Intel)
  • Linux — aYOUne-x.y.z.AppImage (approx. 190 MB, distribution-independent)

The current version is shown at the top right of the download page.

Step 2: Install

Windows: Double-click the .exe. If Windows SmartScreen shows a warning, click "More info" and then "Run anyway". The installer asks once for administrator rights and creates a Start menu entry and a desktop shortcut.

macOS: Double-click the .dmg, then drag the aYOUne icon into the Applications folder. For Macs with an Apple chip (M1 to M4), download the "Apple silicon" build; for older Macs, the "Intel" build.

If macOS reports on first launch that Apple cannot verify the app is free of malware, allow the app once. From macOS 15 onwards, right-click › Open is no longer enough.

Option 1 – System Settings:

  1. Launch the app once and close the message with "Done".
  2. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security and scroll down.
  3. Next to the note about "aYOUne Desktop Client", click "Open Anyway" and confirm with your password or Touch ID.
  4. Launch the app again and choose "Open". From then on it starts without asking.

Option 2 – Terminal: Once the app is in the Applications folder, enter in Terminal:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/aYOUne*.app

You do not need to turn off any protection feature; the approval applies to this app only.

Linux: Make the .AppImage executable once (chmod +x aYOUne-*.AppImage) and double-click it. The app runs directly, with no installation into system folders. Optionally integrate the icon with appimaged or move the file to /opt/aYOUne/.

Step 3: First launch

The app opens with the sign-in screen. Enter your aYOUne email address. If you belong to several tenants, you will see a selection. More in First sign-in.

Automatic updates

The Desktop Client checks for updates at startup and every hour. If one is available, it downloads it in the background and notifies you as soon as the new version can be installed. You will be asked "Install now / Later"; with "Later", the update is applied automatically at the next restart.

More in Updates.

Uninstalling

Windows: Settings → Apps → aYOUne → Uninstall. macOS: Drag aYOUne from the Applications folder to the Trash. Linux: Delete the .AppImage file.

Local sync files and settings are kept when you uninstall. To remove everything, use the reset entry in the tray menu or delete the profile folder (%APPDATA%/aYOUne, ~/Library/Application Support/aYOUne or ~/.config/aYOUne).

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The complete collection: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/desktop-client.md

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- A machine-readable overview of all public content is at `/llms.txt`.
- If you have access to the aYOUne MCP server, you can work against live data
  instead of this snapshot. If not, ignore this point.
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A note on sources:
- Every page of this documentation is available as Markdown (the same address with `.md`).
- A machine-readable overview of all public content is at `/llms.txt`.
- If you have access to the aYOUne MCP server, you can work against live data
  instead of this snapshot. If not, ignore this point.
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Read the following documentation by tolinax UG and work with it.

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A note on sources:
- Every page of this documentation is available as Markdown (the same address with `.md`).
- A machine-readable overview of all public content is at `/llms.txt`.
- If you have access to the aYOUne MCP server, you can work against live data
  instead of this snapshot. If not, ignore this point.
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Read the following documentation by tolinax UG and work with it.

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A note on sources:
- Every page of this documentation is available as Markdown (the same address with `.md`).
- A machine-readable overview of all public content is at `/llms.txt`.
- If you have access to the aYOUne MCP server, you can work against live data
  instead of this snapshot. If not, ignore this point.
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Read the following documentation by tolinax UG and work with it.

This page: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/desktop-client/installation.md
The complete collection: https://ayoune.com/en/docs/desktop-client.md

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A note on sources:
- Every page of this documentation is available as Markdown (the same address with `.md`).
- A machine-readable overview of all public content is at `/llms.txt`.
- If you have access to the aYOUne MCP server, you can work against live data
  instead of this snapshot. If not, ignore this point.

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