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Your computer Mac with Apple chip M1, M2, M3, M4 and newer Download .dmg Your computer Mac with Intel chip Most Macs from before 2021 Download .dmg Your computer Windows Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit Download installer Your computer Linux Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch and more, 64-bit Download .AppImage

Which Mac do I have? Click the Apple menu, then About This Mac. If it says Chip (Apple M1, M2 and so on), pick Apple chip. If it says Processor (Intel), pick Intel.

Latest version · macOS 13 Ventura or newer · Windows 10 and 11 · Linux x64 · All versions and release notes

Opening PinBoard on a Mac

🔒 Your Mac will stop PinBoard the first time you open it. That's expected, and you only fix it once. PinBoard is made by an independent developer and isn't in Apple's paid signing program yet, so macOS can't check who made it and waits for you to say it's OK. It doesn't mean anything is wrong with the app.

The whole thing, start to finish, in 22 seconds

Drag PinBoard into Applications

Double-click the .dmg file in your Downloads folder. In the window that opens, drag PinBoard onto the Applications folder.

Open PinBoard, then click Done

Open PinBoard from Applications. Your Mac says "PinBoard" Not Opened. Click Done. Don't click Move to Trash.

Go to Privacy & Security

Click the Apple menu, then System Settings, then Privacy & Security. Scroll down to the Security section. You'll see "PinBoard" was blocked to protect your Mac.

Click Open Anyway, twice

Click Open Anyway, then Open Anyway again in the box that pops up, and enter your Mac password or use Touch ID. PinBoard opens, and from now on it opens like any other app.

The macOS message saying PinBoard was not opened, with the Done button — Step 2: click Done, not Move to Trash

macOS System Settings, Privacy and Security, with the Open Anyway button next to PinBoard — Step 3: System Settings, Privacy & Security, then Open Anyway

macOS asking to confirm opening PinBoard, with the Open Anyway button — Step 4: confirm with Open Anyway

⚠️ Don't see Open Anyway? It only shows up after you've tried to open PinBoard once, and only for about an hour. Open PinBoard from Applications again, click Done, and go straight back to Privacy & Security.

Mac says PinBoard isn't supported on this Mac? That's the Apple chip version on an Intel Mac. Download the Intel version above instead. On macOS Sonoma or Ventura you can also Control-click PinBoard in Applications, choose Open, then Open again. More help in opening PinBoard on Mac.

Installing PinBoard on Windows

🛡️ Windows will show a blue "Windows protected your PC" screen the first time. That's expected. It comes from Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, which warns about new apps that don't carry a paid publisher certificate yet. It doesn't mean anything harmful was found.

Open the installer

Open PinBoard Setup from your Downloads folder. If your browser warns about the download first, choose Keep (in Edge: the three dots, Keep, then Show more and Keep anyway).

Click More info

On the blue screen, click More info, the small link under the message.

Click Run anyway

A Run anyway button appears, with PinBoard named as the app. Click it and PinBoard installs. Afterwards it's in the Start menu and opens normally.

The Windows protected your PC screen, with the More info link — Click More info

The Windows protected your PC screen showing the Run anyway button — Then click Run anyway

Installer gone from your Downloads folder? Your antivirus may have moved it. More help in installing PinBoard on Windows.

Running PinBoard on Linux

Make it executable

Right-click the .AppImage file, open Properties, then Permissions, and tick Allow executing file as program. Or in a terminal: chmod +x PinBoard-*.AppImage

Double-click to run

No installer and no setup. Keep the file somewhere permanent, like ~/Applications. More in the Linux guide.

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