Keep your whole library
on your Mac.
Save articles, bookmarks, PDFs, and notes in one searchable place. Read without clutter, find anything again, and keep important pages ready when you lose the connection.
Universal app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs
01.
Everything you save, ready where you work.
Keep gives your reading and notes a proper desktop home. The same library stays in sync with the web app and every client you connect.
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02.
Save it once. Find it when you need it.
The Mac app has the same capture, search, notes, and offline tools as Keep on the web.
03.
Keep reading when the connection drops.
Choose the notes and saved pages you need before you leave. Keep stores the full reading copy on that Mac until you remove it.
Choose what matters
Open the menu for any saved item or note and select Keep offline.
Keep saves the reading copy
The title, source, tags, note, and readable content stay together on your Mac.
Open it without a connection
Restart Keep and read the saved copy anywhere the signal gives up.
04.
Install Keep and carry on.
The Mac app is about 20 MB and uses your existing Keep account. One download works on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
- 01
Download the universal DMG
The same file works on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
- 02
Move Keep to Applications
Open the DMG and drag Keep into the Applications folder.
- 03
Sign in and carry on
Use Apple, Google, GitHub, or email. Your existing library will be waiting.
05.
Questions before you install.
No. The Mac app uses the same Keep account and plan as the web app. There is no separate desktop purchase.
You choose the notes and saved items that matter. Select Keep offline from an item menu and Keep stores the full reading copy on that Mac.
Keep checks for signed updates inside the app. It verifies each update before installation and asks you to restart when the new version is ready.
Yes. One universal download works on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
Keep for iPhone is going through App Store review. The Windows app will follow later. Both use the same Keep account and library.
Take your library off the browser tab.
Download Keep for Mac and keep your reading, notes, and useful context close when you work or go offline.