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Install on macOS

Time: 3 minutes.

Requirements

  • macOS 13 Ventura or later.
  • Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4) or Intel x86_64.
  • 1.5 GB free disk for the app and its caches.

Download

Go to the latest release on GitHub and pick the asset that matches your CPU:

File Architecture
Elysium-Designer-<version>-macos-arm64.dmg Apple Silicon
Elysium-Designer-<version>-macos-x86_64.dmg Intel

If you are not sure which one to grab, open the Apple menu, choose About This Mac, and read the Chip line. "Apple M1/M2/M3/M4" means arm64; "Intel" means x86_64.

Install

  1. Double-click the downloaded .dmg. Finder mounts it and opens a window showing the Elysium Designer.app icon next to an Applications shortcut.
  2. Drag Elysium Designer.app onto the Applications shortcut.
  3. Eject the disk image (drag it to the Trash, or right-click in Finder and choose Eject).

First launch

Open the app from Launchpad or by double-clicking it in /Applications. On the first launch:

  • macOS verifies the developer signature and notarization. This takes a few seconds. There should be no Gatekeeper warning, because the app is signed with our Developer ID Application certificate and notarized through Apple.
  • If you do see a "cannot be opened" dialog (typical when downloading via a tool that strips the quarantine attribute incorrectly), open System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll to the message about Elysium Designer, and click Open Anyway.

The app's splash screen appears, then the main window opens. Follow the first run guide for the brief setup that comes next.

Permissions

The Designer asks for a small set of permissions, each lazily on first use:

Permission Triggered by Why
Files and Folders (chosen folder) First save / first project open Read and write your project on disk
Screen Recording Window > Capture > Region Capture a region of your screen as a reference image
Camera Window > Capture > Webcam (optional, not used by the tutorial) Pull a frame from the camera as a reference image
Accessibility Live preview window dragging Position the borderless preview window on screen

You can revoke any of these later in System Settings > Privacy & Security.

Updating

The Designer checks for updates on launch and once every 24 hours. When an update is available you see a small badge on the Help menu; choose Help > Check for Updates to install. Updates are delivered through Sparkle and signed with the same Developer ID.

To turn off update checks, open Preferences > Updates and untick Check for updates automatically.

Uninstall

Drag Elysium Designer.app from Applications to the Trash. To also remove caches and preferences, follow Uninstall and reset.