Download Sidekick

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Right now we can't hand out a beta token on the page, so we're doing it by email, {{ name }}. We sent a link to the address you gave: open it to confirm your email. We send our emails ourselves, so they can take up to a day to arrive. Check your spam folder too.

After you confirm, we email your beta token, usually within a day. You can download the Mac app now.

Nothing after a day? Fill in the form again with the same email and we'll send a new link.

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You're on the waitlist.

Thanks for confirming your email, {{ name }}. The beta is full for now. We'll email you when a place opens — there's nothing else to do.

See what's coming

This link has expiredDownloads come by invite.

Your download page opens from the link in our email and stays open for a day in that browser. Open the link again, or fill in the form again with the same email and we'll send you a new one.Sidekick is in a small invited beta. The person who invited you sends you a private link to the Mac app and your beta token. This site doesn't serve the download.

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Here is the Mac app. Install it first, then the phone app, then pair them with one scan. The Android app is by invitation through Google Play testing: its link comes in your invitation email.

Mac

Sidekick for Mac · Apple silicon · macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) or later

For Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or later). Apple menu › About This Mac shows “Chip” on these Macs. If it shows “Processor” instead, that Mac has an Intel chip, which Sidekick doesn't support.

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This build isn't notarized by Apple yet. macOS will warn you the first time you open it. Step 2 of Getting started, just below, shows the way through.

 downloadDownload for Apple silicon (.dmg)

During the beta, this site doesn't serve the download. The person who invited you sends you a private link to this file.

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More details
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Android

Sidekick for Android · Android 10 or later

By invitation through Google Play testing. We add your Google account to Sidekick's test list, then email you the Google Play link with your invitation.Install Sidekick on your phone from Google Play.

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Getting started

  1. Download Sidekick for your Mac with the button above.Sidekick for your Mac from the private link the person who invited you sent.
  2. Open it. Open the .dmg, drag Sidekick into Applications, then open Sidekick from Applications. macOS says it could not verify the app: choose Done. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll to the message about Sidekick and choose Open Anyway, enter your Mac password, then choose Open Anyway again in the dialog that follows. You do this once, and you never need to turn off Gatekeeper.
  3. Allow the keychain once. Sidekick shows a short note first: choose Continue. macOS may then ask for your Mac password for “Sidekick Safe Storage”. Type it and choose Always Allow. After you install a newer test build, macOS asks once more.
  4. Enter your beta token. {{ tokenWhere }}Copy the token you were sent, then press Paste token. It's a long piece of text that starts with SIDEKICK-TRIAL-1, and it's not the checksum under More details. If you copy the whole email, Sidekick finds the token inside it. The token is checked on your Mac; nothing is sent anywhere.
  5. Allow your local network. When macOS asks whether Sidekick may find devices on your local network, choose Allow. Sidekick then shows a code to scan.
  6. Pair your phone. On the phone, open Sidekick and tap Get started, then on Connect your Mac tap Scan the code and point it at the code on your Mac.
YOUR BETA TOKEN

The Mac app asks for a beta token the first time it opens.

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  1. Open Sidekick on your Mac.
  2. Copy the token, then press Paste token on the token screen. You can also paste it into the box and choose Use this token.
  3. Settings › About › Beta access shows when it ends (45 days). A new token goes in there too.
Token not working? Get help

Install & connect.

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    Install on your Mac

    1. Open the .dmg and drag Sidekick into Applications.
    2. Open Sidekick from Applications.
    3. macOS says it couldn't verify the app. Choose Done.
    4. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll to the message about Sidekick and choose Open Anyway. Enter your Mac password, then choose Open Anyway again.
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    5. Choose Continue on Sidekick's note, and Always Allow if macOS asks for your password.
    6. Enter your beta token, then allow Sidekick to find devices on your local network when macOS asks.

    You only do this once. You never need to turn off Gatekeeper.
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    Install on your phone

    1. Install the Android app from the Google Play test link in your invitation email.
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    2. Install Sidekick from Google Play with the button above.
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    Open both and scan

    1. Put both on the same Wi-Fi, or join the phone's hotspot from the Mac.
    2. Sidekick on the Mac shows a code. On the phone, tap Get started, then Scan the code on Connect your Mac.
    3. Grant permissions as you turn features on — notifications, messages, files. Each one says why it's needed.

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