Signing in

How it works

Sign-in happens in your browser, not in the app — the app never sees a password.

1. Preferences → Premium → Sign in
2. Your browser opens shadynotes.app/app/connect
3. Sign in or create an account there
4. The page hands back to Shady Notes and the browser can be closed

The app receives a token, stores it in the macOS Keychain, and checks your entitlement.

Signed in is not the same as subscribed

Two independent things:

• Signed in — a token is stored and the app knows which account you are
• Entitled — that account currently has an active plan

You can be signed in with no subscription — during the trial, or on the free tier, that is the normal state. Subscribing happens on the web rather than in the app, and once a plan is on the account the app picks it up on its next check without signing in again.

Working offline

After a successful check, the app works offline for 14 days before needing to re-verify.

Signing out

Preferences → Premium → Sign out removes the token from the Keychain and returns the app to the free tier. Notes are untouched.

If sign-in does not complete

• Make sure the browser actually finished loading the connect page
• The hand-off uses a shadynotes:// link — allow the browser to open it
• If the browser landed on the page but nothing happened in the app, close the tab and start again from Preferences; the link is single-use
• → Troubleshooting