Download icanwrite for Mac
Get your damn manuscript reader-ready. With any AI as your co-editor
System requirements
- macOS
- 12 (Monterey) or later
- Processor
- Apple silicon or Intel — one universal download
How to install it
- Download the .dmg, then open it.
- Drag icanwrite into your Applications folder.
- Launch it and open the folder your .md files are already in.
It has to live in Applications — macOS refuses to let an app update itself from anywhere else.
icanwrite on Windows
We're working on Windows — meanwhile, icanwrite runs right in your browser. Use Chrome or Edge.
Questions about the Mac app
No. In the browser, icanwrite needs Chrome, Edge or another Chromium browser, because editing files in a folder on your own disk relies on a feature Firefox and Safari never adopted. The Mac app brings that engine with it, so it works the same whatever your usual browser is.
Yes. Downloading the app and writing in it costs nothing and needs no account. You only sign in when you want the AI features.
Exactly where they already are. icanwrite opens a folder of .md files on your Mac and edits those files in place — there is no library to import into and no copy kept on our servers. Text is only sent anywhere when you ask for AI feedback on it.
Yes. It checks for a new version when it launches and every few hours after that, then offers to restart. Keep it in your Applications folder — macOS refuses to let an app update itself from anywhere else.
If your Mac is on macOS 12 (Monterey) or later, yes. The download is a universal build, so it runs natively on both Apple silicon and older Intel Macs — there is no separate version to choose between.
Full offline support is coming soon. When it's ready, the desktop app will only need internet for AI checks.
Not on a Mac? icanwrite also runs in Chrome or Edge on any computer