Prerequisites & System Requirements

In order to use Unite, you'll need to be using macOS 10.14 or greater. After the trial period, you'll also need a licensed copy - which can be acquired directly from BZG or can be used as part of the Setapp subscription bundle.

Additionally, since Unite writes applications to your applications folder, you'll either need to be running as admin or save your apps to another writable location. To change the save location for Unite apps, go to Unite in the menu bar → Preferences.

Interface Overview

When you launch Unite, you'll immediately be greeted with the Unite creation tool. This is where you'll create your Unite apps. Follow the numbers to learn each function of the Unite creation tool:

1. The new Unite creation tool automatically adjusts between light mode and dark mode depending on your system setting. While you can not individually set the theme of the Unite app, you can do so within your created applications.

   To start using Unite, enter a URL for the website you wish to turn into an app, followed by a name for your application.

2. Unite should instantly grab an icon for your app based on whatever URL you entered in the first input field. If it didn't, make sure you entered your URL correctly and used http://. A small number of sites may not feature a favicon. If you wish to use a custom icon from your Mac, hover on the icon area and click once you see an image of a face.

3. Here you will see three buttons. Each of these enables a major feature of Unite within your Unite app. To learn more about each feature, you can hover over the icons for a moment.

   • Status bar apps: Going from the left to the right, the first icon will turn your app into a status bar icon by default. This can be changed at any time in any Unite app. To learn more about status bar apps, see

   Status bar apps

   • Compact apps: These apps bring mobile experiences to the desktop. To learn more, see

   Compact apps

   • Intelligent Whitelisting: Enabling this button will automatically enable Intelligent Whitelisting, which creates rules for which URLs are allowed in your app and which should be bumped to your default browser. You can of course choose not to use this feature, and all apps will remain in your app. Do note that sometimes you must go and add additional rules even when enabling this at creation. To learn more, see

   Intelligent Whitelisting

4. New to Unite 4, Unite can now not only generate an icon for your app, but also customize it to have its own color and match the style of Big Sur or Catalina icons. Once you have an icon, push the icon customizer tool and begin making changes. Whatever you do last will be remembered until you change it and will apply to subsequent icons without need for re-input.

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