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1

Download

Go to sightlinebehavior.com/download and select Download for Mac. The page offers a version for Macs with Apple silicon and one for Macs with Intel.
2

Install

Open the Sightline disk image (.dmg) in Downloads, then choose an option.Just for you
No password needed.
  1. Double-click Sightline in the disk image. If macOS asks whether to open an app downloaded from the internet, select Open.
  2. Choose Copy and open.
Sightline copies itself to the Applications folder in your home folder and opens.If Sightline opens without asking, quit it, then drag Sightline from the disk image into the Applications folder in your home folder. If your home folder has no Applications folder, create one with that name first.For everyone on this Mac
You may be asked for an administrator name and password.
  1. Drag Sightline into Applications.
  2. Open Sightline from Applications.
3

Open

If Sightline isn’t already open, open it from the Applications folder you chose. If macOS asks whether to open an app downloaded from the internet, select Open.
4

Choose a plan

Accept the terms, choose whether to share anonymous usage data and crash reports, then select Continue with Community, Start trial, or Enter key. See Plans and licensing.

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On a district-managed Mac

With a standard account, Sightline can’t update itself in the main Applications folder. If you open it from there, it asks Copy Sightline to get updates? Choose Copy and open to use the personal installation described above. Your data and the original copy stay as they are. Put the new copy in the Dock in place of the old icon. If you open the original later, it opens your copy. If you chose Skip for now, Sightline keeps running from its current location without updates and won’t ask you to copy it again until the next update. To reopen the prompt, select Restart to set up updates when it appears in the sidebar.

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Good to know

If Sightline says it could not make or open the new copy, it keeps running where it was and your data is unchanged. Try again at the next update, or contact support. Once a newer Sightline has opened your data, an older copy shows “Open the newest copy of Sightline” instead. Quit and open the newer copy. IT staff: see For district IT.