# Desktop app
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/apps/desktop

Aden for Mac, Windows and Linux. Your projects, files and player on your own machine, in sync with the web app.
The desktop app holds the whole web app, plus what only your computer can do. It sees the DAW projects on your disk, keeps team folders in sync, plays audio without a network and puts your socials and chats in one window. Get it from the download page on aden.space.

The rail on the left switches between Aden, your files, chat, Links and anything you pin. The player sits at the foot of every screen. Press ⌘K to search, ⌘S to let the page fill the window, and ⌘ with plus or minus to zoom.

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  <Card title="Install and sign in" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/get-started" description="Sign in with your browser and finish the first setup." />

  <Card title="Search from any app" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/search-from-anywhere" description="Open Aden's search over whatever you are doing." />

  <Card title="Keep team files on your computer" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/files-on-your-computer" description="Sync a team folder and link project folders to tracks." />

  <Card title="Open Aden like a drive" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/aden-in-finder" description="Browse every team file in Finder or Explorer." />

  <Card title="Work offline" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/work-offline" description="Stay signed in and start tracks with no connection." />

  <Card title="Free up space" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/free-up-space" description="Clear old FL Studio backups, unused takes and duplicate samples." />

  <Card title="Use more than one computer" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/more-than-one-computer" description="See which machine holds which project." />

  <Card title="Add new exports" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/upload-suggestions" description="Turn a fresh bounce into a track or version." />

  <Card title="Drop files on the notch" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/drop-shelf" description="Drag files to the top of the screen to file them." />

  <Card title="Peek at your song" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/project-peek" description="See the track behind your open project, over the DAW." />

  <Card title="Keep your DAW running smoothly" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/performance-mode" description="Aden waits with its background work while you make music." />

  <Card title="Send bounces for review" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/review-inbox" description="Ask for a listen and answer notes from your desk." />

  <Card title="Share a file with your team" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/share-a-file" description="Keep one spreadsheet in sync for everyone." />

  <Card title="Fix plugins that won't load" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/fix-plugins" description="See why a plugin won't open and fix it." />

  <Card title="Sync playlists to your DJ apps" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/dj-sync" description="rekordbox, Serato, Traktor and Virtual DJ." />

  <Card title="Open your socials in Links" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/links" description="Every site and account you work in, in one window." />

  <Card title="Read all your chats in one inbox" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/inbox" description="Instagram, WhatsApp, email and Aden together." />

  <Card title="Work in split screen" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/split-screen" description="Pages side by side and floating windows." />

  <Card title="Your calendar on the rail" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/calendar-on-the-rail" description="Calls, sessions and release days within reach." />

  <Card title="Control it with your hand" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/hand-control" description="Move the pointer with your webcam." />

  <Card title="Run commands with a hand sign" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/hands-free" description="Record, undo, save and mute from the mic." />

  <Card title="Trackpad edges as sliders" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/aden-edge" description="Volume, brightness and DAW knobs from your trackpad." />

  <Card title="Share one mouse between your computers" href="/docs/help/apps/desktop/shared-mouse" description="The pointer moves onto your other computer, Mac or PC." />
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