The Nextcloud Desktop Client allows you to seamlessly connect to your Nextcloud server and access your files from your desktop. In this article, we shall discuss how to install Nextcloud Desktop client on Mac. Please see How To Install Nextcloud on a Linux system, “AD Connect Sync Service not running: Cannot proceed because the sync service is not running, start the ADSync service and restart the AD Connect Wizard to continue“, and How to Sync Data in Cloud Drives to Synology NAS.

This client is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions. It enables your files to be automatically synchronized between your Nextcloud server and local PC. The Nextcloud Desktop Sync client enables you to:

Specify one or more directories on your computer that you want to synchronize to the Nextcloud server.
Always have the latest files synchronized, wherever they are located.

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Download and install Nextcloud Desktop Client

Please proceed to the following URL and download the Nextcloud Desktop Client application. Click on the version of Nextcloud you wish to install and download it.

Navigate to the Downloaded File. Once the download is complete, locate the .pkg file in your Downloads folder or wherever your browser saves downloaded files. In my case, have moved this to the Desktop.

Double-click on the .pkg file to begin the installation process. This will launch the macOS installer.

This is the only disk available, please select continue to proceed.

You will be prompted to enter the password to install the software. Please provide your administrator password.

As you can see, the desktop application is being installed.

we have successfully installed the Nextcloud Desktop Client for Mac.

Now that the app has been installed, there are numerous ways to launch it on Mac. To do this, launch NextCloud Desktop App from the LaunchPad and search for Nextcloud if you have a lot of applications on your Macbook.

You can also start the Nextcloud desktop client by simply launching it from your Applications. As I said, there are numerous ways to do this.

Please login as shown below.

Once connected, you can configure which folders on your Nextcloud server you want to sync with your Mac. You can also adjust other sync settings such as sync frequency and selective sync.

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