# Noob question: installation on MacOS **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [March 19, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/noob-question-installation-on-macos/2346 "2018-03-19T16:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gijs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Gijs](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Gijs)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/noob-question-installation-on-macos/2346/1 "2018-03-19T16:57:06Z")
Hi, System: MacOS 10.13.03 I’ve downloaded IPFS to my downloads folder. It seems to unzip “automagically”. I’ve tried dragging both IPFS and install.sh to my applications folder and then run install.sh from command line. However, that doesn’t yield the desired result (command not found). What am I doing wrong? Apologies for the level of the question. I realize this software is probably a bit to advanced for me, but my curiousity got the best of me. ---
**Author:** ![VictorBjelkholm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/victorbjelkholm/32/10_2.png) [@VictorBjelkholm](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/VictorBjelkholm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/noob-question-installation-on-macos/2346/2 "2018-03-19T17:12:24Z")
Maybe it’s better to try out [https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop) which is a desktop application for running a IPFS node. Should be a lot easier to get up and running with. Go to [https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/tag/v0.3.0](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/releases/tag/v0.3.0) and download “IPFS.Desktop-0.3.0.dmg”, double-click to open and move the “IPFS Desktop” application to your applications, then run it. ---
**Author:** ![Gijs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Gijs](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Gijs)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/noob-question-installation-on-macos/2346/3 "2018-03-20T08:19:45Z")
Thanks for the tip. Running it right now! ---
**Author:** ![Gijs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Gijs](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Gijs)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/noob-question-installation-on-macos/2346/4 "2018-03-20T08:29:04Z")
Weird, installation went fine (After trusting the developer). I launch the program The IPFS icon briefly appears And then disappears. It is visible in activity monitor ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ipfs1/original/1X/770dd28a39cd494b68c5158477f136f4e5f6f4e0.png) But I can’t switch to it when hitting cmd tab. What am I doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Gijs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Gijs](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Gijs)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/noob-question-installation-on-macos/2346/5 "2018-03-20T09:10:17Z")
ah, maybe a small notification would have been nice. But it seems to work. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ipfs1/original/1X/3e74f9d24550e2e54536235cb3c8011fc05797ec.png) ---
**Author:** ![VictorBjelkholm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/victorbjelkholm/32/10_2.png) [@VictorBjelkholm](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/VictorBjelkholm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/noob-question-installation-on-macos/2346/6 "2018-03-20T13:24:24Z")
Maybe @hacdias knows if that disappearing/appearing is on purpose or if it’s a bug in ipfs-desktop. ---
**Author:** ![Gijs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Gijs](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Gijs)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/noob-question-installation-on-macos/2346/7 "2018-03-20T15:12:48Z")
I don’t think it was a technical issue. I just didn’t expect the application to minimise to top of the screen without a warning. ---
**Author:** ![hacdias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/hacdias/32/8255_2.png) [@hacdias](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/hacdias)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/noob-question-installation-on-macos/2346/8 "2018-03-20T16:42:49Z")
Hello! 🙂 Hope you enjoy using IPFS Desktop. When you launch it, it will just start running the Menubar application. Thus, you need to click on the status icon to open it.