Download the DoTally desktop app, install it, and sign in through your browser. On a Mac, you then allow the Accessibility permission, so DoTally can read window titles. It runs on macOS 14 or later and Windows 10 or later.

Before you start

A DoTally account. Sign up at my.dotally.app, or accept the invite your Administrator sent you.
A supported computer: macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later, or Windows 10 or later. There’s no mobile app.

Install on a Mac

Select Download DoTally for Mac. Your browser saves the installer, dotally.dmg. Already signed in to my.dotally.app on your Mac? You can also select your profile picture at the top of the page, then Download Desktop App.
Open dotally.dmg and drag DoTally into your Applications folder.
Open DoTally from Applications. It doesn’t open a window: it lives behind the clock icon in the menu bar at the top of your screen. If its sign-in screen doesn’t drop down on its own, click the clock icon.
Select Log In. Your browser opens my.dotally.app.
Sign in with your email or Google, then select Authenticate Desktop App. Your browser hands you back to the app. If it doesn’t, select Open Desktop App.
Back in the app, select Enable Accessibility. macOS opens System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.
Turn on DoTally in the list. The app notices straight away; you don’t need to restart it.

Why DoTally needs Accessibility

macOS requires the Accessibility permission for any app that reads window titles. With it, your day shows “Checkout flow — v3” instead of just “Figma”. It doesn’t let DoTally see your screen’s contents or record keystrokes. It’s the only Privacy & Security permission DoTally needs: it never asks for the one that lets an app read your keyboard input. See Does DoTally take screenshots or record keystrokes?

Install on Windows

Go to the Desktop App page and select Download for Windows.
Run the installer and follow its steps.
Open DoTally, select Log In and sign in through your browser, as on a Mac.

What happens next

The app is ready to record. Select Start My Day when you start work; nothing is captured before that. See What happens when I click Start My Day?

A few things to know:

DoTally doesn’t start by itself when you turn on your computer. Open it at the start of your day.
You stay signed in. The app renews your sign-in on its own when you open it, when your computer wakes and once a day. It signs you out only if you don’t open it for 30 days, or if your password changes or your account is deleted. You then get a notification, DoTally signed you out. Sign in again to keep going: time you’ve recorded but not logged is still on your computer.
Updates: when a new version is needed, the app shows Download New App. Select it to get the latest installer.
Your version number is at the bottom of the menu under your profile picture, as “DoTally App v.…”.

Available on: every plan and role.

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Still stuck? Email awesome@dotally.app with your operating system version and the step where you got stuck.