How to install Whiteboard on Mac

Whiteboard does what Miro does, and Miro costs Paid. This guide gets you the free one.

What you end up with

Whiteboard installed like any other app on your Mac. It is free, and it stays free — there is no account, no trial and no subscription at the end of this.

Time
About 8 minutes
Steps
5
Cost
Free

Install Whiteboard

  1. Download Whiteboard

    About 18 MB.

    Download Whiteboard_1.0.0_aarch64.dmg

    You know this worked when: Whiteboard_1.0.0_aarch64.dmg finished downloading

  2. Find the download

    Whiteboard lands in your Downloads folder — open it from there.

    You know this worked when: You can see the downloaded file

  3. Install Whiteboard

    macOS calls it "damaged" — harmless. Terminal: xattr -cr /Applications/Whiteboard.app

    You know this worked when: Whiteboard opens

  4. Open Whiteboard

    Find it where you installed it and open it.

    You know this worked when: Whiteboard launches

  5. Try it

    Whiteboard should be open and ready to use.

    You know this worked when: Whiteboard works

If something goes wrong

Nothing here can damage your computer, and every step can be run again safely. If a command fails, the usual cause is the step before it not having finished.

Still stuck? Tell us what happened and we will fix the guide. Include the step number and we can usually reproduce it.

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