Install Glob and start a project

Glob for Mac gives you a canvas for connected notes, a list for quick captures, and tools for reading and synthesising your material. Start with a small project you can recognise: a reading list, an essay, or a decision you are working through.

This guide describes the downloadable 1.9.0-beta.2 Mac app. Check your version in Settings → About & Diagnostics if your controls look different.

Install the Mac app#

You need macOS 26.1 or later. The download supports Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

1. Open Downloads and choose Download for Mac.
2. Double-click Glob.dmg.
3. Drag Glob into Applications.
4. Open Glob from Applications and allow macOS to complete its verification.

The Mac download is signed and notarised. Use the current download if macOS rejects an incomplete or damaged disk image. Do not bypass a verification failure to finish installation.

Glob also has a web app and terminal clients. The Mac guide does not describe native iPhone, iPad or Watch installation.

Sign in#

After the opening animation, a new installation shows Sign in to Glob.

• Choose Sign in with Colli account to use an existing account.
• Choose Create account if you need one.
• Complete the account window and return to Glob.

The direct Mac download uses the Colli account window. You do not need to find a native Sign in with Apple button in this edition.

The app remembers a saved session. In Settings → Glob Account, you can see your account, hosted AI status, credit balance and reset date. Check Connection checks the saved session; Manage Account opens account management. See the account guide for account help.

Signing in does not mean the Mac has transferred your notes to another device. Read Mac sync settings before relying on a second copy.

Make a small project#

Reveal the list with Show List (⌃L) or Control-L, then select its Glob note tab. Click the folder and project name in the list header. Choose New Project, enter a name, and choose Create. Select a project in that menu when you want to switch workspaces.

For example, create a project called “Garden notes”. Add one note for the question you want to answer, then a few notes for observations or sources.

Use New Note from the menu, or press ⌘N. You can also double-click empty canvas while the creation control shows the lightbulb for notes. The checkmark creation mode makes a task in the Tasks list instead.

Give the note a title and write something in Body. A completely empty note can be cleaned up when its editor closes. A short sentence is enough to keep a thought you want to develop.

Connect and return to your work#

Use the canvas mode control to move between navigation, selection and connection modes. In connection mode, drag from one node to another to link them. A link is an explicit relationship; putting notes near each other does not create a link.

Right-click a node and choose Open to edit it. In this Mac build, opening a note can zoom the canvas towards it. Press Esc to close the inline editor and return to a wider view.

For a first synthesis, connect a parent note to one or more children. Select the parent and use Summary Builder, the hexagon button. An isolated note does not start that branch-synthesis action. Compare the result with the notes you wrote; Synthesis explains the different summary surfaces.

Keep quick thoughts in Ideas, prepare files in Document Import Studio, and use exports when you need a separate readable copy.

Find your lists and tools#

Reveal the list with Control-L. Its tabs lead to the Glob note list, Ideas, Tasks, Programs, Today, Clusters and Flows. The project header belongs to the Glob note tab; another tab can show a different collection even while the same canvas project remains active.

Use the two-speech-bubbles button near the top of the panel to switch to its conversation and tools view. Choose a destination such as Glob, Document Import Studio, DataJars, Knowledge Browser or Prompt Architect. The destination's back arrow returns to the tool choices. The list-shaped toggle returns to the ordinary lists.

The tools view remembers its chosen destination during the session. If reopening it returns directly to a document or chat, use that back arrow to choose a different tool.

If you cannot get started#

If the account window is cancelled, choose the sign-in button again. If Glob says “Your Glob session expired. Please sign in again.”, repeat sign-in rather than entering an AI provider key.

If installation or sign-in still fails, contact [email protected] with your macOS version, Glob version and the exact message. Keep passwords and sync passphrases out of the message. For data handling and account terms, read the Privacy Policy and Terms.