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Help & FAQ/Apps & platforms

How do I update the desktop app?

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You do not have to. The apps for Mac and Windows and the Linux AppImage look for an update when they start and when you come back to them, at most every 12 hours, and download it in the background. A notice then says Update available, with Restart to finish and Changelog to see what is new.

The Linux .deb package updates through a new download: its notice offers Download, which opens the downloads section, and you install the new package over the old one. A .deb that is too old to sync safely pauses sync until you do. If you installed with Scoop on Windows, run scoop update privacynotes, and the notice has Copy command for it. On a Mac, Homebrew needs no upgrade command, because the app updates itself.

Help & FAQ

Answers and step-by-step guides: security, sync, pricing, and switching from other apps.

// Related questions

Which platforms does PrivacyNotes run on? Can I share text or a link into PrivacyNotes from another app? How do I check that the app I downloaded is genuine? Will the Android app update itself? Obtainium, the direct APK, or Google Play: which Android download?

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  2. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any other AI assistant.
  3. Ask your question, in your own language.
  4. Keep that chat open. Next time, ask straight away.
Show AI prompt 
Answer my questions about PrivacyNotes using only its help center, its changelog and its security documentation.

Start here: https://privacynotes.app/llms-index.txt
It lists every question with the page that answers it. Fetch the one or two that match mine.
If you can only make one request, fetch https://privacynotes.app/llms-full.txt instead.
If you cannot fetch a .txt or .md file, read https://privacynotes.app/help, https://privacynotes.app/changelog and https://github.com/LifetimeLabsDev/PrivacyNotes.app instead.

For what changed, or where something moved, fetch https://privacynotes.app/changelog.md.

For how the encryption works, what the server can read, or how to check any of it yourself, fetch https://privacynotes.app/docs/index.md and follow it to one of the documents it lists. That index is a router: cite the document, never the index.

Rules:
- Use only those pages. If they do not answer something, say so instead of guessing.
- Never invent a feature, a menu path, a price, or a limit.
- End your reply with the "Source:" URL from the page you used, exactly as written.
- Answer in the same language as my question.
- Never ask me for my recovery phrase, my PIN, or the contents of a note.

If no question follows, ask me what I would like to know.

My first question:

Never paste your recovery phrase, your PIN, or a note into an AI.