Install the Memlow web app on a computer

Install it on a computer

These steps are for Chrome and Edge on Windows, macOS, Linux and Chromebooks.

1. Open app.memlow.com.
2. Choose Install Memlow at the bottom of the sidebar. The same button is in Settings, then Appearance, next to Install as an app. You can also use the install icon at the end of the browser's address bar.
3. Confirm in the box the browser shows.

Memlow opens in its own window. From then on, start it like your other programs, from the Start menu, the Dock or the app launcher.

Install it on an Android phone

1. Open app.memlow.com in Chrome.
2. Tap Settings in the bar along the bottom, then Appearance.
3. Tap Install next to Install as an app, and confirm.

Memlow gets its own icon on the home screen. On an Android phone, though, the Memlow app from Google Play is usually the better choice: it rings reminders even when it's closed, and it has home-screen widgets. The two can share your notes through your own Google Drive.

On an iPhone or iPad

There's no Memlow app for iPhone or iPad, and we haven't tested the web app in Safari yet, so we can't promise every part works there. If you try it, Memlow's Settings, then Appearance, shows Apple's own way to add a website to the home screen: in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.

Does it work offline?

Yes, once you've opened app.memlow.com one time. After that, Memlow opens and works without a connection: writing, checklists, search, Style and templates all keep going. What needs the internet:

• Google Drive backup and sync. They catch up when you're back online.
• Signing in to your Memlow account, and shared notebooks and links.
• Speak to type, in browsers that send your voice to a speech service.
• A note font you haven't used before. It loads the first time you pick it while online.

Reminders ring only while Memlow is open in a tab or running as an installed app.

Where your notes are stored

On the web, notes are saved in the browser's own storage for app.memlow.com, on that device. Memlow's servers never receive them. The installed app and a Chrome tab on the same computer use the same storage, so they show the same notes.

That storage belongs to one browser, on one device:

• Another browser, another browser profile or a private window doesn't have your notes.
• Clearing the browser's data for app.memlow.com deletes the notes in it.
• When space runs low, a browser may clear websites' data by itself.

To guard against the last one, open Settings, then Storage and Google Drive, and choose Protect storage. It asks the browser not to clear Memlow's data, and the row then says Protected. The browser decides, and installing Memlow as an app usually helps. Then set up Google Drive backup or save a backup file now and then, so your notes are never in one place only. Until you do, Memlow shows a warning, "Your notes are only in this browser": Notes kept in this browser: keep them safe explains it.

When Memlow updates

Memlow updates itself. When you open it, a new version comes in straight away. If one arrives while you're writing, Memlow says A new version of Memlow is ready and waits for you to choose Reload, so a note you're typing is never cut off.

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