Set up Spiral

Four steps, about five minutes. You need a Mac, your beta key and a free Discogs account.

1. Download Spiral

   Open your invite link, or enter your key on the download page. The download starts once your key is checked.

2. Install it

   Open the Spiral disk image in your Downloads folder and drag Spiral into Applications.

3. Open Spiral

   Open Spiral from Applications. The first time, macOS asks whether to open an app downloaded from the internet. Choose Open.

4. Connect Discogs

   Spiral looks up releases with your own Discogs account, so it asks for a personal access token once.

   In Spiral, choose Open Discogs developer settings and sign in, or go to discogs.com/settings/developers. Under Personal access token, click Generate new token. Copy the whole token and paste it into Spiral, which checks it straight away.

Requirements

macOS 13 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.

Updates

Spiral checks for a new version when it opens. When one is ready, choose Restart to update. You never need to download again.

Privacy

The download page checks your key and records that it was used. The app has no account and sends no usage data. When it checks for updates it sends its version and whether your Mac is Apple silicon or Intel.

Help

Something not working? Reply to the message your invitation came in.