Balsamiq for Desktop documentation
- Introduction to Balsamiq Wireframes for Desktop
- Editor overview
- Adding and arranging UI controls
- Editing controls
- Sharing and reviewing
- Using images, assets, and icons
- Symbols
- Markup
- Linking wireframes together
- Full Screen Presentation Mode
- Alternates
- Exporting
- Importing
- Keeping projects clean and organized
- Keyboard shortcuts
- The BMPR file format
- Autosaving
- Backups and the Support folder
- Windows advanced installation instructions
- macOS advanced installation instructions
- Installing Balsamiq Wireframes on macOS
- Registering and unregistering Balsamiq Wireframes on macOS
- Installing Balsamiq Wireframes on multiple machines on macOS
- Installing Balsamiq Wireframes on Linux
macOS advanced installation instructions
This document is primarily for IT administrators who may need to go beyond a simple, single end-user installation. For example, automating the installation of Balsamiq Wireframes for Desktop silently or installing the application on multiple machines.
Balsamiq Wireframes is a native app available for both Windows and macOS. The guide for macOS can be found below.
Installing Balsamiq Wireframes on macOS
For Mac users, we provide Balsamiq Wireframes for Desktop as a familiar .dmg file.
Installing from a .dmg is simple - download and mount Balsamiq Wireframes NNN.dmg from our downloads page then copy the contained file "Balsamiq Wireframes.app" to your Applications folder. You're done!
Registering and unregistering Balsamiq Wireframes on macOS
You can use this command in terminal to register Balsamiq Wireframes:
/Applications/Balsamiq\ Wireframes.app/Contents/MacOS/Balsamiq\ Wireframes --register "LICENSEKEY"
And to unregister:
/Applications/Balsamiq\ Wireframes.app/Contents/MacOS/Balsamiq\ Wireframes --unregister
Installing Balsamiq Wireframes on multiple machines on macOS
We also provide Balsamiq Wireframes for macOS in a .zip file.
For automated, bulk installation on macOS we suggest using the .zip file as it's a simpler option - just unzip into the appropriate folder and you're done.
Command line arguments
Balsamiq Wireframes for Desktop can be run in the macOS Terminal with the following arguments:
- --license: Print the license details
- filename: Opens the file on startup
- --register "LICENSE_KEY": Registers the license and quits the application
- --unregister: Unregisters the license and quits the application
- --check-for-updates enable|disable: Enables (or disables) the “Check for Updates” feature and quits the application