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Pin GBrain to the dock or home screen.

One click and you're back in the workspace, without hunting for a tab.

macOS, in Safari

macOS Sonoma or later. Open any GBrain page in Safari.

  1. i.

    From the menu bar, open File and choose Add to Dock…

  2. ii.

    Confirm the name (just "GBrain" is fine) and click Add.

  3. iii.

    The "g" lands in the dock. Click it to open GBrain in its own window, separate from the browser.

iPhone or iPad, in Safari

Open GBrain in Safari. Other browsers on iOS can't add to the home screen, only Safari.

  1. i.

    Tap the Share button at the bottom of the screen (the square with the arrow pointing up).

  2. ii.

    Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.

  3. iii.

    Confirm the name and tap Add. The "g" lands on the home screen and launches GBrain full-screen, without Safari chrome.

Android, in Chrome

Chrome usually offers an install prompt on its own. If it doesn't, do this.

  1. i.

    Tap the ⋮ menu in the top right.

  2. ii.

    Tap Install app (or Add to Home screen on older Android builds).

  3. iii.

    Confirm. The "g" lands in the app drawer like any other installed app.

What you get

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    Its own window, separate from the browser tabs.

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    Launches from the dock or home screen like any other app. Cmd-Tab on macOS, app drawer on Android.

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    Same GBrain, same sign-in, same data.