Tavala on iPad and Mac
Tavala on iPad and Mac is the same app with a side rail or sidebar, a menu bar and shortcuts. See where things sit and what differs from the iPhone.
On an iPad or a Mac, Tavala is the same app and the same account as on the iPhone. The layout follows the width of the window, so you get a side rail or a sidebar instead of the bottom bar, and on a Mac there is a menu bar with keyboard shortcuts. The Mac app needs macOS 13.5 or later.
The layout follows the window width
| Window width | Navigation |
|---|---|
| Under 600 points | The phone layout: a bottom bar with a round + in the middle. Settings is the round person icon at the top right |
| 600 to 839 points | A narrow rail on the left: a round + at the top, then Home, Budgets, Money and Plan, with Settings at the foot |
| 840 points and wider | A sidebar: the space switcher at the top, Add transaction, the four tabs, a More heading with Reports and Recurring, then the sync status word and Settings at the foot |
An iPad shows the rail or the sidebar depending on its size and how you hold it. A Mac window changes as you resize it. Forms, Settings and detail pages stay in a column of readable width instead of stretching across the screen.
On the rail and the sidebar there is no person icon in the page headers; Settings is the item at the foot. See find your way around the app.
On a Mac
- Menu bar. The Tavala menu holds Settings… (Command-comma). File holds New Transaction (Command-N) and Find in Activity (Command-F). View holds Home, Budgets, Money, Plan, Reports and Recurring (Command-1 to Command-6) and Hide Amounts or Show Amounts (Shift-Command-H). The full list is in keyboard shortcuts.
- Touch ID or your Mac password is the device check. The app lock, the confirmation before connecting a bank and the optional checks before exporting or deleting all use it. See lock Tavala.
- Connecting a bank opens Plaid in a sign-in window outside the app. Tavala shows "Finish in the Plaid window" with a Cancel button until the bank is connected. See connect a bank account.
- Updates come from the Mac App Store; see get the latest version.
- Widget. The widget is available in the Mac's widget gallery; see add the home screen widget.
On an iPad
- The widget works on the iPad Home Screen.
- Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode is the device check, as on an iPhone.
- Updates come from the App Store, as on an iPhone.
Good to know
- Same account, any device. Sign in on another device with the same email and password. On the free plan only one device syncs at a time, and an iPad and a Mac each count as a device; see devices on the free plan.
- Wording. Where the iPhone app says "this phone", the iPad and the Mac say "this iPad" or "this Mac". The first time you hide amounts on a Mac, the sheet says "Only on this Mac. Click the eye, or press Shift-Command-H, to show them again."
- Plus follows your account. A Plus purchase made on one device applies on your others; see get Tavala Plus.
- No separate edition. There are no extra features on a tablet or a Mac. Everything is the same app at a different size.
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