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Yucts Travel macOS App User Guide

Welcome to Yucts Travel (櫻佑旅遊) for macOS — read travel articles and deals on your Mac, manage every trip in the Travel Hub, join the traveler community forum and chat, and talk with the AI Assistant. This guide is based on macOS 2.1 (4), the version currently on the Mac App Store. For the changes in each version, see the Release notes.

System Requirements & Interface Languages​

  • macOS 15.0 or later, on Macs with Apple silicon or Intel processors.
  • The interface is available in six languages: 繁體中文, 简体中文, 日本語, English, 한국어, Tiếng Việt.
  • A new installation opens in Japanese the first time (people updating from an earlier version keep their language). To use another language, go to System Settings → General → Language & Region on your Mac, click "+" under Applications, add Yucts, and choose a language.

Window & Sidebar​

The app uses a split layout: the sidebar on the left and content on the right. The sidebar puts the nine screens into four groups, Explore, Trip, Community, and Tools, which map to ⌘1–⌘9 from top to bottom. The table shows the default (Marketing) order:

GroupScreenWhat's there
ExploreHomeYour next trip, destinations, the latest articles, forum topics, and the newsletter; the toolbar has "Customize Home" and "Bookmarks / Reading History". See Home & Content Browsing.
ExploreDealsTravel deals from yucts.com and the forum, which you can filter by brand or topic.
ExploreDestinationRegion categories on the left (expand and collapse them) and, on the right, the region's introduction, places, and articles; "Map" in the toolbar lets you browse on a map.
ExploreAuthorsThe author team, which you can browse by category, search, and preview.
TripTravel Hub"My trips" and the trip overview; create or import trips. A trip page has Overview, Itinerary, Bookings, Expenses, List, and More.
TripCheck-in Map WallTravelers' check-ins on a feed and a map; sign in to check in, like, and comment.
CommunityForumA three-column forum: boards, threads, and posts; sign in to start threads and reply.
CommunityChatForum private messages (sign-in required); the sidebar shows the number of unread conversations.
ToolsAI AssistantTravel Q&A with sources from the site's articles and the forum (sign-in required); your conversations are saved.
  • When the sidebar has focus, use ↑ ↓ to move between screens. Hover over an item to see its shortcut.
  • The bottom of the sidebar shows your avatar, name, and iCloud sync status. If you're not signed in, it shows "Not logged in" and a "Login" button. Click the gear to open the settings window.
  • The window remembers the screen you were on and returns to it the next time you open the app.

Layouts​

In Settings → General → Layout, choose Travel, Marketing, or Community (you can also choose one in the welcome tour; if you don't choose, Marketing is used). On the Mac, the layout only decides the order of the sidebar. All nine screens always appear in the sidebar:

  • Marketing: the Explore group is Home, Deals, Destination, Authors.
  • Travel and Community: the Explore group is Home, Destination, Deals, Authors.
  • Community: the Community group comes before the Trip group.

To choose which sections Home shows, use "Customize Home" in the Home toolbar.

Menu Bar & Keyboard Shortcuts​

ShortcutAction
⌘1–⌘9Switch screens in sidebar order, top to bottom
⌘KSearch site articles and forum threads
⌘RRefresh
⌘[ / ⌘]Back / Next
⌘NCreate something new on the current screen (for example, a new trip, a check-in, a thread, a chat, or an AI conversation)
⌘,Open the settings window

For the keys on each screen, see Menu Bar & Keyboard Shortcuts.

Settings Window​

Press ⌘,, choose "Yucts → Settings…" in the menu bar, or click the gear at the bottom of the sidebar to open the settings window. It has seven tabs:

TabContents
GeneralAppearance (System / Light / Dark), layout, iCloud sync status
AccountSign-in, membership, phone and identity verification, passkeys and signed-in devices, signing out, deleting your account
NotificationsPush status, notification types, Do Not Disturb, notification sound, push diagnostics
Appearance & ThemesColor themes, the festival Dock icon
iCloud SyncSync status, "Sync now", how each kind of data syncs
Cache & StorageLocal storage, image cache limit, clearing the re-downloadable cache
AboutVersion, "User Guide" (this guide), "System Status", "Our Services", Terms of Service, and Privacy Policy

Welcome Tour​

The first time you open the app, a tour introduces the sidebar and layouts, the Travel Hub, the forum and chat, and iCloud sync, and lets you choose a layout. Click "Skip Tour" to skip it. To see it again later, choose "Help → Replay Welcome Tour" in the menu bar. After you update to a new version, a "What's New in YUCTS" introduction may appear when there are new features.

Guests & Signing In​

  • Without signing in, you can browse Home, Deals, Destination, Authors, and the Forum, see blurred photos on the Check-in Map Wall, and use the trips and tools in the Travel Hub.
  • Starting forum threads, replying and liking, chat, checking in and commenting, the AI Assistant, uploading trip photos, collaboration, order import, push notifications, and buying Yucts Plus require a YUCTS account.
  • You can sign in with your username or email and password (two-step verification is supported) or with Sign in with Apple. If you don't have an account yet, use Sign in with Apple (your account is created the first time you sign in), or register in the iPhone/iPad app or on the forum website. See Getting Started and Account & Sign-In.

iCloud Sync​

When this Mac is signed in to iCloud, travel data such as trips, expenses, lists, and journals syncs through iCloud with the iPhone and iPad that use the same Apple Account. It can take a few minutes. You'll find the sync status and "Sync now" in Settings → iCloud Sync. See Privacy & Permissions.

Differences from the iPhone Version​

The macOS version is used with the sidebar, the menu bar, and keyboard shortcuts, and it offers the same interface languages as the iPhone version. Some features are only on iPhone and iPad, such as adding and editing expenses, joining trip collaboration, creating trip share links, camera translation, and uploading media to albums. For the full comparison, see FAQ & macOS Differences.

Chapters​