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YucDu 佑瑄｜macOSIn development

Getting Started

In development

The YucDu macOS app is still in development and is not yet available on the Mac App Store. This guide is based on the current development build; features and screens may change before release.

First launch​

  1. When you open YucDu, the main window appears: the sidebar on the left, the list column in the middle and the reader pane on the right.
  2. Until you pick an article, the reader pane shows "Select an Article". Click an article in the middle list and it opens here.
  3. You can resize the window freely or switch to full screen.

There is no sign-up or sign-in — open the app and everything is ready to read.

The notification prompt​

On first launch, macOS asks whether YucDu may send you notifications. Whether you allow it or not, reading works normally.

note

New-article notifications are being prepared and are not being sent yet. See Notifications.

Interface language​

YucDu supports 日本語, 繁體中文, 简体中文, English and Tiếng Việt and follows your macOS language settings automatically. If your system language is not one of these 5, the app is shown in Japanese.

To choose a language just for YucDu:

  1. Press ⌘, to open Settings and click "Language".
  2. When ""YucDu" wants to open Settings" appears, click "Open".
  3. In macOS System Settings > Language & Region, set a language for YucDu in the "Applications" list.

The app has no language list of its own; languages are always switched through macOS System Settings.

Reopening and quitting the app​

  • Closing the last window does not quit the app (the usual macOS behavior). Click the YucDu icon in the Dock or press ⌘N to open a new main window.
  • To quit the app completely, press ⌘Q.
  • Only one copy of YucDu runs at a time. Opening the app while it is already running brings the existing window to the front instead of launching another copy. If you reopen the app right after pressing ⌘Q, it may take a moment to start while the previous copy finishes quitting.
  • It remembers where you left off. When you reopen the app, the first main window returns to the sidebar item, the article you were reading and whether the article info panel was open. Main windows you open after that start at Home.

Next steps​