Getting Started & Desktop App

Install TechDash, activate it, learn the main navigation, and keep local monitoring running as intended.

  1. What TechDash is and how it worksLearn how TechDash monitors important website changes from your own computer.
  2. System requirements and supported platformsCheck supported installers, hardware limits, Chrome or Edge, and what the computer needs for local monitoring.
  3. Install TechDash on macOSInstall the packaged TechDash app from its macOS DMG.
  4. Install TechDash on WindowsInstall TechDash with its Windows setup executable and activate the app.
  5. Activate TechDash from your license emailUse the activation link in your license email or fall back to manual activation.
  6. Complete your first-run setupConfigure the essential settings and add the first website after activation.
  7. Navigate the TechDash desktop appLearn what each main navigation area is for.
  8. Keep monitoring running in the backgroundUnderstand how the tray, window, and login settings affect scheduled monitoring.
  9. Start TechDash when you sign inControl whether TechDash starts in the background at operating-system sign-in.
  10. Choose system, light, or dark appearanceChange the TechDash theme, understand System mode, and fix an unexpected appearance.
  11. Understand Advisory, Good, Warning, and Critical statusesLearn what the four TechDash status levels mean and which ones notify.
  12. Close, quit, reopen, and restart TechDashChoose the right action when hiding, stopping, reopening, or restarting TechDash.