Desktop app
TALISK_HQ for desktop
What you get over the browser
- Tabs. Keep Bills, the General Ledger and your inbox open at once and switch between them instantly. How tabs work
- Sign in through your own browser. Signing in to the app, and connecting Gmail or Outlook, hand off to the browser you already use, so your saved password and live session are there. How it works
- Native printing. Invoices and reports hand off to your computer's own printing instead of the browser's.
- Always to hand. Talisk sits in the menu bar on Mac and the system tray on Windows, shows the unread count on its icon, and tells you when mail arrives.
Installing on Mac
- Open the downloaded .dmg and drag Talisk into your Applications folder
- Open Applications in Finder
- Double-click Talisk to open it
- macOS may ask once whether you want to open an app downloaded from the internet. Click Open
- On the sign-in screen, click Sign in with your browser and approve it in the browser that opens
Signed and checked by Apple. The Mac app is signed by Talisk Technologies Inc.
and notarized by Apple, which means Apple has scanned it and macOS can confirm who built it
before it runs. The app connects only to taliskhq.com, and your books and mail stay behind the
same login and the same encrypted database as the web app.
Installed Talisk before October 2026? That copy was not yet signed. Download
the app again and drag it into Applications, replacing the old one. Your books and mail live
on taliskhq.com, so nothing is lost, though you may need to sign in again.
Installing on Windows
- Open the downloaded Talisk-setup.exe
- Windows will show a blue screen saying it protected your PC. Click More info, then Run anyway
- The installer runs without asking for an administrator password. Talisk installs for your account only
- That is a one time step. From then on it opens from the Start menu like any other app
- On the sign-in screen, click Sign in with your browser and approve it in the browser that opens
Why Windows asks. The Windows app is not yet signed with a code signing
certificate, so Windows cannot check who built it and warns you the first time. The warning is
about the missing certificate, not about anything Windows found in the file. The app connects
only to taliskhq.com, and your books and mail stay behind the same login and the same encrypted
database as the web app. Signing is on its way, and this step will disappear when it lands.
If Windows asks to install WebView2. Talisk draws its window using the same
engine Microsoft Edge uses. Windows 11 already has it, and most Windows 10 machines do too. If
yours does not, the installer fetches it for you, which needs a working internet connection the
first time.
Something not working? Email mark@taliskhq.com and a human will answer.