Pagewide help
Pagewide is a read-only Markdown viewer for Mac. Install it by dragging it to Applications, then open a .md file with ⌘O or a whole folder with ⇧⌘O. The pages below cover everything else. If you are stuck, write to support@pagewide.site.
Getting started
- Install. Open the download link from your Gumroad receipt, open
Pagewide.zipif your browser didn't, and drag Pagewide to your Applications folder. Pagewide is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens like any other app. It needs macOS 12 Monterey or later and runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel. - Open a file. Choose File › Open… (⌘O), drag a file onto the Dock icon, or Control-click a file in Finder and choose Open With › Pagewide.
- Open a folder. Choose File › Open Folder… (⇧⌘O). The folder's Markdown files appear in the sidebar, and each one you click opens in a tab.
- Make it the default, if you like, so double-clicking any .md file opens it in Pagewide. Here's how.
Pagewide only reads. It never changes your files, and it reloads a page in place whenever the file is saved, so keep writing in the editor you like.
Help topics
- Themes and custom CSSSwitch between Pagewide's eight Markdown themes, add your own CSS theme, or tweak every theme with custom.css. Includes every CSS variable.
- Smart References: links between your Markdown filesHow Pagewide turns shorthand like 27_ and §8.7 into links between Markdown files, with previews, remembered choices and a way to clear them.
- Split view and tabsRead Markdown files in tabs on top or in the sidebar, switch with Control-Tab, and put two files side by side in one tab with split view.
- Keyboard shortcutsEvery keyboard shortcut in Pagewide, the Markdown viewer for Mac: files and folders, tabs, find, zoom, themes, the sidebar and printing.
- Text files and large filesPagewide opens any text file read-only: Markdown rendered, code, JSON, logs and CSV shown as written. How large files and binary files are handled.
- Pagewide helpInstall Pagewide, open your first Markdown file or folder, and find help on themes, Smart References, split view, shortcuts and large files.
More
- What's new: release notes for every version.
- Guides: opening .md files, wide tables, PDFs and file types.
- Support: contact, lost downloads, refunds.