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Install and use Pickit Desktop

Install Pickit on Windows or macOS and use files in your work apps.

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You need

  • Access to your company’s Pickit account. If your organization manages software installation, use its assigned installer.
On this page
  1. Install the app
  2. Open, copy or drag a file
  3. Need to update the source in Pickit?

Install the app

  1. Open the Download page and choose the Windows or macOS installer.
  2. Run the installer and follow its instructions.
  3. Open Pickit Desktop and sign in with your work account.
Download Pickit Desktop

Open, copy or drag a file

  • Open saves a local copy with your chosen name and location, then opens it in the associated application.
  • For drag and drop, select the file, wait for it to download, then drag it into the target application.
  • Copy file copies the file for pasting into a compatible application; it does not copy a web link.

Need to update the source in Pickit?

Open, drag and Copy file give you a copy to use. Editing that copy does not update the source in Pickit or copies already inserted in other documents. Ask the content owner if the shared source needs an update. Administrators have a separate Edit and Upload changes procedure.

Content administrators: update a file from Desktop

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