for M-Files
M-Files, at home on your Mac.
Everything your Windows colleagues get from the M-Files desktop client, now native on macOS. Browse your views, open and check in documents, fill in metadata cards and move work through workflows, without a browser tab or a Windows virtual machine.
Native SwiftUI appmacOS 14 or laterWorks where M-Files Web works
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The same views, tabs, metadata cards and workflows your vault already uses, with nothing to reconfigure on the server.
No Parallels, no remote desktop, no shared Windows machine just to check in a file.
Connect to as many vaults and servers as you need and switch between them in a keystroke.
Built by MechSoft, an M-Files partner since 2008 and a Premier Elite Partner today.
Mac users have always been the M-Files exception.
Windows users get a desktop client that feels part of the operating system. On a Mac, the same people end up juggling browser tabs, downloads and uploads, or a Windows virtual machine kept alive for one application.
- “Which download is the latest version?”
- “Did I upload my changes before I closed the file?”
- “Why can’t I just save from Word into the vault?”
- “Do I really need a Windows VM for this?”
Everything M-Files does.
Native on macOS.
The latest M-Files platform exposes its full infrastructure to clients, so every feature you use on Windows or on the web is available in M-Client too.
Views, tabs and search
Your common and personal views, Recent, Pinned, Assigned and Checked out tabs, and search with filters and hit highlighting.
Views and search 02 · EditCheck out, edit, check in
Double-click to open in Word, Excel, Pages or any Mac app. Close the file and M-Client offers to check your changes in.
Editing 03 · DescribeMetadata cards and workflows
Classes, templates, lookups, required fields, card rules, permissions and workflow states, exactly as your vault defines them.
Metadata and workflows 04 · ConnectThe M menu and Finder
Add the document open in any Mac app to M-Files from the menu bar, or right-click files in Finder. Scan paper straight into the vault.
The M menu and FinderSave to M-Files from any Mac app.
The M menu in the menu bar works in every Mac app. Choose Add to M-Files and the open document goes to the vault: fill in its metadata card, and the vault copy opens checked out so you keep editing there. In Finder, right-click files and pick Add to M-Files.
- Works from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Preview, Mail and every other app
- New Document starts a document in any vault, from any app
- Several files at once, with values reused for the next document
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Open. Edit. Close. Checked in.
Double-click a document and choose Check out or Open read-only. It opens in the app you prefer for that file type. Save and close as usual: M-Client notices and asks whether to check in your changes as a new version, with or without a comment.
- M-Files fields inside Word, Excel and PowerPoint files are filled in, compatible with M-Files for Windows
- Version history with rollback, and comments on every version
- Undo checkout, replace with a file, convert single-file and multi-file documents
Check in changes?You closed “Northwind MSA 2026.docx”. Upload your changes to M-Files as a new version?
Your vault’s rules, respected on the Mac.
Metadata card configurations, required and hidden fields, automatic permissions, property groups and workflow states all come from your vault, so a document created on a Mac is filed exactly like one created on Windows.
- Templates with their metadata, and auto-fill from related objects
- Hierarchical value lists, and lookups that search the vault as you type
- Change state with a comment, assignments and approvals
- Permissions dialog with effective rights per user
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One vault.
Every desktop.
Keep your Mac, your apps and your shortcuts. M-Client fits in with Finder, Quick Look, the share sheet and the menu bar.
- Native windows, tabs and keyboard shortcuts
- Offline access to marked documents, encrypted on your Mac
- Drag documents out to Finder or Mail
- Quick Look previews next to the metadata
M-Client connects through the same interfaces as M-Files Web and reads the same client settings, permissions and vault applications.
- No server components to install
- Admin client settings apply as they do on the web
- Vault applications (UI Extensibility Framework 2.0) run
Design, marketing and leadership teams on Macs can finally use the same information system as everyone else, with no exceptions to manage.
- One process for every employee
- Fewer files outside the vault
- Faster adoption across Mac-heavy teams
Every vault you use, one keystroke away.
Save connections to any number of vaults on any number of servers, with passwords kept in the macOS Keychain. Open them side by side in separate windows or merge them into tabs, and pick up where you left off at the next launch.
- M-Files links open the right object in the right vault
- Separate checked-out files and previews per vault
- Switch with ⌥⌘1 to ⌥⌘9
- Microsoft Entra ID sign-in where your server offers it
Acme CorporationSearch2?ECRebuilt from the ground up for today’s M-Files.
The first M-Client brought M-Files to the Mac years ago and found its way to many organizations. The new M-Client is a complete rewrite in SwiftUI on the current M-Files platform, built to give Mac users the full desktop experience and to bring M-Files to more Mac-first teams.
- 01Native SwiftUI, made for macOS 14 and later
- 02Feature parity with M-Files Web and the Windows client
- 03Built and supported by an M-Files partner of 18 years
Built by people who deploy M-Files every day.
MechSoft has been an M-Files partner for 18 years and is an M-Files Premier Elite Partner today. Our teams work with hundreds of customers across Türkiye, the Middle East and Africa, and tens of thousands of people use the M-Files solutions we have built every day.
Which M-Files versions does M-Client work with?
M-Client connects to your M-Files server through the same interfaces M-Files Web uses, so the server needs M-Files Web enabled. If your users can sign in to M-Files Web, M-Client can connect.
Do we need to install anything on the M-Files server?
No. M-Client is a desktop app only. It reads your vault’s structure, client settings, metadata card rules and vault applications from the server, so there is nothing to deploy or configure there.
Which Macs are supported?
Any Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
Does M-Client respect our permissions and workflows?
Yes. Every action goes through the M-Files server under the signed-in user, so permissions, workflows, required properties and event handlers apply exactly as they do on Windows and on the web.
Can I try it before buying?
Yes. Enter your Mac’s serial number in the trial form and you receive a 15-day license and the download link by e-mail. Connect M-Client to your own vault and use it with your real documents and workflows.