Install Arqma Wallet on macOS

Before you start

• macOS 12 or later.
• About 8 GB of free disk space for full-node mode, ~500 MB for remote-node mode.
• Pen and paper for the 25-word seed phrase.

1. Download the right build

Open the official download page. There are two macOS builds:

• Apple Silicon (arm64) — for any M-series Mac.
• Intel (x86_64) — for older Macs.

Not sure which you have? Click the Apple menu → About This Mac. If it says “Apple M1/M2/M3 …”, pick Apple Silicon. Otherwise pick Intel.

2. Verify the download

30 seconds in Terminal and you know the file is intact:

1. Open Terminal (Cmd+Space → “Terminal”).
2. Run: shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Arqma-Wallet-*.dmg
3. Compare the printed hash with the one listed on the download page. They must match exactly.

3. Install the app

1. Double-click the DMG to mount it.
2. Drag the Arqma Wallet icon onto the Applications folder shortcut inside the window.
3. Wait for the copy to finish, then eject the DMG (right-click the mounted disk on the desktop → Eject).
4. Open Applications and double-click Arqma Wallet.

4. Bypass Gatekeeper on first launch

macOS may refuse to open the app the first time with a message like “Arqma Wallet cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified.” This happens with most new open-source releases.

1. Click Done to close the macOS dialog (this does not bypass any security check — macOS will still hold the app until you explicitly approve it in the next step).
2. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security.
3. Scroll to the security section. You’ll see “Arqma Wallet was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.” Click Open Anyway.
4. Confirm by clicking Open on the second warning.

You only have to do this once.

5. Create or restore the wallet

If this is your first Arqma Wallet, choose Create a new wallet. If you’re moving from another device, choose Restore and follow the recovery guide.

6. Set a strong password

The password encrypts the wallet file on this Mac. It does not recover the wallet on its own — the 25-word seed does that. Use a unique, password-manager-stored password of 14+ characters.

7. Save the seed phrase

Write the 25 words on paper, in order. Do not screenshot. Do not paste into Notes or iCloud-synced apps. See our seed phrase security guide for storage options.

Common macOS issues

“App is damaged and can’t be opened”

This is the macOS quarantine flag. Open Terminal and run: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Arqma\ Wallet.app

Wrong architecture warning

You downloaded the Intel DMG on an Apple Silicon Mac (or vice versa). Re-download the matching build.

Wallet won’t finish syncing

Usually a network / node issue, not an install issue. See why is my wallet not syncing?