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Principle

Description

There are many things you might want to design on your Mac: a short animation, a smooth interaction, or an extensive multi-screen application. Principle is perfectly suited to handle all of these tasks with ease and precision.

The Timeline simplifies the entire process, allowing you to illustrate the ideal bounce, fade-in, and reveal with remarkable clarity.

Want to create an entirely new interaction from scratch? The principle app gives you complete freedom to experiment, without restricting you to predefined transitions or limiting your creative vision.

It is an absolute breeze to design the flow of a multi-screen application on your Mac; and when you are finished, you will have a bird's-eye view of all your screens laid out clearly before you.

With artboards, magic animations, and the timeline, using principle for mac, you will experience a powerful sense of Déjà vu — everything feels intuitive and familiar right away.

Choose a device preset or enter a custom Artboard size to build for your favorite platform. Hover events and mouse wheel scrolling make it effortless to create prototypes of websites and desktop applications that look and feel completely real. The principle app mac version includes Mirror for iOS, which lets you preview your designs directly on your personal device.

While designing, you can connect your device to your Mac computer, or export a standalone Mac application for convenient viewing and sharing with your team or stakeholders.


Frequently Asked Questions

Is Principle free?
Please check the developer's website for current pricing information.
The download seems damaged or won't open?
If the disk image won't mount, right-click the .dmg and choose Open — macOS Gatekeeper will then offer an override.
How do I install the app after downloading?
Mount the .dmg by double-clicking it, drag the application bundle into /Applications, then eject the disk image. For .pkg installers, double-click and follow the prompts.
Will this run on Apple Silicon (M1-M4)?
Check the Architecture line in the Specifications panel on this page. Universal binaries run natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel. Intel-only builds run through Rosetta 2 on M-series Macs.
How do I update the app later?
Re-download the latest version from the catalogue, mount the new disk image, and drag-replace the application bundle in /Applications.
Can I request an app that isn't in the catalogue?
The catalogue is curated by a small editorial team. Request lists are accepted by community comment threads on each macOS release roundup.


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