Tagbox Desktop

Tagbox Desktop brings your Tagbox library straight into Finder (Mac) or File Explorer (Windows). Sync the workspaces or collections you care about, browse them like any other folder on your computer, and drag assets right into Photoshop, Canva, an email - anywhere you'd drop a local file. AI search and the same filters you use on the web come along for the ride.

Tagbox Desktop is available to users on all plans.

Grab the right installer for your machine from the Tagbox Desktop page.

On Mac, you'll see two options: Apple Silicon and Intel. Apple Silicon is for Macs with M1, M2, M3, or M4 chips (most Macs released since late 2020). Intel is for older Macs. If you're not sure, click the Apple menu in the top-left of your screen, choose About This Mac, and check the Chip or Processor line - anything that says "Apple" picks Apple Silicon, anything that says "Intel" picks Intel.

On Windows, there's a single installer. When you run it, you may see a SmartScreen warning along the lines of "Windows protected your PC." This is standard for new desktop apps that haven't yet built up a download history with Microsoft - the app is safe to install. Click More info, then Run anyway to continue.

When you launch Tagbox Desktop for the first time, it opens your browser and sends you to app.tagbox.io to sign in. Use the same email/password (or SSO, if your team uses it) you use for the web app. Once you're signed in, the browser hands you back to the app automatically.

Tagbox Desktop doesn't pull your entire library down by default. You pick the workspaces or collections you want on your computer, and only those get synced.

When you're choosing what to sync, the app shows you exactly how much storage each workspace or collection will take, and how much free space you have on your drive. That way you can pick what fits instead of guessing and running out of room halfway through.

You can also pick the destination folder - by default it goes to a Tagbox folder in your home directory, but you can put it anywhere (an external drive, a different partition, etc.).

You can change what's synced any time from the app settings.

Search and filter inside Tagbox Desktop work the same as in the web app. AI search and people-finding both work - you can search by what's in the image ("red dress on a beach"), by tags, by file type, by people, or any combination. See AI Visual Search for more on how visual search works.

Everything you can do on the web works here too.

If something isn't loading or syncing, some office networks block us by default. Email us at hello@tagbox.io and we'll sort it out.

This is the part you'll probably use most. Once your files are synced, you can drag them straight from Tagbox Desktop into Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, an email draft, your project management tool, or anywhere else that accepts a file drop - without first downloading or exporting.

You can drag images, videos, PDFs, design files - anything you've synced - and drop them into any app that accepts files.

Once a file is synced locally, it stays accessible even when you're offline. You can browse, open, and drag synced files without an internet connection. Anything your teammates have added or changed in Tagbox will sync the next time you're back online.

Tagbox Desktop gives you your files to use, not to edit in place. If you change, delete or add something in the Tagbox folder on your computer, it won't reach Tagbox - and next time it syncs, your library wins.

To update a file, upload it as a new version in Tagbox. To add new files, use the usual upload.