The Mac App

Orrique runs as a real Mac app, not a stretched phone app. This article covers what is different on the Mac: the menu bar item at the top of your screen, the keyboard shortcuts and menu commands, the window layout with its sidebar, and how all of this compares to the iPhone and iPad.

In short

the Mac gives you keyboard shortcuts, app menus, and a menu bar bottle so you can log a wear and jump between sections without ever opening the main window.

Orrique on the Mac is the same app and the same Pro subscription as on iPhone and iPad. It is a universal app from the Mac App Store, and one purchase covers all your devices. If you are brand new, start with Getting Started, and see Free vs Pro for what each plan includes.

When to use this

Read this if you use Orrique on a Mac and want to work faster with the keyboard and menus, or if you are coming from the iPhone and iPad and want to know what changes on the desktop. Most features work the same everywhere. The Mac simply gives you a few extra ways to reach them.

How to use it

There are three Mac surfaces to know. Use the cards below to jump to the one you want.

Menu bar bottle

A small bottle icon at the top right of your screen. Log a wear or jump to a section without opening the main window. Open this section.

App menus and shortcuts

The File, View, Scents, Go, and Help menus, plus keyboard shortcuts, when Orrique is the active app. Open this section.

Window and sidebar

One window with a sidebar on the left and your content on the right. Open this section.

Two menus, two jobs

The menu bar bottle is for quick logging without opening the window. The main menus (when Orrique is frontmost) add keyboard shortcuts plus the live wear-session and Scent Atlas controls. They overlap on purpose, so use whichever is closer to hand.

Keyboard shortcuts at a glance

Every Mac shortcut in one place. Each one works only when Orrique is the active app at the front (Command + Space for Spotlight works anywhere).

Shortcut	What it does
Command + N	Log today’s scent (opens the log sheet)
Command + Shift + N	Add a new fragrance
Command + R	Refresh from iCloud
Command + 1	Go to Today
Command + 2	Go to Collection
Command + 3	Go to Diary
Command + 4	Go to Formulas
Command + 5	Go to Scent Atlas
Command + 6	Go to Discover
Command + Comma	Open Settings
Command + Space	Spotlight (then type a brand, scent, or note)

The numbered jumps (Command + 1 through Command + 6) cover the six content sections. Settings is not a numbered jump; reach it with Command + Comma. There is no Command + 7.

The window layout

On the Mac, Orrique always opens in a single window with a sidebar on the left and your content on the right.

The sidebar lists your main sections:

• Today
• Collection
• Diary
• Formulas
• Scent Atlas
• Discover
• Settings

Click a sidebar row to open that section in the main area. You can hide or show the sidebar from the View menu (Toggle Sidebar), which is a standard Mac control.

The window opens at a comfortable size and will not let you shrink it smaller than its content needs, so nothing gets clipped.

If you close the window with the red button, Orrique keeps running, and the menu bar bottle stays available for quick logging. To bring the window back, click the Orrique icon in the Dock, or pick any of the Open commands in the menu bar bottle (such as Open Today).

The menu bar item (the bottle at the top of your screen)

Orrique adds a small bottle icon to the macOS menu bar at the top right of your screen. Click it for a quick menu you can use without bringing the main window forward.

The top line shows what you have logged today. It reads “Today:” followed by your scent names, or “Nothing logged today” if you have not logged anything yet.

From this menu you can:

• Log a Scent Free: opens the log sheet so you can record a wear.
• Repeat Last Wear Free: logs another wear of the most recent scent in your diary. This is grayed out when your diary is empty.
• Log Formula Free: a submenu of your saved formulas (up to your eight most recent or favorite ones). Pick one to log it. If you have no saved formulas, the submenu says so.
• Rate Yesterday Free: opens the rating flow for wears that are waiting for a next-day rating. When some are pending, the count appears in parentheses, for example “Rate Yesterday (2)”. It is grayed out when nothing is pending.
• Today’s Pick Free: shows the name of today’s suggested scent and opens its detail. This line only appears when a pick is available.

Below those are quick jumps: Open Today, Open Shelf, Open Diary, and Open Formulas. There is also Quit Orrique at the bottom.

When you choose one of these, Orrique comes forward (if it was in the background) and takes you to the right place.

Log a wear from the menu bar without opening the window

1. Click the bottle icon at the top right of your screen.

2. Choose Log a Scent.

3. Fill in the log sheet (scent, sprays, occasion, and anything else you track), then save. The window never has to come forward.

The main menus and keyboard shortcuts

When Orrique is the active app, it adds its own menus to the menu bar at the top of the screen. These give you keyboard shortcuts for the things you do most. The at-a-glance table above is the quick reference; the per-menu detail below shows where each command lives and what it does.

All menu commands in detail

File menu:

Command	Shortcut	What it does
Log Today’s Scent	Command + N	Opens the log sheet.
Add Fragrance…	Command + Shift + N	Opens the screen for adding a new fragrance.
Backup & Export…		Opens Settings to the place where you export and import your data.

A trailing ”…” on a menu label (as on Add Fragrance and Backup & Export) means the command opens a sheet or another screen rather than acting right away.

View menu (alongside the standard Toggle Sidebar):

Command	Shortcut	What it does
Sort Collection By		Choose how your Collection is ordered.
Collection Layout		Choose Grid or List.
Scent Atlas Lens		Switch the Atlas view (for example Wheel, Year, Map, or Value). Available only while the Scent Atlas is on screen, and grayed out otherwise.
Refresh from iCloud	Command + R	Pulls in the latest from iCloud right away.

Scents menu (your daily logging actions):

• Repeat Last Wear Free: logs another wear of your most recent scent. Grayed out when your diary is empty.
• Log Formula Free: a submenu of your saved formulas (up to ten here). Pick one to log it.
• Rate Yesterday Free: opens the rating flow for wears waiting on a next-day rating, with the count shown when some are pending. Grayed out when nothing is pending.
• Start Tracking and Open Today’s Pick Free: when a pick is available, you can start a live wear session for it or open its detail. (Start Tracking is hidden while a session is already running.)
• Add Check-in and End Wear Session Free: these appear only while a wear session is active, so you can log a check-in or end the session from anywhere.
• Compare Fragrances Pro and Scent Wrapped Pro: these appear only while the Scent Atlas is on screen.

Go menu (jump between sections):

Section	Shortcut
Today	Command + 1
Collection	Command + 2
Diary	Command + 3
Formulas	Command + 4
Scent Atlas	Command + 5
Discover	Command + 6

There is also Search Collection, which takes you to the Collection, where the search field is always visible.

Help menu

The Mac replaces the standard Help menu with two links straight to this help center:

• Orrique Help: opens the main help center in your browser.
• Frequently Asked Questions: opens the FAQ.

This is the same set of guides the Feature Index points to, so the Help menu is the quickest way into the documentation from the Mac.

Settings on the Mac

Settings on the Mac live in two places, and both show the same options. You can open Settings from the Orrique menu (Orrique > Settings, the standard Command + Comma), or you can click the Settings row in the sidebar. Either way you get the full set of preferences described in the Settings article.

Spotlight on the Mac

Your scents (and, if you allow it, your diary entries) can show up in macOS Spotlight. Press Command + Space, type a brand, a scent name, or a note, and tap a result to open it in Orrique. You control whether diary entries are included from Settings > Privacy. See Search and Filtering for more.

What to expect

Menu choices and keyboard shortcuts take you straight to the matching screen or action. Navigation commands move you between sections. Logging actions (Repeat Last Wear, Log Formula, Rate Yesterday) happen right away. Backup & Export opens Settings to the export area, where the actual export and import buttons live.

Your Collection sort and layout choices, whether you set them in the View menu or in Settings, are remembered and travel with your other preferences across your devices when iCloud Sync is on.

Refresh from iCloud (Command + R) is a manual pull. Orrique also refreshes on its own when it comes back to the front, so you usually do not need this, but it is there when you want to be sure you are seeing the latest.

Good to know

• The menu bar bottle item and the File, View, Scents, Go, and Help menus are Mac only. The iPhone and iPad do not have them. On iPad, a connected hardware keyboard still gets Command + N for logging today’s scent, but not the full Mac menu set.
• Keyboard shortcuts work only when Orrique is the active app at the front. The Command + 1 through Command + 6 jumps need the app to be finished launching first.
• Swipe actions are touch only, so they are not available on the Mac. Where the iPhone and iPad let you swipe a row to log or rate, on the Mac you use the menus, the menu bar bottle, or the buttons on screen instead.
• Search Collection (in the Go menu) takes you to the Collection, where the search field is always shown on the Mac. It does not type into the field for you; click the field to start searching.
• The Scent Atlas Lens, Compare Fragrances, and Scent Wrapped commands work only while the Scent Atlas is the screen you are looking at. Compare Fragrances Pro and Scent Wrapped Pro also follow their own rules inside the Atlas: some require Orrique Pro or a large enough collection. See Pro Subscription.
• Backup, calendar export, and the spreadsheet (CSV) imports and exports are reached through Settings (the Backup & Export menu item is a shortcut to that pane). Some, such as the diary calendar export Pro, require Orrique Pro. See Backup and Export.
• App Lock works on the Mac too. If your Mac has Touch ID, Orrique can use it; otherwise it falls back to your password or passcode. This is the same lock available on iPhone and iPad. See Privacy and App Lock.
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, the Action button, and Control Center controls are iPhone and iPad features. They are not part of the Mac app. See Widgets, Siri, and Shortcuts.

Your data is the same everywhere

With iCloud Sync turned on, the scents, diary, and formulas you see on the Mac are the same as on your other devices. If you have just signed in on a new Mac, your collection may still be downloading from iCloud, and it will fill in as the sync finishes. See iCloud and Sync.

Related articles

Settings Every preference, all in one place.

Backup and Export Backups, calendar export, and CSV import and export.

Privacy and App Lock App Lock with Touch ID and what stays private.

iCloud and Sync Keep every device showing the same collection.

Getting Started New to Orrique? Start here.