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Install Orbitr and turn on notifications

Add Orbitr to your computer or phone so it opens like any other app, then turn on notifications so messages, reviews and approvals reach you even when it's closed. It takes about a minute, and there's nothing to download from an app store.

The browser and phone screens are illustrations; your own may look slightly different depending on your version.

On a computer (Mac or PC)

Use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.

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    Open app.orbitr.com.au and sign in. Click the install icon at the right of the address bar. No icon? Open the ⋮ menu, then Cast, save and share, then Install page as app.
    The install icon at the right of Chrome's address bar
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    Click Install.
    Chrome's Install app window
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    Orbitr opens in its own window. Right-click its icon in the Dock (Mac) or the taskbar (PC) and choose Keep in Dock or Pin to taskbar so it's always one click away.
    Orbitr in its own window, with its icon in the Dock

On an iPhone or iPad

Use Chrome or Safari, whichever you normally use. On iPhone, notifications only work once Orbitr is on your Home Screen (iOS 16.4 or later).

    In Chrome

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    Open app.orbitr.com.au in Chrome and sign in. Tap Share at the right of the address bar. No Share button? Tap •••, then Share.
    The Share button in Chrome's address bar on iPhone
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    Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
    Add to Home Screen in the Share sheet

    3. In Safari

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    Open app.orbitr.com.au in Safari and sign in. Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow). On newer iPhones, tap ••• first, then Share.
    The Share button in Safari
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    Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
    Add to Home Screen in the Share sheet

    5. Then

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    Open Orbitr from its new icon on your Home Screen (not from Chrome or Safari), then turn on notifications (below).
    The Orbitr icon on the Home Screen

On an Android phone

Use Chrome.

  1. 1
    Open app.orbitr.com.au in Chrome and sign in. Tap the ⋮ menu, then Add to Home screen (some phones say Install app).
    Add to Home screen in Chrome's menu
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    Tap Install. Orbitr appears on your home screen and in your apps.

Turn on notifications

Do this once on each computer and phone you use.

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    In Orbitr, open Settings, then Notifications. Choose how you hear about work: in the app, email, Slack or WhatsApp.
    Orbitr's Notifications settings
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    Turn on Notifications on this device.
    The Notifications on this device switch
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    When your browser or phone asks, tap Allow. Then tap Send a test notification to check it works.
    The browser and iPhone permission prompts

If notifications don't arrive

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    iPhone: make sure you opened Orbitr from the Home Screen icon, not from Chrome or Safari. Then open your iPhone's Settings, then Notifications, then Orbitr, and turn on Allow Notifications.
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    Chrome: click the icon at the left of the address bar, then Site settings, and set Notifications to Allow. On a Mac, also check System Settings, then Notifications, then Google Chrome.
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    Quiet hours: if you set quiet hours in Orbitr's Notifications settings, alerts wait until they end.

Prefer to watch? The Install Orbitr and turn on notifications video in Get started shows the same steps in 45 seconds.