For the current development build, on macOS 26+ and Apple Silicon.
Public downloads are not available yet.
Getting started
Your first file, from start to finish.
A double-click is all you need once Naro is connected.
Open Naro and connect Google.
Start Naro from your Applications folder. Choose the Google
sign-in button. Your browser will open so you can select an
account and grant the requested access. Return to Naro when
sign-in finishes.
Make Naro your default.
Open the account screen using the account icon in the toolbar.
Find Opening from Finder and choose
Configure…, then confirm the system’s
default-application selection.
The current app interface is in Russian: look for
«Открытие из Finder» → «Настроить…».
Double-click an Office document.
In Finder, open a DOC/DOCX, XLS/XLSX, or PPT/PPTX file. If you
have connected more than one account, choose one in the avatar
picker. Naro uploads the file to that account’s Google Drive and
opens the corresponding editor.
Edit in your browser.
Make your changes and let Google save them. Keep Naro running
and your Mac online so the saved changes can return to the local
file. Closing Naro’s window is fine; quitting the app pauses
synchronization.
Keep an eye on compatibility.
Files up to 100 MB are supported. Complex Office formatting,
macros, and advanced features depend on what Google’s editors
support.
Google accounts
The right account for every file.
Keep work and personal documents with the account you choose.
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Add another account.
Open Naro, go to the account screen, and use the
+ button. Complete Google sign-in in your
browser with the account you want to add. Signing in to an
existing account updates its authorization instead of adding a
duplicate.
Choose an avatar when opening a file.
With one account, Naro opens the file directly. With several, a
small account picker appears first. Hover over an avatar to see
the account’s name and email, then select it.
Cancel without uploading.
Press Escape or click outside the picker to cancel. Naro does
not upload the file until an account has been selected.
Remove an account when you need to.
Use the remove control beside the account on the account screen.
Naro clears its saved sign-in on this Mac and stops syncing that
account. Local documents, history, backups, and Google Drive
files remain.
Know what gets saved, and what happens when two copies change.
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Give Google time to save.
Naro checks linked files approximately every 15 seconds while it
is running and online. It can only download changes after Google
has saved them. This is not a guarantee that every edit reaches
your Mac within 15 seconds.
Leave Naro running.
You can close the Naro window and continue working. There is no
menu-bar icon; open the app again to see your recent files. If
you quit Naro, reopen it to resume synchronization.
Choose a version if both copies changed.
If the file changes locally and in Google, Naro preserves both
versions and asks which one to continue with. Choose the Google
version, the local version, or decide later. Naro also creates a
backup before overwriting a local document.
Keep the original file link.
If Google upgrades an older DOC, XLS, or PPT file, Naro saves a
modern-format copy alongside the original. Using Google’s
separate “Save as Google Docs/Sheets/Slides” conversion creates
another document that the original Naro link does not track.
Backups stay on your Mac.
They are stored under
~/Library/Application Support/Naro/Backups/ and are
not automatically deleted. Deleting a local document does not
delete its Drive copy, and deleting a Drive copy does not delete
your local document.
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