Mastodon
Mastodon is a social networking app for reading, posting, and interacting across the decentralized Mastodon network from a Mac.
What is Mastodon?
Mastodon is a social networking app that lets you browse timelines, publish posts, reply to other people, and follow accounts across the wider Mastodon network. It is designed for users who want a dedicated desktop experience for decentralized social media instead of using only a web browser. On Mac, the app helps you keep up with your home feed, local and federated timelines, mentions, and notifications in one place. You can compose posts with media and polls, manage multiple conversations, and interact with people on different servers that communicate through the same network. Mastodon is published by Joinmastodon and connects to your chosen Mastodon account rather than creating a separate closed social platform.
Key features
- Read your home timeline and follow conversations from one desktop app
- Post updates, replies, boosts, and favorites to interact with other accounts
- View notifications for mentions, follows, and other activity
- Browse local and federated timelines from your connected server
- Share photos and other media in posts
- Create polls and participate in community discussions
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
This is a legitimate social networking app. It normally needs internet access to sign in to your Mastodon account, load timelines, send posts, and receive notifications. Content you post, accounts you follow, and account credentials handled through the app are part of its normal use, so use the same care you would with any social platform and sign in only to servers you trust.
Recommendation: Keep Mastodon if you use it to access your Mastodon account on your Mac. Remove it if you no longer use the service or prefer accessing Mastodon through a web browser, knowing that uninstalling the app will stop local notifications and remove its local app data.
Common paths
/Applications/Mastodon.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/org.joinmastodon.app
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/org.joinmastodon.app
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/org.joinmastodon.app.plist
Container paths
~/Library/Containers/org.joinmastodon.app
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