Settings is where you manage your license and profiles, connect Gmail, back up or restore your data, set the app's appearance, and lock the app behind a password. (Social platforms connect in Social Hub → Connect Accounts, not here.)
Sections in Settings
- License — activate, verify, or deactivate the app license (Deactivate frees it for another Mac — a license works on one Mac at a time); the Team Plan block shows your plan or your included 30 days, with "Refresh subscription status" and "Get a subscription" — or "Manage subscription" once you have a plan, for switching plans, updating your card or canceling (there is no separate key)
- Profiles — create, rename, import/export, or delete isolated workspaces (you pick each profile's color when you create it)
- Security — set an app password (locks the app at startup), a separate Artist Retreat password, and a recovery email for password resets
- Appearance — light/dark theme (⌘D) and font size (Default / Large / Extra Large)
- Spark Plug — the input Spark Plug records ideas from (System default, or a mic or audio interface you pick) and its channels: Stereo (inputs 1 + 2), Mono: input 1 or Mono: input 2; and Ideas from your phone: the phone inbox, the QR code for the iPhone Shortcuts, and Notice AirDropped recordings
- Sections — show or hide sidebar sections (hidden ones stay reachable from the command palette)
- Dry Run Mode — simulate post publishing and email sending without actually doing it (for testing)
- Demo Mode — switch to sample data for exploring the app or taking screenshots (your real data is untouched; the app restarts)
- Posting — turn the double confirmation before posting on or off, open MusicLaunch at login so it waits in the menu bar and scheduled posts go out without you opening it, and choose whether MusicLaunch warns you before you quit with posts scheduled
- Your Team — Hide Your Team (no AI at all), and Team Chat History to clear old conversations
- Budget Alerts — pick the spend threshold that triggers a warning
- Data Backup — your backup folder (Back Up Now, daily backups, Restore from Folder), Time Machine status, backup reminders, Export Backup and Import Backup, and the hourly auto-backups with Restore
- Gmail Integration — connect the Gmail account used for pitch emails, and list the other addresses you send from (each profile has its own)
- Keyboard Shortcuts — the shortcut reference
- Privacy — toggle anonymous usage data
- About — the app version
Backups
Your data lives only on this Mac. Settings → Data Backup → Back Up Now copies everything, media included, to an external drive or a cloud folder you choose, and can repeat once a day. Use Time Machine too. MusicLaunch also snapshots the database every hour while it's open (the last 100 are kept) and when you click the Save icon in the header; those snapshots stay on this Mac. To roll back, click Restore next to a snapshot, then Replace, and the app restarts on the restored data. See Backups & Data Recovery for the details.
Security: app password
If you share a computer or want to keep sensitive data (contacts, finances) protected, enable an app password in Security. Once set, MusicLaunch shows a lock screen at every launch. Forgot your password? A reset code can be emailed to the recovery email you set in Security (this needs a connected Gmail account), or you can clear the password with your license key right on the lock screen.
