This is the download page for the native Telegram for Mac app - the Swift-based client that runs at real macOS frame rates on Apple Silicon and still supports every Intel Mac from macOS Catalina onwards.
Telegram for macOS
Handled by the official macos.telegram.org · universal .dmg · signed by Telegram Messenger.
Telegram for macOS is written in Swift/Objective-C against AppKit. That means retina rendering, working traffic-light buttons, macOS-native menus, and idle memory in the 80-120 MB range - not the 500 MB+ common with Electron messengers.
One .dmg contains both arm64 and x86_64 slices, so M1, M2 and M3 Macs run truly native code without Rosetta while Intel Macs continue to work identically.
Because it uses Apple's standard NSUserActivity APIs, a chat opened on your iPhone shows up as a Handoff target on your Mac dock.
Custom notification sounds per chat, threaded delivery inside Notification Center, and Focus filters so work channels stay quiet outside working hours.
Because the Mac client is built on native AppKit, a chat opened on your iPhone shows up in the Mac dock as a Handoff target. Universal Clipboard also carries the last item you copied from Telegram on iOS across to the Mac window.
The button below routes to the official Telegram macOS site in a new tab, where the current universal .dmg is always the latest release.
Double-click the downloaded file and drag the Telegram icon into Applications - the standard macOS install gesture.
The first launch will ask for notification, camera and microphone permissions. Approve the ones that match how you plan to use Telegram.
Sign in with your phone number, then flip on iCloud message backup if you want a device-to-device restore path independent of the Telegram cloud.
Yes. The Mac App Store hosts a signed build with sandboxed permissions. It ships slightly later than the direct .dmg but offers automatic updates via App Store.
Every macOS release since Catalina is supported, including Sonoma and Sequoia. Notifications, Focus filters and Widgets all work as expected.
Application data lives at ~/Library/Group Containers/6N38VWS5BX.ru.keepcoder.Telegram. Back this folder up to preserve secret chats between reinstalls.
Absolutely. As long as both devices share the same Apple ID and Handoff is enabled, the current chat surfaces on the other device's dock automatically.
