Install Cask Film
This gets Cask Film running on your Mac and signed in to your account.
You need:
- A Mac running macOS 26 or later.
- A Cask account, or an email address to create one with.
- Download the disk image from releases.cask.studio/get/cask-film.
- Open it. A window opens with the app in it.
- Drag Cask Studio onto the Applications folder in that window. The app bundle still carries its old name until the rename ships.
- Eject the disk image and open the app from Applications.
- Sign in. See Sign in for the screen itself.
- If the app offers to download its asset pack, click Download to get the bundled media, or Not now. You can do it later.
The disk image is signed with a Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple, so macOS opens it without a Gatekeeper warning and without a right-click workaround.
Result
Section titled “Result”You land on the project browser. With no projects yet it reads No projects yet, with a New Project button.
Keep Cask Film up to date
Section titled “Keep Cask Film up to date”The app updates itself from https://releases.cask.studio/cask-film/appcast.xml. Two settings control that, under Settings > General > Updates:
- Automatically check for updates on launch is on by default.
- Automatically download and install updates is off by default. Turn it on if you would rather not be asked.
To check by hand, choose Cask Studio > Check for Updates… from the menu bar.
There are two release streams, with no switch between them inside the app. The stable app is Cask Studio; the beta app is a separate download called Kashk Studio. Each updates from its own stream. They share a bundle identifier, so you cannot have both installed at once: installing one replaces the other.
If it doesn’t work
Section titled “If it doesn’t work”| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| The app will not launch, or macOS says the version is not supported | Cask Film requires macOS 26 | Update macOS, or use a Mac that can run macOS 26 |
| Check for Updates… is greyed out | The updater has no feed, which is the case for locally built development copies | Install the released app instead of a build made from source |
| An update installs but the app looks like a different product | You installed the beta, Kashk Studio, over the stable app | Install the stable disk image again |
| The download link does not resolve | The release host is not serving this app yet | Ask for a direct disk image |