Pairitaire Support
Help with Pairitaire on iPad, iPhone, and Mac.
Installing on Mac
Download the ZIP archive, open it, and move Pairitaire into the Applications folder. The Mac version requires macOS 14 or later and supports both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
Pairitaire checks for updates automatically. You can also choose Check for Updates… from the Pairitaire menu.
What’s new on Mac
Dark mode now pairs the dark cards with subtly textured slate-blue felt. Light mode keeps the familiar green table.
Choose Settings → Play → Appearance to use Dark, Light, or System. System is the default and follows your Mac’s appearance; your choice is saved across launches. Cards and standard controls update immediately, while the board theme changes smoothly.
The optional tutorial guides you when new types of move become available; choose Settings → Play → Replay tutorial to go through it again on your current deal.
Open Settings from the toolbar or with ⌘,. The Play tab holds your preferences, Statistics shows games played, games won, win percentage, and your best game, and About holds privacy information and acknowledgements.
Watch an AI play on Mac
Choose AI → AI Control… (⌥⌘A), then Enable AI Control to connect an external AI tool to your current game. This is an optional local interface, not a built-in computer player or an AI subscription. Connection instructions and the command-line client are in the project README.
The cards move on the normal board. Choose a playback speed, Pause after the current move, or use Step to allow one next move from the connected AI. Stop immediately disconnects AI control and lets you continue playing yourself.
AI Control is off by default and accepts only connections from software running under your Mac user account. Enabling it permanently excludes that deal from personal statistics and Game Center, even if you stop control or restart the deal.
Quick answers
- Open Rules in the game for tableau, hand, and foundation requirements.
- Regular games use a genuine random shuffle, without rearranging deals to guarantee a solution. The first tutorial deal has teaching-friendly opening moves.
- Use Restart to return the current shuffle to its starting position.
- Use Settings to configure sounds, hints, undo, move messages, and hand position.
- Your game and statistics are stored on the device and restored automatically.
Contact
Email [email protected] with your device model, operating-system version, and a description of the problem.