Mac POS

A desktop till on macOS

SeroPOS on the Mac uses the same tablet and desktop layout as Windows: categories, products and the cart side by side, with the floating dial for the drawer, pay-outs, hold, resume and clear. Home shows customer search, a card per service type and quick actions. With a mouse or a touchscreen monitor, it works like any counter till.

Quick Service Mode gives a counter a fast product grid with inline pay buttons, and Retail Mode hides restaurant screens for a shop. KDS Mode turns the Mac into a kitchen board and Kiosk Mode into a self-order screen; both go borderless full screen on desktop and need a paid plan. Use Cmd and plus, minus or 0 to zoom, and F11 for full screen.

Printers and drawers

The Mac app drives USB receipt printers directly, using the printer's USB identity, so there is no driver to install. Plug the printer in, add it as USB in Add/Edit Printer, pick 58, 72 or 80 mm paper and send a test page. Network printers on port 9100 work too, and Auto-detect scans the local network for them.

A cash drawer plugs into the receipt printer's drawer port. Star that printer as the default and SeroPOS opens the drawer with cash sales, from Open Drawer and for cash pay-outs. Kitchen printers on the network can be mapped to stations in KOT Mapping, so a Mac at the front counter can send grill and bar tickets to the right place.

• USB receipt printers, driven directly
• Network printers on port 9100
• Cash drawer through the default printer
• Kitchen tickets routed by station

Scales and the customer screen

For delis, cheese shops and bulk food, the Mac reads HID USB scales and RS-232 serial scales, and network scales by IP address and port. Open Add Weighing Scale once weighing is enabled, connect the scale from the Detected scales list and check the live reading. If no scale is connected, staff can type the weight on the keypad.

For the customer screen, open Multi Monitor, refresh the monitor list and choose Open Display for a native window on the second monitor or In Browser for a full-screen browser. Pick Split Screen, Cart Only, Media or Slideshow Only, add your own images or video, and apply the layout live.

Running a Mac with other tills

A Mac can join a multi-till setup as a client with Server/Client Mode on the Pro plan. The server till itself must be a Windows PC; the Mac connects to it on your local network and shares its database, including the floor plan, held orders and kitchen display. A single Mac on its own runs as a standalone till.

Either way, the till keeps selling if the internet drops. Sales are saved on the Mac and uploaded when the connection returns, and kitchen tickets keep printing over the local network. To manage products and reports in depth, open the back office from Admin, which signs you in to it in your browser with a one-time link.