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Setting up the Salad app

Walk through the first-time setup wizard that checks your hardware and configures your workloads.

The first time you open the Salad app after logging in, a setup wizard checks your hardware and configures the app for you. It only takes a minute.

  1. Click Setup PC. setup pc button
  2. Review the hardware Salad detected and the estimated earning rates, then click Continue. If a GPU or CPU is missing here, see What GPU or CPU is Salad detecting?. checking system specs
  3. Let Salad automatically configure the best workloads for your machine, then click Continue. You can change this later under Workload Preferences. configure workloads
  4. Optionally pick a target reward from the Storefront to track your progress, or click Skip For Now. select a target reward
  5. Click Finish Setup. The app minimizes to your system tray; open it from there. finishing setup

During setup Salad may ask to install or enable Windows features such as virtualization and the container environment (WSL). These are required for container jobs, which pay the most. If setup reports a problem with them, see How to enable virtualization support on your machine and What is WSL?.

Next step: get your first job.

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How to register and log into Salad

Create your Salad account and sign in to the app with an email code or your Google account.

Getting your first job

Start Chopping for the first time, what the compatibility check is, and how long the first job takes.