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id: GS-2
title: Your first showcase
group: Getting started
summary: Putting a showcase on a new device with its recovery key, or creating a new one, and what it starts with
keywords: [first run, start, welcome, new showcase, create, recovery key, add a showcase, setup]
---

A device with no showcase on it starts on a welcome page. From there you add a showcase you already have, by its recovery key, or wait for one to arrive from your other devices.

## On a new device

The app says *Welcome to Showcaser*, the same on the iPhone, iPad and Mac. A showcase made on another of your devices with the same Apple ID arrives by itself, through iCloud Keychain, usually within a minute or two. Tap or click **Check Again** to look for it.

Or tap **Add with a Recovery Key…** and paste the key, open a key file, or on the iPhone and iPad **Scan Its QR Code…** from the other device's iCloud card. Then **Add Showcase**. It opens at once.

## Creating a new showcase

For now, new showcases are created from the showcase your device was first set up with. Open that one, tap or click the showcase's name at the top, **Manage Showcases…**, then **Add a Showcase**.

Give it a **Name** (what it's called on the site) and pick a **Listing schema**: *Vehicles*, *Artwork*, *Tools & equipment* or *General*. As you type the name, the app shows the address it will get. Then **Create Showcase**.

If you are in a different showcase, the screen says so and names the one to switch to.

## What a new showcase starts with

- Its own key, site, listings and address, made from its name (or the next free one like it, such as *yourname-2*). You can change the address any time. See Your address (ST-9).
- The schema you picked, with its fields and statuses. See The listing schema (SC-1).
- The Cards layout, or the Gallery layout for an Artwork showcase. See Cards and Gallery layouts (ST-4).
- A black-and-white look until you choose a theme. See Themes (ST-7).

It is live and empty. Next, add a few listings, fill in Site details, and save its recovery key somewhere safe. See Your key and iCloud Keychain (GS-3).