Install and permissions

Install the Jarvis beta and grant the right permissions: Microphone and Accessibility up front, Screen Recording and Calendar only when you use them. With fixes for the common snags.

The whole setup takes a couple of minutes. Jarvis asks for two permissions up front and two more only if you use the features that need them.

Install

  1. Download the beta from jarvis.ceo/beta/download.
  2. Open the .dmg and drag Jarvis into Applications.
  3. Open Jarvis. It is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens normally, with no Gatekeeper warning.

The two permissions you grant first

  • Microphone: so Jarvis can hear you. Transcription runs on-device, so the audio never leaves your Mac.
  • Accessibility: so Jarvis can type the transcript at your cursor and watch for the hotkey. macOS requires this for any app that types into other apps.

The two it asks for later

  • Screen Recording: only when you first ask Jarvis about your screen.
  • Calendar: only when you first ask it to read or change your calendar.

You can skip any permission during setup and grant it later from System Settings.

If something is off

  • Nothing types: System Settings, Privacy and Security, Accessibility, turn Jarvis on, then restart Jarvis.
  • Cannot hear you: System Settings, Privacy and Security, Microphone, turn Jarvis on.
  • Screen questions fail: System Settings, Privacy and Security, Screen Recording, turn Jarvis on.