# Install and permissions
URL: https://jarvis.ceo/docs/install-and-permissions
Status: now

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.

> [note] Accessibility is the one to get right. If it is off, Jarvis transcribes but nothing types, and it looks broken when it is not.

## 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.

Related: Your first 5 minutes (https://jarvis.ceo/docs/start), Dictation troubleshooting (https://jarvis.ceo/docs/dictation/troubleshooting)