{"id":236535,"date":"2024-06-26T06:26:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T06:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/chatgpt-for-macos-no-longer-requires-a-subscription\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:16:09","slug":"chatgpt-for-macos-no-longer-requires-a-subscription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/chatgpt-for-macos-no-longer-requires-a-subscription\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT for macOS no longer requires a subscription"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The macOS ChatGPT desktop app is now available to everyone. That is, provided you\u2019re running an Apple Silicon Mac (sorry, Intel users) and your computer is on <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/macos-sonoma-review-widgets-gaming-141540494.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:macOS Sonoma;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">macOS Sonoma<\/a> or higher. OpenAI rolled out the app gradually, starting with <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/openai-chatgpt-plus-subscription-205027758.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Plus subscribers;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Plus subscribers<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT now has an official macOS client before it has a Windows one. (In case you haven\u2019t heard, Microsoft is <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/microsofts-openai-partnership-was-born-from-google-envy-202143989.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:its most crucial partner;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">its most crucial partner<\/a>.) Of course, Windows 11 has the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/surface-laptop-copilot-hands-on-quietly-powerful-215015871.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:OpenAI-powered Microsoft CoPilot;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">OpenAI-powered Microsoft CoPilot<\/a> baked into its OS, which likely explains the omission. OpenAI and Apple are also <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/chatgpt-is-baked-into-apple-intelligence-185026662.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:teaming up on Apple Intelligence;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">teaming up on Apple Intelligence<\/a>, which arrives later this year (<a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apple-will-reportedly-withhold-new-ai-features-in-europe-due-to-regulations-183313640.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:unless you\u2019re in Europe;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">unless you\u2019re in Europe<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The Mac app includes a keyboard shortcut (option-space by default, but it\u2019s customizable) for typing chatbot queries from anywhere in macOS. Otherwise, the app mirrors the ChatGPT website\u2019s appearance and functionality (including <a data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gpts-are-the-single-application-mini-chatgpt-models-that-anyone-can-create-203311858.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:custom GPTs;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">custom GPTs<\/a>), except in native app form. You can also upload files, photos and screenshots.<\/p>\n<p>You can download and install ChatGPT for macOS <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:8;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/chatgpt\/mac\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:from OpenAI;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:8;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">from OpenAI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/chatgpt-for-macos-no-longer-requires-a-subscription-204959264.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The macOS ChatGPT desktop app is now available to everyone. That is, provided you\u2019re running an Apple Silicon Mac (sorry, Intel users) and your<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":236536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}