How to install Microsoft Copilot AI on MacOS?

If you've heard about Microsoft Copilot and want to use it on your Mac, you can go about doing that a few ways. You won't quite get the system-level integration Windows users enjoy, but you can get pretty close and make the program a part of your system instead of just a tab in your browser.

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Option 1: App Store

If you have an Apple Silicon Mac, you can run iPad and iPhone apps, including Microsoft Copilot, on your Mac natively thanks to Arm architecture.

You just need to download the program:

1. Open the Apple App Store on your Mac.
2. Search for Microsoft Copilot.
3. On the Microsoft Copilot store page, click the Get button.

Microsoft Copilot should ​install like any other app. After the process is finished, you can access it from your Applications folder, and then interact with Copilot in a dedicated window.

As you can see from the picture above, Microsoft Copilot on Mac might be fairly basic, but it gets the job done. If you want an integration with Copilot that is more similar to the Windows experience where you can launch the app by pressing a combination of buttons, you can set one up through Automator and the Settings menu.

Here's how to do so:

1. Open Automator.
2. Choose File, then New, and then select Quick Action.
   
3. Create an automation to Launch Application, and change workflow to No input.
4. You might need to select Other in the Launch application field's dropdown menu, then navigate to Microsoft Copilot in your Applications folder.
   
5. Save the automation.
   
6. Open Settings and scroll down to Keyboard.
7. Click Keyboard shortcuts (while making sure to enable the toggle) and select Services on the left.
   
8. Expand General and double click None beside Open Copilot. Set the combination to anything that you want, taking care not to have any conflicts with other applications. For this example, we set it to Shift + Command + L.
   

Once you're done, you'll be able to call Copilot from anywhere on your Mac at any time.

Option 2: Safari web apps

If you want to use Microsoft Copilot but don't want to mess about with Automator or applications, you can simply add Microsoft Copilot to your Safari Dock as a shortcut.

1. Navigate to the Microsoft Copilot website in Safari.
2. Click File at the top, followed by Add to Dock.
3. Rename the app if you want to, then click Add.

If all goes well, you should see Microsoft Copilot in your Dock for ease of access. This is essentially just a wrapper for a Safari tab in an application, but it's virtually indistinguishable from a normal program. However, while adding Copilot to Safari is significantly easier than the prior method, the program won't run locally, and you can't launch it via keystroke any time you want.

Pricing for Copilot, Pro, and 365

The basic Copilot is free, but you can get a $20 monthly subscription from Microsoft for Copilot Pro which includes:

• Faster performance at peak times with GPT-4 and Turbo
• Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps if you have a 365 subscription
• Faster AI image creation with 100 boosts per day with Copilot Designer

For business subscribers of Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Business Standard, companies can purchase Copilot Pro for use in 365 business apps for $30/seat. However, based on the combined cost of the Business 365 subscription and the Copilot Pro subscription, it may be cheaper just to go with the basic 365 Personal user subscriptions since they are $69.99 and $99.99 per month each.

Which plan you choose depends on which apps you use and which levels of Copilot you want for each user or worker.

There are also higher Enterprise levels. For more info on Pro and Enterprise see: Bringing the Full Power of Copilot to more people and Businesses.

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This post was originally published on XDA.