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ChatGPT for Mac adds opt-in Computer History feature, replacing Chronicle
OpenAI is giving ChatGPT and Codex a new way to learn from and remember how you use your Mac, even when that work happens outside the app.
The new Computer History feature builds a searchable timeline from activity across selected apps and websites.
OpenAI announced Computer History in Thursday’s desktop app changelog. The feature is off by default and must be enabled by each user, giving people control over which sources contribute to their history.
The release comes a month after Codex joined ChatGPT on the desktop. It also follows OpenAI’s experimental Chronicle feature from earlier this year.
OpenAI says Computer History actually replaces the Chronicle research preview, but calls it a rebuilt system rather than a simple rename.
Chronicle relied on screenshots. Computer History instead records interaction events exposed through macOS accessibility features, including clicks, typing, keyboard shortcuts, and switching between apps.
Today we're releasing Computer History in ChatGPT.It lets ChatGPT learn from everything you do on your computer, so it can better understand how you work, finish tasks that you're in the middle of, and suggest skills and automations based on how you use your computer. pic.twitter.com/xnTq7hWH8O
Computer History is an opt-in feature in the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS that turns activity across apps and websites into memories and a timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can use. Choose which apps and websites contribute, pause collection, and review or delete your history at any time.
Computer History is available to ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise users. Business and Enterprise administrators must enable access before workspace members can turn it on. Initial availability excludes the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Separately, OpenAI explains how eligible users can enable the opt-in Computer History feature: