Microsoft Releases a Copilot App For Mac
(Thursday February 27, 2025 @10:30PM (BeauHD)
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Microsoft has [1]released a native Copilot app for macOS , offering AI-powered text and image generation, dark mode, and a Command + Space shortcut. The Verge reports:
> Microsoft is launching this new Copilot Mac app in the US, UK, and Canada today, and the iPad version is also being updated with a split screen mode. You'll also now be able to log into Copilot on an iPhone or iPad with an Apple ID, and upload text or PDF files to ask questions about the documents or generate a summary about them. This document summarization feature is also coming to the macOS app soon.
You can download the app [2]here .
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/621114/microsoft-copilot-app-macos-download
[2] https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/microsoft-copilot/id6738511300?mt=12
> Microsoft is launching this new Copilot Mac app in the US, UK, and Canada today, and the iPad version is also being updated with a split screen mode. You'll also now be able to log into Copilot on an iPhone or iPad with an Apple ID, and upload text or PDF files to ask questions about the documents or generate a summary about them. This document summarization feature is also coming to the macOS app soon.
You can download the app [2]here .
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/621114/microsoft-copilot-app-macos-download
[2] https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/microsoft-copilot/id6738511300?mt=12
"and a Command + Space shortcut" (Score:2)
by 93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 )
Microsoft didn't do that - it's the standard way to launch a [1]Spotlight [wikipedia.org] search, and has been for 20 years (ever since Apple sherlocked Quicksilver). I use that to launch apps far more often than clicking on icons, actually.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(Apple)
So that (Score:1)
Mac users also can ignore copilot
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Exactly!
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Yeah. I can count on zero fingers the number of Mac users who have been begging for a Mac version of Copilot.