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Download it from the download page, open the disk image and drag Oriel to Applications, then open it; it lives in the menu bar. It is signed by 67 Enterprise; the public build is being notarized with Apple, and the download page says which build is current.

Oriel asks for both in Permissions & Diagnostics and explains why: Screen Recording to show your screen on the phone, Accessibility to move the pointer and type. Grant them in System Settings. Oriel never clicks these dialogs for you.

On the Mac choose Pair iPhone or iPad. In the app on the phone tap Scan the code on your Mac, or paste the code if the camera is unavailable. Approve the phone on the Mac. Later connections reconnect to the saved Mac on your local network without a new approval.

Remote control works without any model. For the assistant, open Permissions & Diagnostics, Assistant on the Mac. The default is the built-in engine with open models that download on first use (about 2 to 5 GB each, Apple silicon only). You can instead point the planner or the executor at Ollama, any OpenAI-compatible server on your network, or Anthropic with your own key.

Both devices must be on the same local network, and the Mac companion must be open. Some guest or corporate Wi-Fi networks block device-to-device traffic (client isolation); try a home network or a personal hotspot. If the Mac asked you to allow Oriel on the local network, allow it.

Accessibility permission is missing or was granted to an older copy. Open System Settings, Privacy & Security, Accessibility, remove Oriel and add it again, then relaunch Oriel.

Open Permissions & Diagnostics, Assistant on the Mac and pick a provider for the planner and the executor. With the built-in engine, the first run downloads the model; the Assistant settings show the progress.

By design. Passwords and one-time codes, payments, security and permission dialogs, CAPTCHA, deleting things, posting publicly and signing medical records always need you. Some of these it asks you to approve on the phone; others it refuses outright.

A text description of the screen made on the Mac: control names and positions, on-device text recognition, with secure fields and anything that looks like a secret left out. A model running on your Mac or your own network may also get a downscaled screenshot. A model on the internet gets text only, unless you switch screenshots on in the Mac's Assistant settings and allow it on the phone for that run. The planner never gets pixels. See the privacy policy.

On the Mac: Stop Control in the menu bar (⌥⌘.). On the phone: Disconnect, or Stop in the assistant panel. Stop Control ends the session and refuses new input until you pair or reconnect again.

On the Mac, revoke the device in the pairing window. On the phone, Forget this Mac on the start screen. Trust is stored only on the two devices.

Assistant settings on the Mac list the built-in models with a Remove button, or open the models folder from there and delete what you like.