What you end up with
Oatmeal installed like any other app on your Mac. It is free, and it stays free — there is no account, no trial and no subscription at the end of this.
- Time
- About 10 minutes
- Steps
- 7
- Cost
- Free
Install Oatmeal
Download Oatmeal
About 3 MB.
Download Oatmeal-1.8.2-apple-silicon.dmgYou know this worked when: Oatmeal-1.8.2-apple-silicon.dmg finished downloading
Find the download
Oatmeal lands in your Downloads folder — open it from there.
You know this worked when: You can see the downloaded file
Install Oatmeal
macOS calls it "damaged" — harmless. Terminal: xattr -cr /Applications/Oatmeal.app
You know this worked when: Oatmeal opens
Allow Microphone
In Privacy & Security, turn on Microphone for Oatmeal.
You know this worked when: Microphone is turned on
Allow Screen Recording
In Privacy & Security, turn on Screen Recording for Oatmeal.
You know this worked when: Screen Recording is turned on
Open Oatmeal
Find it where you installed it and open it.
You know this worked when: Oatmeal launches
Try it
Oatmeal should be open and ready to use.
You know this worked when: Oatmeal works
If something goes wrong
Nothing here can damage your computer, and every step can be run again safely. If a command fails, the usual cause is the step before it not having finished.
Still stuck? Tell us what happened and we will fix the guide. Include the step number and we can usually reproduce it.