How to install Ghostly
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Apple Silicon only · M1 or later · macOS 12+
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Ghostly.app
Applications
Open the Ghostly installer from Downloads
Double-click Ghostly.dmg in your Downloads folder to open the installer window.
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Ghostly.app
Applications
Drag Ghostly into Applications
Drag the Ghostly icon onto the Applications folder shortcut in the same window.
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Open Ghostly from Applications
Launch Ghostly and grant microphone and accessibility permissions when prompted. It lives in the menu bar.
After you open Ghostly
- · Pick a push-to-talk shortcut in Settings (the fn key works great).
- · First launch downloads a Whisper model (500 MB–1.6 GB). After that, dictation works offline.
- · Press your shortcut anywhere, talk, release — your words paste into the active app.
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