How to install Ghostly

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Apple Silicon only · M1 or later · macOS 12+

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Ghostly.dmg
Ghostly
Ghostly.app
Applications
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
Ghostly.app
Applications
Applications

Drag Ghostly into Applications

Drag the Ghostly icon onto the Applications folder shortcut in the same window.

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Mail
Messages
Ghostly
Notes
Calendar

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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