Documentation

Operator, end to end.

Everything from the first launch to the Terminal CLI. If something here does not match what you see, tell us — the app moves faster than any page can.

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Requirements

What Operator needs from macOS and from your hardware, and what it is signed with.

Install

Download the DMG, put Operator where its helper can reach it, and find it in the menu bar.

The privileged helper

Why fans, SMC sensors, SMART status and per-process activity need a separate daemon, and how to approve it.

Trial and licence

The 14-day trial

Every feature unlocked for two weeks, with no account and no card.

Activating your licence

Where your key comes from, how to enter it, and what happens when you go offline.

Moving to another Mac

One key, one Mac at a time — and how to free the activation when you switch machines.

Using Operator

Menu bar and dropdowns

Every metric as its own status item, and what opens when you click one.

Settings

A tab per subsystem, with a live preview of the status item you are editing.

AI usage

Track what your local AI coding tools are spending, right next to your CPU.

Terminal CLI

Read the same live metrics from a shell, as text or as JSON.

Keeping it running

Updates

How Operator finds new versions, and how to install one by hand.

Troubleshooting

Empty sensor cards, licence errors, and what each of them actually means.

Support

How to reach a person, and who handles purchases, invoices and refunds.