Install and register
Download the macOS app, create a provider account, verify your email, and sign in to register this Mac computer. Accept the Provider Agreement before receiving paid work.
Provider network
Your Mac computer can do useful AI work when you aren't using it.
Install the provider app, decide when your Mac computer may accept jobs, and see completed work in an itemized earnings ledger. You stay in control of the machine.
macOS 14 SonomaApple Silicon (M1 or later)Provider v1.7.56
New providers can download the app and connect a compatible Mac computer now. Verify your email and accept the Provider Agreement before receiving paid work. Jobs depend on device eligibility, current policy, and network demand. Earnings are not guaranteed.
Common Compute · Provider
Ready for work
PauseRUN MODE
BalancedIdle-only
New work waits until this Mac computer is idle.
Wall power onlyPause when unplugged
Thermal protectionWait while the Mac computer is hot
Allowed workloadsChat · Vision · Fine-tuning3 selected
How it works
From idle computer to network provider.
Choose your rules
Select a run mode, require wall power, set a schedule, allow workload categories, and keep thermal protection on.
Accept matched work
The network offers jobs that fit the runtimes, memory, operating system, and models your Mac computer advertises.
Review earnings
Successful jobs appear in the ledger. Eligible balances are paid through your connected Stripe account.
Your machine, your rules
Provider controls come first.
The app checks your run mode before it takes new work. Change the schedule, allowed workloads, power rules, or pause state whenever you need the computer back.
01
Run modeUse Balanced limits or wait for the Mac computer to become idle.
02
PowerRequire wall power before accepting a new job.
03
ScheduleChoose the hours when this device is available.
04
WorkloadsAllow or decline categories of work without penalty.
05
PauseStop accepting new work from the menu bar or dashboard.
Workload matching
Different Mac computers qualify for different work.
Matching uses the capabilities your app reports. Larger models need more unified memory, and each offered workload may require particular operating-system and runtime versions.
WORKLOADRUNTIMEMATCHING
Chat / LLMMLXGPU · model and memory matched
Vision Q&AMLXGPU · model and memory matched
Fine-tuningMLXGPU · model and memory matched
Earnings
Every completed job has a record.
Earnings vary by workload, hardware fit, accepted jobs, and network demand. The dashboard is the source of truth for what your Mac computer has earned.
Read how payouts workRECENT ACTIVITYSTATUS
Chat / LLMCompletedRecorded
Fine-tuningCompletedRecorded
Vision Q&AVerifiedEligible
Illustrative ledger states. Your dashboard shows actual jobs and amounts.
Ready to provide?
Connect your Mac computer.
HardwareApple Silicon (M1 or later)SoftwaremacOS 14 SonomaDistributionSigned and notarized