What Mac versions does Jarvis support?

macOS 12 Monterey and later. Best experience on macOS 14 Sonoma, macOS 15 Sequoia, and macOS 16+ thanks to better NSPanel behavior and modern Screen Recording APIs. Supports both Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4) and Intel Macs, though Apple Silicon is recommended for faster local screenshot processing. On macOS 26+ Tahoe, Jarvis (getjarvis.eu) uses the modern Liquid Glass design language with backdrop blur. On Sequoia and later, Jarvis composes with Apple Intelligence Writing Tools as a fallback for text-only tasks. RAM: 8 GB minimum, 16 GB recommended for best performance with screen-aware queries. Disk: about 250 MB installed. Architecture: Electron 30 + React 18 + Vite + native NSPanel for the floating bar. Cross-platform parity with Windows 10+ and Linux. Download from getjarvis.eu/download.

macOS 12 Monterey (released 2021): supported with full functionality but slightly older Screen Recording API behavior. Jarvis works but the floating bar might show minor visual artifacts on older Intel Macs. macOS 13 Ventura (2022): full support. macOS 14 Sonoma (2023): full support, recommended baseline for the best experience. macOS 15 Sequoia (2024): full support + Apple Intelligence interop. Jarvis can hand off short writing tasks to Apple Intelligence Writing Tools when configured. macOS 16+ Tahoe (2025+): full support with Liquid Glass design language integration — the floating bar uses native backdrop blur and reduced motion preferences. macOS 26 (2026 beta): early support, may have minor rendering issues that Jarvis tracks. Below macOS 12: not supported; the NSPanel + NSFloatingWindowLevel combination Jarvis uses requires Monterey or later, and many of the modern APIs aren't available on older versions.

Apple Silicon (M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, M1 Ultra, M2, M2 Pro, M2 Max, M2 Ultra, M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, M4, M4 Pro, M4 Max): full support, recommended. The unified memory architecture makes screen capture and image encoding fast, which keeps Cmd+/ → response latency under 200ms locally. Apple Intelligence integration on Sequoia + Apple Silicon enables hybrid local/cloud routing for some tasks. Intel Macs (2018 and later): supported. The app runs natively on x86_64 via the Electron + native bridge. Performance is slightly slower for screen-aware queries due to lower per-core throughput on older Intel chips. RAM minimum: 8 GB. RAM recommended: 16 GB or more, especially if you frequently capture full-screen screenshots and use multiple connectors. Disk space: about 250 MB installed, plus a small amount for cached conversation history.

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