ChatGPT for Mac: Computer History Remembers Your Activity

OpenAI is introducing a new Computer History feature for ChatGPT and Codex on Mac. This feature can remember your activity across selected apps and websites. It helps you return to recent work, find documents, and review past actions. This new system replaces the earlier Chronicle research preview. Computer History records interaction events like clicks, typing, and app switching, using macOS accessibility features. It does not use screenshots. The feature is off by default. Users must enable it and choose which apps and websites can share information. ChatGPT Pro users can turn it on directly, while Business and Enterprise users need administrator approval. Once enabled, Computer History creates a searchable timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can use as memory. You can ask what you were working on, find documents, summarize your day, or identify repeated workflows for automation. OpenAI states the feature does not capture screenshots, screen recordings, audio, or private browsing. Interaction events are temporarily stored on your Mac for up to 48 hours before being processed by OpenAI's servers to create memories. These events are not retained after processing and are not used for model training. The memory files are stored locally until you delete them. OpenAI warns of.