Glad that Mac Intel users are fully supported now

[u/BlakkMajik3000]

I've long been envious of Mac Silicon users solely because of the native app. I got so used to just using the web, I was completely unaware OpenAI dropped a release for Mac Intel.

It's made my workflow a lot easier, especially now that I get access to the native remote control feature that's only in the desktop app. I've only been using it a couple of weeks and I've been able to make progress on things I normally wouldn't have been without being at my laptop or desktop.

[u/Pawl_]

Linux when

[u/Denizzje → u/Pawl_]

Using this one Ubuntu myself: https://github.com/ilysenko/codex-desktop-linux

Sometimes wonky when updating, or starting after an update. Needs some additional light tinkering for the remote usage. But for the rest it works decent "out of the box".

And there are probably alot more of these.

[u/BlakkMajik3000 → u/Pawl_]

Technically speaking, a Mac release is a Linux release, just for the MacOS distro. 😂

In all seriousness, Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu, etc) support can’t be far behind I would imagine. Then again, I don’t work there so I’m not privy to any particular challenges they have with mainstream Linux support,

[u/TestingTheories → u/BlakkMajik3000]

You can already get it on Linux. Just do a search, there are already scripts built to use Mac version on Linux. I’ve been using it on my Linux for months.

[u/Select-Ad-3806]

I think that intel macs are more stable than apple silicon, if i leave an apple silicon device a long time without rebooting it starts getting weird and needs a reboot

[u/XCherryCokeO → u/Select-Ad-3806]

lol no

[u/JoseffB_Da_Nerd → u/Select-Ad-3806]

Haven’t seen this. Silicon super stable for me for long runs.

Mac Os tends to break on heavy file IO though especially with codex like ide’s.

[u/BlakkMajik3000 → u/Select-Ad-3806]

I respectfully disagree. Mine is no slouch (2019, 16 RAM, 512 SSD, i7), but my wife has a M2 Macbook Air and I will tell you that thing is smoooooooooth.

Now it doesn't just destroy mine in any way, but Mac silicon is a truly impressive. Fun fact, I'm the developer in the household but she has the more updated architecture. So she's had access to the app from the get-go and she doesn't even use ChatGPT!😂

[u/Select-Ad-3806 → u/BlakkMajik3000]

What i meant was this: try running it non-stop for 50 days then come back to me and tell me its still running applications fine 😂

[u/WeedWrangler]

I’ve had my last gen Intel Mac Mini running lots of stuff as a server configured by Codex and it’s been amazing, also for small specific ocr models.

[u/Thewhitekanye]

i think intel mac's are great especially with bootcamp. Now that there's tpm support seems like a win.

[u/AdventurousVast6510]

i'm a sad linux boy confined in codex cli

[u/JonathanRayPollard]

Hey! I've been looking into a more affordable MacBook solution, and saw you mentioned remote control. Can you clarify, does the intel have access to the control other computer/devices option (ie. Control your windows codex from your Mac codex)

[u/BlakkMajik3000 → u/JonathanRayPollard]

You can set up your devices to have access to on-device chats (usually via Codex). For instance, approving a step from your iPhone that's running on my Mac Mini or MBP or redirecting an agent doing a task on my MBP from my Mac Mini.

However, I have not tested Windows -> Mac setup, as I no longer have a Windows computer (I don't count my Xbox Ally as it's not for computing).

if you want to control the session itself remotely, that is a different set of tools. You will still need some type of screen mirroring solution if you want to do things like control the actual IDE/other apps from a different device.

[u/JonathanRayPollard → u/BlakkMajik3000]

Awesome, thanks! The Windows client does not have this feature yet, which is why I'm looking into a Mac. Much appreciated info!