How to use Visual Intelligence on macOS Golden Gate, and when it's worth it

Apple has finally brought Visual Intelligence to the Mac with macOS Golden Gate, and it is a boon when it works. Here's how to get started.


I admit I have sometimes taken a photo of my Mac's screen and used Visual Intelligence on my iPhone to find out what I'm looking at. But as of macOS Golden Gate, I no longer need to do that because the Mac has Visual Intelligence built in.

Apple's Sebastien Marineau-Mes, vice president of Intelligent System Experience Engineering, announced this during the WWDC 2026 keynote. But frustratingly, all he then said was that you could use it with "a dedicated keyboard shortcut."


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