AI Install Guide

Setup guides for AI tools — verified, step-by-step, and kept current.

From Daniel Kehoe, publisher of mac.install.guide. Every command on every guide passes a verification gate before it is published — run and confirmed on a current macOS system, with the check date shown on the page. The guides are tested, not transcribed.

Claude Code on macOS

The first topic cluster covers Claude Code, Anthropic's agentic coding tool — installing it, keeping it updated, and the difference between the command-line tool and the Claude Desktop app. The fastest way to set up the whole environment is the free app Set Up Your Mac for Claude Code, which installs Claude Code and the developer tools it needs and verifies it works.