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Computer Use lets Enconvo operate the apps on your Mac when a task needs more than text. It looks at the app in front, finds the controls it can see, clicks or types into fields, scrolls lists, drags items, chooses files, uses app menus, and waits for the app to respond before the next step. Use it for desktop tasks such as:
  • Filling in a form in a Mac app
  • Selecting a file in a file picker
  • Moving around a settings window
  • Clicking a toolbar button or a menu item
  • Working through an app task with several steps
  • Reading what’s visible in the current window
For websites, Browser Use works inside your own browser through the Enconvo browser extension (Browser Companion). In a browser without the extension, such as Safari, Computer Use clicks and types on the screen instead. The video tutorial below sets up Computer Use and Browser Use and uses them from start to finish in 5 minutes: turn it on and grant its two permissions, add the browser extension to Chrome, hold the right Option key and ask, watch it work in Safari, in Chrome, and in a Mac app, and hand it a whole task.

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Turn on Computer Use

Computer Use needs two macOS permissions: Accessibility, to click and type, and Screen Recording, to see the screen.
1

Open the Computer Use settings

Open Settings → Computer Use and make sure the switch is on.
2

Check both permissions

Accessibility and Screen Recording should both show Enabled.
3

Grant a missing permission

If one shows Required, click Open beside it, then turn on Enconvo under that permission in System Settings → Privacy & Security. Back in Enconvo, click Refresh. If the status still doesn’t change, quit and reopen Enconvo.

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Add the browser extension

1

Open the Browser Use settings

Open Settings → Browser Use. Browser Extensions lists the browsers that have the extension, with their connection status.
2

Install Browser Companion

Click Install Browser Companion. The extension’s page opens in the Chrome Web Store.
3

Add the extension

Click Add to Chrome, then Add extension. Open the browser’s extensions menu and pin the extension so it stays in the toolbar.
4

Check the connection

Back in Settings → Browser Use, the browser shows Connected. Edge, Arc, and Brave are set up the same way.
See Browser Extension for the extension’s popup, supported browsers, and troubleshooting.

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Run a task

Ask for the outcome you want, not a list of clicks.
1

Open the target app

Bring the app or window you want Enconvo to work in to the front.
2

Hold the right Option key and ask

Hold the right Option key, say what you need, then let go. Name the app and the page, for example: “In Safari, on this page, find the cheapest nonstop flight” or “Open the settings panel and turn off launch at login.” You can also type the request to an Agent.
3

Watch it work

A glow marks the window Enconvo is working in, and the Dynamic Island shows each step. You can take over or stop the task at any time.
4

Confirm sensitive steps

For destructive, financial, account, or permission-changing actions, confirm the step before Enconvo goes on.
5

Get the result

Enconvo looks at the app, acts, waits for the result, and keeps going until the task is done or needs your confirmation. When it finishes, it tells you the result.

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In your browser

“Open the Wikipedia pages for Mount Fuji and Mount Rainier, and tell me which one is taller.”
With the extension connected, Browser Use opens its own tabs in a tab group in the background, so the page you’re on stays put. While the extension is at work, the browser shows a bar at the top of the page; don’t cancel it. When the task is done, the pages it used stay open in their tabs.

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What Computer Use can do

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Examples

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Stay safe

Computer Use works with real apps and real data. Check the screen before you let Enconvo submit forms, change account settings, delete files, make purchases, or send messages.
  • Keep the target window visible when you can.
  • Give a specific goal and any limits.
  • Review before Enconvo acts on private or financial pages.
  • Stop the task if what’s on screen no longer matches what you asked for.

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Troubleshooting

Browser Use

Work in real browser tabs and signed-in websites.

Browser Extension

Install and check the Enconvo Companion extension.

Context Awareness

How Enconvo understands your screen and the app you’re in.

Permissions

The macOS permissions Enconvo uses.