ChatGPT for macOS now works with Apple Notes and more third-party apps

Last month, OpenAI announced a major update to the macOS ChatGPT app that added the ability to read screen content in certain apps. Now, the company is releasing an update that expands support to Apple Notes and even more third-party apps.

What's New in ChatGPT for macOS

According to OpenAI, the latest update to ChatGPT for macOS brings support for even more third-party apps. For example, it can now read content from Apple Notes, Notion, and Quip. Additionally, the list of supported apps now includes BBEdit, Android Studio, AppCode, and many more. Here is the full list of new apps supported by ChatGPT on Mac:

New IDEs: BBEdit, MatLab, Nova, Script Editor, and TextMate;
VS Code forks: VSCode Insiders, VSCodium, Cursor, and WindSurf;
Jetbrains IDEs: Android Studio, AppCode, CLion, DataGrip, GoLand, IntelliJ IDEA, PHPStorm, PyCharm, RubyMine, RustRover, and WebStorm;
Terminal apps: Prompt and Warp;
Productivity apps: Apple Notes, Notion, and Quip

When the feature was introduced, it only worked with iTerm 2, Terminal, TextEdit, VS Code, and Apple Xcode. For example, users can ask ChatGPT to read code from an Xcode project and ask for suggestions on how to improve it without having to manually copy and paste the code into the ChatGPT app. It can even read content from multiple apps at once, which is very useful for working with developer tools.

For privacy purposes, users can control when and which apps ChatGPT can read at any time. “You have the same controls over how this data is stored or processed as everything else in your conversation history,” OpenAI says.

Third-party app integrations are only available to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Team, Enterprise, and Edu subscribers. There’s no word on when (or if) this feature will be available to free ChatGPT users.

You can download the ChatGPT app for macOS from the OpenAI website. It's available for free, while ChatGPT Plus subscribers can sign in and access their full account. It's worth noting that the recently released macOS 15.2 allows users to interact with ChatGPT directly from Siri.