Estage Genesis for Mac
Estage Genesis for Mac is a desktop app, and it changes what you can ask for. Once it’s running, the AI can reach your own computer — with your permission, and only where you let it.
Everything the builder does in the browser still works the same way; the desktop app adds a bridge to your machine on top.
What it unlocks
Section titled “What it unlocks”| Ask for | What happens |
|---|---|
| ”use the photos from my Desktop folder” | The AI reads the images straight off your disk, hosts them, and puts them on the page — no uploading, no drag-and-drop, no hunting through a file dialog |
| ”take the pictures from my Photos library” | Your actual Photos library, not just loose files |
| ”export this as a file” | Reports, generated images, and exports land on your machine, where you asked for them — it refuses to overwrite an existing file unless you say so |
| ”look at this, it’s broken here” | The AI captures your screen instead of you screenshotting and uploading |
| — | A notification when a long build or publish finishes, so you can look away and come back |
Safe by design
Section titled “Safe by design”Reading is one thing, writing is another.
- Your project files still go through Genesis and every validation check it runs — nothing on your machine can route around them.
- Credential folders are refused outright —
~/.sshand its neighbours are off limits. - Access is permission-based: the AI reaches only what you allow it to.
- The app is signed and notarised by Apple, so macOS opens it without a security warning.
Signing in
Section titled “Signing in”Open the app and sign in — that’s the whole flow. There’s no pairing code to copy and no confirmation screen. If you were already signed into Genesis in your browser, the app connects through that session.