Alter
AI designed for Mac: Eliminate copy/paste, lengthy explanations, and context-switching.
Enhance your productivity with Alter, an intuitive AI tool designed to understand your tasks by fetching context from your active applications. Compatible with various platforms, Alter features unique capabilities for Finder, Apple Mail, and Keynote, ensuring a seamless experience.
With a simple global shortcut like alt+option
, you can summon Alter's contextual menu, where every action is shortcut-enabled with an easy mnemonic system. Discover over 60 AI actions tailored to your needs, including:
- Watching YouTube? Get a concise summary from video transcripts.
- In Apple Mail? Extract to-dos from selected email conversations.
- Using Keynote? Generate a draft presentation and find relevant images online.
- Selected text? Translate, correct typos and grammar, or adjust the tone.
- On LinkedIn? Expand selected text into a full post.
- Reviewing a research paper in Finder? Analyze its content effectively.
- Selected files and folders? Request summaries or inquiries about them.
- In your code editor? Generate a meaningful commit message from selected git commits.
Beyond routine tasks, Alter offers co-intelligence features that span marketing, business insights, mental models, and software engineering. You can chat with these specialists to brainstorm ideas, solve challenges, and gain expert perspectives.
Customization is a key focus for Alter; users can create personalized actions that align perfectly with their workflows and set custom shortcuts for each action and folder. The platform provides easy access to AI models without requiring an API key, offering multiple models and providers, including OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, and Together.
If you prefer to use your own API key or local models, Alter supports OpenAI-compatible endpoints. For those seeking privacy, you can utilize Ollama and LM Studio for an offline experience.
For a complete comparison with the official ChatGPT desktop app, visit this link. Unlock the potential of AI with Alter and streamline your workflow like never before!