Set up Milo in 5 minutes

1 · Install it

Open the DMG you downloaded and drag Milo into the Applications folder. Then eject the installer and open Milo from Applications (or Launchpad) — never run it from the DMG window: macOS treats apps run from there as temporary, and permissions won't stick.

2 · Open it for the first time

Milo isn't signed with an Apple developer certificate yet, so macOS blocks the very first open. That's expected — here's the way through:

• Open System Settings → Privacy & Security
• Scroll down to “Milo was blocked to protect your Mac”
• Click Open Anyway and confirm

3 · Connect the intelligence

Milo thinks using Claude. The recommended way is the claude CLI — Claude's terminal app — which uses your existing Claude subscription, so questions during meetings don't cost extra.

• Open the Terminal app and paste: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
• Run claude once and follow the login in your browser
• Done — Milo finds it automatically

Prefer an API key instead? Paste an Anthropic API key in Milo → Settings → AI Backend and skip this step.

4 · Grant the two permissions

When you start your first session, macOS asks for two permissions: Microphone (your voice) and Screen & System Audio Recording (what the others say). Everything is transcribed on your Mac — audio never leaves your machine.

5 · Your first session

Click Start listening when the meeting begins. The transcript fills in live (ME / THEM) and four buttons do the magic:

• Catch me up — a summary of the last minutes, for when you zone out
• Explain — what that term or acronym you just heard means
• Suggest reply — a reply suggestion in the meeting's language
• Research — a deep dive that uses the live meeting context

When you stop the session, Milo offers a summary. Past sessions live under Sessions and auto-delete after 30 days.