Sidekick

I appreciate the appreciation Simon! That's a good point about the AI. I've added a drop down which now lets you pick the model. It'll be available in the next update, around tomorrow. Currently it's only AI models by Claude as Sidekick works best with it. Will be adding other providers once we get them to give the best possible results for users.

Thank you for giving Sidekick a proper try. We're sorry about this. Until now, every task ran on Setapp's most capable AI model, even the quick ones. The latest update adds an AI Mode menu, right next to where you type. Choose Balanced and Sidekick uses a lighter model for simple jobs like battery health, saving the stronger one for harder tasks. Choose Fast and it always uses the light model with a super low credit usage. Do come back and try out our latest "Control your Mac via Telegram" feature. Message Sidekick from your phone, wherever you are, and it does the job on your Mac. Connecting takes about ten seconds. I'd love for you to give it another go. Tell me how it works for you. You can always email me at [email protected].

Thanks for raising this. The privacy section on our home page is only a short summary. The full policy is here: https://sidekick-os.online/privacy.html It names exactly who handles your data. Requests go through Setapp AI (run by MacPaw) to Anthropic's Claude models. Anthropic doesn't train on them and deletes them within 30 days. It also lists what each kind of task sends, what never leaves your Mac, and what we keep and for how long. Your requests aren't stored on our servers, and Sidekick never reads password fields. Any questions, email me at [email protected].