# ChatGPT Desktop App for Intel Macbooks **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Created:** [May 14, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352 "2024-05-14T17:11:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frityet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/frityet/32/211262_2.png) [@Frityet](https://community.openai.com/u/Frityet)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/1 "2024-05-14T17:11:18Z")
Could the desktop app be backported to Intel macbooks? maybe releasing a fat binary for it? I don’t wanna buy a new aarch64 macbook yet… ---
**Author:** ![Frityet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/frityet/32/211262_2.png) [@Frityet](https://community.openai.com/u/Frityet)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/2 "2024-05-14T17:13:46Z")
it seems that the binary is only for aarch64 ![Screenshot 2024-05-14 at 10.13.10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/6/9/3/693be26e008ab4d1d05b70d2745d8d56d87549ec.png) Could it please also be built for amd64? ---
**Author:** ![Evan-Katz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/evan-katz/32/369333_2.png) [@Evan-Katz](https://community.openai.com/u/Evan-Katz)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/3 "2024-05-16T12:47:08Z")
Ditto! After reading many articles about the great new first-party ChatGPT app for Mac, and getting extremely excited about it, I then downloaded the app, only to be very surprised, and highly disappointed ,that it supports only Apple Silicon Macs. 😰 There are hundreds of millions of Intel Macs being used around the world, many millions of which are ChatGPT paying customers and free users, and OpenAI should not abandon all of them. Especially as it is relatively easy to make a Mac app that works on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. In the meantime, MacGPT is a great Mac app that runs on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. 😃 Although, from what I have read in many articles, OpenAI’s ChatGPT Mac app is going to have many more features. ---
**Author:** ![anthonyjspires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/anthonyjspires/32/371958_2.png) [@anthonyjspires](https://community.openai.com/u/anthonyjspires)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/4 "2024-05-18T00:36:59Z")
My question is why did they decide to only support Apple silicon out of the gate and not the intel Intel-based Macs. What I’m thinking is when they get the Windows version out it’ll support intel based or they’ll support it in between the release of the Windows version and now, but I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![ben.jamin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ben.jamin/32/378831_2.png) [@ben.jamin](https://community.openai.com/u/ben.jamin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/5 "2024-05-23T14:52:55Z")
As an early adopter and supporter, it would be great to see the app made available to the large existing user base on Intel Macs as well. Many of us have relatively new, capable Intel machines that we plan to continue using for some time. I respectfully request that OpenAI consider compiling the app for Intel Macs in a future update if possible, even if some advanced features require Apple Silicon. This would make the app accessible to more users and customers. ---
**Author:** ![mamirian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@mamirian](https://community.openai.com/u/mamirian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/6 "2024-05-30T20:46:49Z")
Can’t believe my $4k 2020 MBP doesn’t run this - come on, support Intel Macs. ---
**Author:** ![cafetero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/cafetero/32/373585_2.png) [@cafetero](https://community.openai.com/u/cafetero)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/7 "2024-06-03T11:52:58Z")
I endorse the request. It is sad to be left out. It probably sounded like a brilliant strategy to boost sales, but in my case it rather alienates me from two brands. ---
**Author:** ![saaspeter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/saaspeter/32/448358_2.png) [@saaspeter](https://community.openai.com/u/saaspeter)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 7:37am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/8 "2024-07-26T07:37:15Z")
I don’t think it will cost too much resources to build another version for intel Mac, after all there are a huge of mac intel devices, so I hope the new version will be released for mac intel soon. ---
**Author:** ![joseffb78](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/joseffb78/32/285508_2.png) [@joseffb78](https://community.openai.com/u/joseffb78)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/9 "2024-11-30T21:48:38Z")
At this point I’m considering making my own via [GitHub - zjf-plus/chatgpt-browser: Node.js client for the unofficial ChatGPT API. 🔥](https://github.com/zjf-plus/chatgpt-browser). I really don’t want to though. I shouldn’t need to build my own tools in order to use a tool. ---
**Author:** ![Kreshnik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/kreshnik/32/367154_2.png) [@Kreshnik](https://community.openai.com/u/Kreshnik)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/10 "2025-01-10T15:02:55Z")
Is there yet an official statement to this issue? ---
**Author:** ![tomaszpeplinski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/tomaszpeplinski/32/552690_2.png) [@tomaszpeplinski](https://community.openai.com/u/tomaszpeplinski)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 9:07am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/11 "2025-02-15T09:07:15Z")
The official stance seems to be silence, but the fact that they have a deal with Apple and are promoting Apple Silicon while limiting AI apps to just those machines makes it look like only Apple Silicon can handle AI—at least for non-technical users. ---
**Author:** ![joseffb78](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/joseffb78/32/285508_2.png) [@joseffb78](https://community.openai.com/u/joseffb78)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/chatgpt-desktop-app-for-intel-macbooks/749352/12 "2025-04-05T14:04:47Z")
I bought a new mac and just started using their desktop version. I think that’s their plan is to just wait out the intel folk.