Squad for Mac is in private beta.
Delegate from any app
The Delegate panel opens over the app that you use, like Spotlight. Each job starts a new conversation with the teammate that you pick.1
Open the panel
Press ⌥Space in any app. In Squad, you can also choose Delegate… in the File menu (⌘N), in the menu bar panel’s ⋯ menu, or in the right-click menu of the peek that opens when you point to the notch.
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Pick the teammate
The panel opens on your chief of staff. Select another teammate’s face to send the job to that teammate.
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Type the job
Type what the teammate should do.
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Send it
Select Send to and the teammate’s name, or press ⌘Return.
The page that you have open
When you open the panel from Safari, Chrome, Arc, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi, or Chromium, the page that you have open goes with the job. A chip shows the page’s title and the browser. The teammate gets the page’s title and address in your message, not the page’s text. Firefox is not supported. To send without it, select the X on the chip (Leave the page out). The first time, macOS asks you to allow Squad to control that browser. If you say no, the page is left out.Your screen
When Squad can see your screen, a picture of the front window of the app that you were in goes with the job. Squad takes the picture once, when you open the panel. Nothing is taken in the background or kept on your Mac. A chip shows the picture and the app’s name. The teammate gets the picture as an attached file. To send without it, select the X on the chip (Leave your screen out). Until Squad can see your screen, an icon button beside Send to and the teammate’s name asks macOS for the Screen Recording permission. Its tooltip starts with “Let Squad see your screen.” See Let your teammates use your Mac.Send selected text with the Services menu
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Select text or a link
In any app, select the text or the link to send.
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Choose Send to Squad
Choose Send to Squad in the app’s Services menu, or in the right-click menu under Services.
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Send the job
The Delegate panel opens with the text in it. Add what the teammate should do and send it.
Talk to your squad
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Hold the shortcut and speak
Hold ⌃⌥Space in any app and speak. The notch shows who gets the message and your words as you speak.
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Let go to send
Let go of the keys. The message goes out, and the notch says that it was sent.
Who gets the message
- Start with a teammate’s name to send the message to that teammate, for example “Nina, find venues for the launch.” Forms such as “Ask Nina to…” and “Hey Nina” work too. The full name, the mention name, or a first name that only one teammate has all work.
- Without a name, the message goes to the teammate whose chat is open in the main window, but only when the main window is in front.
- Otherwise, it goes to your chief of staff.
Hear the answer
With Hear the answer on, Squad reads the teammate’s reply aloud in that teammate’s voice when it arrives soon after your question. The words light up in the notch as they are read. Talking again stops the reading. A later reply is not read aloud. It comes as a notification. While the notch is on, it also shows in the notch with Play for a limited time. When the reply comes after a much longer time, Squad stops waiting for it, and the answer is only in the chat. See Limits and defaults.Stay quiet in meetings
With Stay quiet in meetings on, Squad stays quiet while another app uses your microphone or camera, or while your screen is shared:- Squad does not speak. An answer to a spoken question waits in the notch with Play.
- Squad plays no sounds. Notifications still show, without sound.
- The notch does not open by itself. Questions wait, then come out when the meeting ends.