Grok Bot Mac App: Download, Install and Setup (2026)

Grok Bot Mac is the most common way people run SpaceXAI's AI teammates: the Mac build is the default download on the official page. Install takes about two minutes, and the Bots then work on their own cloud computer, so your Mac doesn't need to stay awake.

New to the product? Read What is Grok Bot?

Download Grok Bot for Mac

Download only from x.ai/bot. The file comes straight from Cursor's update server, because Grok Bot signs in with your Cursor account.

How to install Grok Bot on Mac

1. Check your chip under Apple menu > About This Mac.
2. Download the matching disk image and open it.
3. Drag Grok Bot to Applications.
4. Open Grok Bot. If macOS asks for confirmation, choose Open.

First-time setup on macOS

1. Sign in. Choose Sign in and finish Cursor authentication in the browser. Organizations can use SSO.
2. Link SuperGrok if that's your plan. Settings > Usage & Billing > Get Access with Grok.
3. Meet your first Bot. Computer setup runs in the background and a Bot named Grok Bot opens a chat.
4. Give it one job. For example: summarize an attached document and list every date, decision and open question.
5. Sign in to your tools. When the Bot hits a login, choose Take over, type the password or 2FA code yourself, then I'm done.

Per the Get started guide, the Bot never sees your password, and the signed-in session is shared with your other Bots.

Grok Bot Mac tips

• Press Cmd+D to dictate a message, or choose Start voice chat to talk live.
• Use the Mac app for teach-by-demonstration: let a Bot watch a workflow once and it saves a routine.
• Editing and testing routines needs desktop, so set them up on your Mac and monitor them from the iPhone app.
• While the Mac app is open, notifications from your Bots go to the desktop instead of your phone.
• Grok Bot checks for updates by itself; Settings > Updates has a manual check.

Grok Bot on Mac not working?

• App won't open or setup hangs: fully quit and reopen; the docs say this clears most problems.
• Blocked at start-up: your Cursor account may use Legacy Privacy Mode. Switch it in Cursor privacy settings.
• "No access": you have the app but no eligible plan, or SuperGrok isn't linked.
• Wrong build: reinstall the Apple silicon or Intel version that matches your Mac.

Grok Bot Mac app vs Sumus

Run Grok Bot templates in Sumus

If you want Grok-powered help on your Mac without installing another app or buying another subscription, open Sumus in Safari or Chrome. Sumus gives you AI teammates that run Grok 4.7: pick a ready-made template like a researcher, an outreach writer or a weekly-report Bot, give it the job in plain words, and it gets to work in the same chat as your team. Mix in Claude Opus 5.5 for careful writing or GPT-6 for analysis, and connect local agents like Claude Code or Codex when a task needs your own machine.

See how the two compare on our Grok Bot alternative page.