ChatGPT’s Mac app introduces a feature called “Computer History” that creates a timeline of user activity across apps and websites used on a Mac. The timeline is intended to be searchable, allowing users to review what they did and when, using information gathered from their interactions.
Multiple outlets report that the feature is designed to track activity without taking screenshots. ZDNet frames the update around potential privacy concerns, questioning whether users should enable it. Cult of Mac similarly describes the tracking capability and emphasizes that it produces a record of activity the user can browse, positioning it as something that “watches everything” in the sense that it compiles actions into a single history.
Overall, the coverage focuses on what the feature does—monitoring and aggregating activity to generate a timeline—and the key point of difference is emphasis: ZDNet highlights privacy risk considerations, while Cult of Mac focuses more on the scope of what is tracked and the resulting timeline experience. Both describe “Computer History” as a new capability within ChatGPT’s Mac application that summarizes user activity into a navigable record.
