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louismonier

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Hi there! I’ve been searching everywhere for a good, simple menu bar app that would enable me to access Bing Copilot directly from my MacBook Pro. I found a couple but they were buggy or didn’t work well enough.

So I decided to make my own app. Feel free to check it out on Gumroad: https://louismonier.gumroad.com/l/bqfji

Let me know what you think!

Louis
 
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Thanks for this. I bought this, but unfortunately, it can't run on Monterey. I should check it more careful before buy. Anyway, it seems, this is good product!
 
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louismonier

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I uploaded a new version of the app on Gumroad. It is now compatible with macOS 11+. It should now run on Monterey.

Cheers!
 
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Google doesn't like your app :)
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louismonier

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New version (1.3) available on Gumroad!

Added the ability to open clicked links in the default system browser.

If you like the app, please consider paying for it (whatever amount seems reasonable to you).

Thanks!
 
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Generally speaking, uploading the released files (zip, dmg, pkg) to VirusTotal can help a developer identify any component that might be falsely reported as malware by security software.
Example: some components of CrossOver-23.5.0 are falsely reported as Windows trojans https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file...9a8761f8e1a6d8b3d000f921465d1257347/detection

Also, by uploading them yourself, you trigger the scanning and the users that might do the same are presented instantly with the result. Besides the malware scan, VT also provides an easy way for users to see that the file is signed with a valid Apple signature, besides yours :)
For anyone wondering, that information is in the Details tab https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file...b6acb10bdb03eecee5c88f9ad2e6b6547a5b5/details

Is there a technical reason why the app is arm64 only?
 
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louismonier

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bogdanw said:
Generally speaking, uploading the released files (zip, dmg, pkg) to VirusTotal can help a developer identify any component that might be falsely reported as malware by security software.
Example: some components of CrossOver-23.5.0 are falsely reported as Windows trojans https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file...9a8761f8e1a6d8b3d000f921465d1257347/detection

Also, by uploading them yourself, you trigger the scanning and the users that might do the same are presented instantly with the result. Besides the malware scan, VT also provides an easy way for users to see that the file is signed with a valid Apple signature, besides yours :)
For anyone wondering, that information is in the Details tab https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file...b6acb10bdb03eecee5c88f9ad2e6b6547a5b5/details

Is there a technical reason why the app is arm64 only?
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Nope. That’s what Xcode defaulted to. I’ll change it for the next release. Does this mean that Intel Mac users won’t be able to run it at all?
 
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louismonier said:
Done. It's now universal.
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It’s working on Intel macOS Monterey 12.7.1 (21G920)

You should consider adding a way to quit the app, like ⌘Q

Trying to change the settings for the language/country in the app opens the default browser.

You may want to avoid upsetting Microsoft :)
“A trademark use license is required in order to:
1) Use the Bing trademarks (the logo or icon alone)”
https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE1q9FS
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/trademarks
 
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louismonier said:
Done. It's now universal.
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Errrr... Universal. Perhaps this word does not mean what you think it means 😆. Just downloaded, but "You can’t open the application “TurboMacBing” because this application is not supported on this Mac." I run a 2019 Intel MBP with OS 14.1 Should I redownload later, when the Universal is posted?
 
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ipaqrat said:
Errrr... Universal. Perhaps this word does not mean what you think it means 😆. Just downloaded, but "You can’t open the application “TurboMacBing” because this application is not supported on this Mac." I run a 2019 Intel MBP with OS 14.1 Should I redownload later, when the Universal is posted?
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Sorry about that! New version just uploaded. 100% universal and with new UI. Enjoy!
 
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Yep. The only other time I got this alert was some podunk MIDI driver that could loopback internal audio to an INPUT that could be recorded at full resolution. Totally could have been used to pirate music, so I always wondered if that was merely just an RIAA takedown.

Apple won't volunteer if Gatekeeper got angry, or Microsoft did a IP takedown, or some mundane licensing issue, such as regionalization.

I'm not the most sophisticated threat hunter 🥴, but I ran this app on a lab machine in a sandbox for a while, didn't notice any overt threats - at least not beyond normal Bing in a browser. I didn't interrogate the Mac Gatekeeper to see if it left any logs. Sort of a non-issue, though; the normal Bingy AI bits started behaving in Safari.
 
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