UiPath on macOS: Automate Your Mac with Studio Web

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Garrick demonstrates that UiPath now enables full end-to-end automation natively on macOS using Studio Web in the browser plus UiPath Assistant for Mac, instead of the Windows-only tools, virtual machines, or light versions Mac users historically needed. Setup starts at cloud.uipath.com: create a free account, download Assistant for Mac from the download center, and grant it accessibility and screen recording permissions in system settings. He stresses that only the Apple Silicon version of Assistant supports UI automation for native Mac desktop apps such as Pages, Numbers, Notes, Mail, and Safari; Intel Macs are limited to cross-platform and web UI automations. The first example is a ‘full name CSV workflow’ that reads a desktop CSV with first name and last name columns and generates a new ’names full’ CSV adding a combined full name column, run with ‘debug on local machine’ and verified in Excel. Next, he builds an RPA workflow in Studio Web to add a confidentiality page to a Pages document: a Use Application/Browser activity with ‘indicate on local machine’ to select the Pages window, a Click activity targeted with UiPath’s computer vision, a Set Clipboard activity holding the confidentiality text, and a Keyboard Shortcuts activity for Command+V paste. He notes the healing agent adapts automations to common UI changes such as pop-ups or moved buttons. Finally, he uses Screenplay, UiPath’s prompt-driven agent, to open the two most recently published videos on the Kevin Stratvert YouTube channel in their own Chrome tabs — a task he says would be incredibly complex to build manually — noting the model menu defaults to UiPath with Gemini 2.5 Flash with options such as UiPath with GPT-5, and that Chrome and Safari each need their UiPath browser extension installed.

Key takeaways

• UiPath Studio Web runs in the browser on macOS, but UiPath Assistant for Mac must be running and signed into the same account, with accessibility and screen recording permissions granted, for automations to touch local files and apps
• Only the Apple Silicon version of Assistant supports UI automation for native Mac desktop apps; Intel Macs can run cross-platform and web UI automations but not desktop app automations
• A simple data workflow can read a CSV of first and last names and output a new file with a combined full name column, debugged on the local machine with a step-by-step log
• No-code UI automation uses ‘indicate on local machine’ and computer vision to target elements in apps like Pages, combined with activities such as Click, Set Clipboard, and Keyboard Shortcuts (Command+V)
• Screenplay lets you automate a complex UI task from a one-sentence prompt — e.g., opening the two most recent videos from a YouTube channel in their own tabs — with selectable models including Gemini 2.5 Flash (default) and GPT-5

Episode details: published February 2, 2026 · 14:39 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kevin Stratvert’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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