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by wahnfrieden 899 days ago
My free / mostly open source app also stores conversation history, synced via iCloud

https://ChatOnMac.com

edit: I can't reply to you below: Do you have the right app, there's no TestFlight just App Store link - if it's ChatOnMac then it should have a dropdown at the top of the chat room to select a model. If it's empty or otherwise bugged out please let me know what you see in the top menu. It filters the available model presets based on how much RAM you have available, so let me know what specific device you have and I can look into it. Thank you.

The model presets are also configurable by forking the bot and loading your own via GitHub (bots run inside sandboxed hidden webviews inside the app). But this is not ergonomically friendly just yet.
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ngai_aku 899 days ago
I was excited when I saw this, but I'm having trouble with it (and it looks like I'm not the only one). As others have pointed out, the download link on your site does open TestFlight. I've since deleted that version and installed the official version from the AppStore after revisiting this thread in search of answers.

I now have the full version installed on my iPhone 15 pro, and I have added my OpenAI key, but none of the models I've selected (3.5 Turbo, 4, 4 Turbo) work. My messages in the chat have a red exclamation next to them which opens an error message stating 'Load failed' when clicked. If I click 'Retry Message' the entire app crashes.

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wahnfrieden 899 days ago
Apologies for the rough edges and bad experience - I’ve just soft launched without announcement til this post. I will have a hotfix up soon. Thanks for the report.
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ngai_aku 899 days ago
No stress. Best of luck!
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janfoeh 899 days ago
> Do you have the right app, there's no TestFlight just App Store link

On chatonmac.com, the "Download on the App Store" button does not link the App Store for me either - I get a modal titled "Public Beta & Launch Day News" with "Join the TestFlight Beta" and "Launch Day Newsletter Signup Form".

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ggrelet 899 days ago
Hello, I like your app and the ethics you push forward. Do you plan to add the possibility to request for Dall-E 3 images within the chat? I’ve yet to find an app which does that and makes me use my own api key
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wahnfrieden 899 days ago
It’s planned. This is just the v1 MVP. I’ll have a hotfix out soon. Thanks for the suggestion and context
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bredren 899 days ago
Hey I tried the TestFlight. What are the steps after a fresh download for hooking it up to model?

I saw you can spec an OpenAI key but presume it would take llama or something else.

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