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title: "Codex Workshop Mac Setup"
description: "Create or confirm your ChatGPT account, install the Codex app on macOS, and sign in before cloning a repository."
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This setup path is for macOS users who want Codex ready as a desktop coding
agent before they connect GitHub Desktop and clone the handbook.

## Create Or Confirm Your ChatGPT Account

1. Open [ChatGPT pricing](https://chatgpt.com/pricing) or your ChatGPT account
   settings and confirm you have a plan that includes Codex.
2. Create or sign in to the ChatGPT account you want to use during the
   workshop.

<Note>
  Current OpenAI help docs describe ChatGPT sign-in as the normal starting
  point for the Codex app.
</Note>

## Install The Codex App

1. Open the [Codex app docs](https://developers.openai.com/codex/app) and
   download the macOS build.
2. Install the app and open Codex.
3. Sign in with your ChatGPT account.

## Choose A Local Projects Folder

Pick a parent folder where your handbook clone will live, for example:

```text
~/Projects
```

You will choose the actual handbook repo after you finish the GitHub Desktop
page.

## First-Run Checks

- Keep `Local` selected when you want Codex working on your own machine.
- Do not paste passwords, API keys, or 2FA codes into Codex messages.
- Review any permission prompt before approving it.

Then continue to
[GitHub And Repository Setup](/workshops/codex/github-and-repository).