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What Cybee does, what it does not do and what to know before you connect a Mac. Something we have not answered? Write to [email protected].

46 answerssix topicschecked 28.09.2026

The essentials.

Protection is free on every Mac with an Apple chip. Proof is what you pay for.

What does Cybee not do?

Cybee looks at your Macs and the AI tools on them. It does not cover your written company rules, how your team behaves, or other online services such as client tools. It is not a certification or an audit. It runs on Macs with an Apple chip, M1 or newer, on macOS 15 or newer. It shows what AI agents do, but choosing what each agent may reach is planned, not live.

Is Cybee security software or a compliance tool?

Security software first. It stops bad software on your Macs while it runs, shows which AI tools are on them and keeps a dated record of your settings for the day a client asks. Your company policies and any outside audit stay separate.

Is this a real antivirus?

Yes. Cybee stops bad software in real time, using known signatures and what a program does while it runs. It is not a consumer suite with a scan button.

What is free?

Protection, on every Mac, with no limit on Macs or people and no end date. That covers stopping bad software, alerts, the 118 safety checks and the list of apps, browser extensions and AI tools on each Mac.

Fixing weak settings after a preview, the three security levels, reports without the seal and email support within one working day are free too. The sealed Trust Passport and security training are on the Cybee subscription.

Are we too small for this?

Small teams are exactly who Cybee is built for. The tools that produce proof were built for a security department. Cybee is built for the team that does not have one.

Macs are safe. Why do we need this?

That was true for a long time. It is not true now: Jamf Security 360 counted more than 26,000 new Mac malware samples in one year. The same Macs now run AI agents that can run commands and open your files. Cybee is built for that Mac.

Which devices does it cover?

Macs with an Apple chip, M1 or newer, on macOS 15 or newer. To check, open the Apple menu and choose About This Mac. If it says Chip, the Mac has the right chip. From your phone you can still ask about your Macs, through your connected AI assistant.

What about Windows?

Cybee is built for Macs, on purpose. It runs on Macs with an Apple chip, M1 or newer, on macOS 15 or newer. Windows, Linux, Intel Macs, iPhone, iPad and servers are not supported today.

What about our Google Workspace?

Coming soon. Once it ships, you connect it and Cybee keeps the same dated record for your accounts: sign ins, apps given access, Drive downloads and admin changes. Until then, answer a form’s account questions from the Workspace admin console.

Which assistants work?

ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor, and also Claude Code, Codex and Grok. After the install you type /cybee, then your question. No AI assistant? Terminal works too. Copilot is not supported. Set up your AI assistant.

Do I need to work in the terminal?

No. Run the install line in Terminal, a chat, your IDE or a CLI, and keep working where you started. You ask your questions in your AI assistant, and the Cybee icon in your Mac’s menu bar shows your status and any training that is due. The install guide shows each step.

What should I do straight after installation?

Stay where you started. In a chat or your IDE, type /cybee and it suggests useful questions about your protection, your AI tools and what to do next. In Terminal, cybee status shows whether protection is on. Start with the assistant guide.

Can I use Cybee from my phone?

Yes, through your connected assistant. Ask about your Macs while you are away from your desk. The protection itself runs on each Mac, and a change still waits for a yes from the person who uses that Mac.

How do I remove Cybee?

In Terminal, type sudo cybee uninstall, press Return, then type your Mac’s password.

Protection and changes.

Protection runs on its own. Anything that changes a Mac waits for the person who uses it.

What is the difference between stopping bad software and fixing settings?

Detection finds bad software and stops it while it runs. Hardening turns on your Mac’s own safety switches, such as disk encryption and the screen lock, and keeps them on. The two work together, and neither one makes a Mac impossible to break into.

Will it slow my Mac down?

Cybee runs on Apple’s own security framework, the one the Mac already uses. You notice it only when it has something to tell you. The stricter security levels change settings people notice, such as how soon the screen locks, and your AI assistant shows what will change before anything does.

Does a change I ask for in the chat need my confirmation?

Yes. Anything you ask for in the chat that changes a Mac waits for a yes from the person who uses that Mac. Check the action and which Mac it affects before you approve it.

What can I see about our AI tools?

The AI tools found on each Mac, the outside tools they are set up to connect to, and alerts about what they did. For Claude Code and Cursor, the full record stays on that Mac, with the time and whether each action was only tried or completed. The person who uses the Mac reads it with cybee ai-activity. A connection that is set up does not prove it was used. See an example.

Does Cybee restrict what an AI agent can do?

No. It shows what agents do. It does not block them, and it cannot promise that every action is captured. Choosing what each agent may reach is planned, not live.

Where do security alerts arrive?

In the chat, as a macOS notification, in Slack, and on a phone by WhatsApp or SMS, all free. Each alert has an id you can ask your AI assistant about. Getting an alert never approves a change on a Mac.

Should I remove my existing security tools?

Keep what you have while you try Cybee. Not sure the two get along? Write to [email protected] with the name of your tool, and we answer within one working day.

Has Apple checked Cybee?

Yes, in one specific way. The Cybee app for Mac is Apple notarized: Apple checked the submitted software for known malicious content and signing problems. That is separate from the Endpoint Security permission, which lets security software use Apple’s security framework. Neither one rates how well Cybee detects threats.

Apple: notarization Apple: Endpoint Security permission

What if a Mac is lost or wiped?

Ask your AI assistant to remove it and confirm. It takes one step. Cybee flags a Mac that stops reporting, and after 30 days without a report it marks the Mac dormant. Cybee does not lock or wipe a Mac. If it was an admin’s Mac, a new Mac on the same Apple ID can rejoin the team at install, from the admin key’s backup in iCloud Keychain.

Data and privacy.

Security facts leave the Mac. Never your files or your passwords.

What does Cybee put on my Mac?

Three things on every Mac: the protection agent, which runs as a system service from startup; the Cybee app in the menu bar, which starts when you log in; and the Terminal command, such as cybee status. On an admin’s Mac it also adds the connections to your AI assistant and the admin key, which only that person can read, with a backup in their iCloud Keychain. It watches programs, not people.

What runs on the Mac, and what leaves it?

Stopping bad software, fixing settings and checking files all happen on the Mac. What leaves it are security facts: events, the state of each setting, the list of apps, browser extensions and AI tools, what the AI tools are connected to and alerts about what they did, with the time. Never the contents of your files, never passwords or tokens. The full record of what the AI tools did stays on the Mac.

Read the privacy policy, and ask for the retention and subprocessor details that apply to your setup.

Can Cybee be used to monitor employees?

No. Cybee watches programs, not people. It checks apps and security settings and never scores anyone’s productivity. It does record alerts about what the AI tools on each Mac did, with the time. An admin is whoever holds an access key for the team. An admin can ask about every Mac and sees what Cybee reports on it, never its files or the full AI activity record.

Does my assistant provider see the answers?

Yes, the answers you ask for, such as tables, verdicts or alert texts. They pass through your AI assistant’s provider under its terms. File contents, passwords and tokens are never part of them. Check the data settings of your AI assistant account.

Can I request a Data Processing Agreement?

Yes. Ask [email protected] for the current agreement, the retention details and the list of subprocessors before you connect a setup with specific data requirements.

Proof and its limits.

Every record shows its dates, and what Cybee could not see.

What does a Trust Passport prove?

Which security settings held on your Macs, and since when. The Trust Passport is a dated record of how your Macs are protected. Your client or insurer opens it through one link and sees what holds, since when, and what Cybee could not see. It is not a certification or an audit, and it does not answer for your policies, your people or your cloud. It says so on the page.

Is the Trust Passport a certification?

No. It is not a certification and not an audit opinion. It covers technical controls on the Macs it lists, and nothing about your policies, your people, your backups or your cloud. It says so on the page.

Will a client accept it?

Your client or insurer decides. The Passport answers their questions about your Macs, for example whether your laptops are encrypted and since when. Policies, people and other business matters need their own answers, and the Passport is not a certification. See one questionnaire question worked through.

Can I trust the numbers?

Every number comes from facts each Mac reported, with the time. The page states its own limits. It is sealed with a fingerprint printed at its foot: the fingerprint shows whether the page changed after it was made, and it does not check the facts a second time.

What if one Mac is missing?

It stays on the record as not assessed. A line such as “seven of eight Macs assessed” keeps the missing Mac in view instead of counting it as a pass.

Can I revoke a Passport link?

Yes. Ask your AI assistant to revoke it, and the link stops working.

Security training.

Short lessons for your team, with completion recorded, on the Cybee subscription.

What is security training?

Short interactive lessons with a check at the end, assigned from the chat, part of the Cybee subscription.

Which plan includes training?

The Cybee subscription. Assign lessons from your AI assistant and see who has finished them. See how training works.

Does the current Passport include training completion?

No. Completed training is recorded separately from the Passport for your Macs. Finishing a lesson is not a certification of your company, and it does not complete an audit.

Plans and billing.

Protection is free. The Cybee subscription is 9 per Mac per month, or 90 a year.

How much does the Cybee subscription cost?

9 per protected Mac a month, or 90 a year, in CHF, EUR, USD or GBP, excluding tax. Twelve monthly payments come to 108 per Mac, so paying yearly costs 18 less.

Is there a catch?

There is none for protection. Free protection is how we meet you. Proof is how we get paid. The Cybee subscription is CHFEURUSDGBP 9 per Mac per month, or 90 a year.

Why pay yearly?

Security is judged over a period, not on one day. Audit standards such as SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 look at how controls held across months, and an insurer reads the record after a loss to see whether a control was on that day. The Trust Passport does not replace either. Settings also drift over time. The Trust Passport shows when protection began, and every day it runs adds a day nobody can buy later. Monthly stays available.

Is the price per person or per Mac?

Per Mac. One person using two Macs on the Cybee subscription counts as two. Free protection has no limit on Macs or people.

What changes if I stop paying?

Your Macs stay protected and hardened on the free plan. No new sealed Trust Passports are made, and training ends.

What support is included?

Email support within one working day, free and paid alike.

Are custom arrangements possible?

Yes. Talk to us about larger organisations, franchise networks, insurers or IT service providers. Talk to us.

Can I try the Cybee subscription?

Yes, for 14 days. Free protection stays free, with no end date. See the trial and plans.

How do I upgrade to the Cybee subscription?

Ask for a paid feature, such as the Trust Passport, in your AI assistant or in Terminal. Cybee replies with a Stripe payment link right there. This website has no checkout. Read about the trial and upgrade.

Your next client will ask. Be ready.

curl -sSf https://get.cybee.dev | sh

Press Command and C to copy.

Send the setup guide to my Mac

Run it in Terminal, a chat, your IDE or a CLI. Keep working where you started.

What the command does

  • Installs a notarized agent on this Mac.
  • Creates no account. The install is identified by a token.
  • Starts protecting the device at once.
  • Changes no setting until you confirm it in your AI assistant.
  • Asks for this Mac’s administrator password once, and for no email address.

Free for every Mac with an Apple chip · Asks before it changes your Mac What it installs Read the install script

Install Cybee on your Mac.

Not at your Mac? Send these steps to yourself.

Runs on Macs with an Apple chip, M1 or newer, on macOS 15 or newer. To check, open the Apple menu and choose About This Mac: next to Chip, the name starts with Apple M.

curl -sSf https://get.cybee.dev | sh

Run it in one of these places. Keep working there.

  • Terminal

    Open Terminal, paste the line and press Return.

    Then cybee status

  • Chat

    Paste it into your AI assistant’s chat and ask it to install Cybee. This needs an assistant that runs on your Mac. A chat in a browser tab cannot reach your Mac.

    Then restart the chat and type Cybee

  • IDE

    Paste it into the terminal in Cursor, or ask Cursor to run it.

    Then restart Cursor and type Cybee in its chat

  • CLI

    Ask Claude Code or Codex to run it. macOS asks for your password in a window.

    Then Cybee in a new session

Your Mac may ask for your password. That is macOS checking it is you. When System Settings opens, switch on CybeeES under Full Disk Access. Protection starts then. Full Disk Access lets Cybee watch what programs do. Your files never leave your Mac.

Want the Cybee subscription?

The 14 day trial starts in your AI assistant, after Cybee is installed. Ask for a Trust Passport, or for training. The link arrives in the chat and leads to Stripe, the payment service.