Choose the AI service: built-in engine or your own key
AI features run on the built-in AI engine on your Mac, with no account and no extra software. In Settings › AI Services you can add a key for an online service instead.
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The built-in AI engine
AI Edit, Shorts titles and other AI features use a model that runs on your Mac. It needs no LM Studio, no account and no internet once it is installed, and your footage never leaves the Mac. It is the default on a new Mac.
The model is downloaded during the first set-up, sized to your Mac's memory. If it didn't finish, see Voice, speech or AI components didn't finish installing.
Use an online service instead
- Open Settings › AI Services.
- In Use, choose OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini or OpenRouter. Local model (on this Mac) is the built-in engine.
- Paste your API key and press Save. The key is kept in your Mac's Keychain. Remove deletes it.
- Press Load Models and pick a Model, or keep the recommended one.
With an online service, the text the feature needs (for example a transcript) is sent to that service under your own account. Video is not uploaded.
If it still doesn't work: open a ticket in Account › Support and we'll help.
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