Download Halo

Download Halo for Mac

A zip of the app. After this you won't need to download it again, Halo updates itself.

What you need

• macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
• An Apple silicon or Intel Mac.
• Pro Tools (Pro Tools Developer works too), REAPER, or both.

Installing

1. Safari unzips the download for you, so Halo ends up in your Downloads folder. If your browser leaves it as a zip, select it in Finder and press Command+Down Arrow to unzip it.
2. Move Halo to Applications. In Finder, select Halo and press Command+C, press Command+Shift+A to go to Applications, then press Command+Option+V to move it there.
3. Open Halo with Command+Down Arrow. It lives in the menu bar and doesn't have a Dock icon. To get to its menu, press VO+M twice for the menu extras.
4. macOS asks for Accessibility first. Choose Open System Settings and turn Halo on. Then it asks whether Halo can control VoiceOver, and you choose OK.
5. Halo talks through VoiceOver with AppleScript, so open VoiceOver Utility with VO+F8 and, on the General page, check "Allow VoiceOver to be controlled with AppleScript." If it's off, Halo puts up a window with a button that opens VoiceOver Utility.
6. The Welcome window lists Pro Tools and REAPER, checked if they're installed. Press Continue and Halo sets them up.

There's more on all of this in Using Halo.