AI Agents & Sessions

Use a Cloud Mac with Your Agents

By TermSquad · Last reviewed

A Cloud Mac gives your agents a real macOS desktop from NoMac, directly from your TermSquad terminal. Agents can build with Xcode and use Mac apps while you watch live. NoMac bills Mac usage to your own NoMac account; TermSquad adds no charge.

Connect NoMac

Open Settings, find iOS Simulator and Cloud Mac · NoMac, paste your NoMac API key and select Connect. The same connection is used for the iOS Simulator.

Ask your agent to start a Cloud Mac

Ask in your own words, for example: “Start a Cloud Mac and make sure the macOS build passes.” When the session starts, the Cloud Mac button appears in the terminal toolbar and the panel opens.

Agents can send your project to the Mac, run commands and long jobs such as xcodebuild in the background, read their output, and click, type, press shortcuts and scroll on the desktop. Project sync skips recognized credential files and build output, but review what a project contains before it is sent to an external service.

Take control and reconnect

The status reads Agent controls the Mac while your agent works. Select Take control to use the desktop yourself. Agent commands wait while you hold control, and closing the panel returns it. If the live display drops, the panel shows a recent screenshot; select Reconnect display to reconnect without starting another Mac.

Session time and renewal

While agents are actively working, TermSquad renews the session before it runs out, up to eight hours in total. Watching, screenshots and status checks do not count as work. TermSquad never buys NoMac credit; if your credit runs out, the session cannot be extended and you see a warning to save your work.

Closing the panel does not stop a paid session. Ask your agent to stop it, select Stop, or stop it from Cloud Mac sessions in Settings.