> ## Documentation Index > > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://lithi.ai/llms.txt > > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Your Mac could earn while you sleep. Lithi Connect is for anyone with a supported Mac. Start with one personal Mac, choose when it can help the Lithi Agent Network complete AI work, and earn from accepted work. You can add more Macs you own or are authorized to manage. Invitations, Community Hours and business administration are optional. Supported Apple silicon Macs include MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, iMac, Mac Studio and Mac Pro. Use an Apple silicon Mac with at least 16GB of memory, running macOS 15 or macOS 26. Setup checks that your Mac can take part. Choose when your Mac can help and leave it plugged in. Lithi handles the rest. [Join Lithi Connect](/connect?join=1) Lithi sends tasks: - Text & Data — For example: text, records, tables, CSV, JSON, corpora. - Documents & Images — For example: PDFs, scans, forms, screenshots, images. - Audio & Video — For example: recordings, meetings, podcasts, clips, video libraries. - Code & Tests — For example: code changes, recorded diagnostics, test results, release evidence. - Models & Evaluation — For example: model assets, candidate outputs, evaluation sets, rubrics. Your Mac: Completes tasks. You earn. Lithi sends tasks to your Mac. Your Mac completes them, and Lithi checks the results. You earn for accepted work; payment follows customer payment. [View the Mac app demo](/connect/the-app) No coding. No technical setup. ## Crowdsourced AI compute, powered by people. Your Mac joins a shared network built from Macs that people, families and local businesses already own. Together, they take on suitable AI work for businesses that need it. That work includes translating documents, pulling details out of scans and forms, turning recordings into transcripts and summaries, and reviewing code. Your Mac does its part locally, using AI models that run on its own Apple silicon chip. People power the network in two ways. Mac owners share in what accepted work earns, and Connectors help it grow by introducing it to people they know. Your Mac stays yours. Customer work runs in a secure, isolated environment that can’t access your desktop, your personal files or your Mac’s controls. ### 18 — Months of development March 2025 to September 2026. ### 50% — Shared provider pool Of eligible settled task revenue, shared among Macs contributing to accepted work. This is a pool allocation, not an individual earnings rate or guarantee. The rest runs and grows the network. ### Where the rest of the revenue goes 50% of eligible task revenue goes to the Macs that helped complete accepted work. A Mac that invited another Mac earns 10% of what that Mac earns, up to 5% of the revenue, paid from Lithi's share rather than the pool. The rest stays with Lithi to run the network: finding and billing customers, routing and checking every task, support and payouts. It also pays for growth, including social media ads that Lithi plans and checks with its own Meta Ads kit, so more customers bring more work to share. Work and earnings aren't guaranteed. ## What could your Mac earn? Choose your Mac and its available hours to see what it could earn. Choose your Mac family, chip and memory, then set its available hours and your electricity price. Start with one personal Mac or calculate several Macs you own or are authorized to manage. The calculator starts without a selected Mac. It shows an illustration only after you choose a configuration with published assumptions; a missing illustration does not decide whether your Mac is supported. ### Estimate assumptions See every figure behind the estimate, and what it does not include. - Electricity price: $0.1835 USD/kWh — US average residential price, June 2026 (EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.3) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=table_5_03) - Power and electricity: each illustrated configuration uses a linked Apple power figure and its selected hours. Desktop figures and notebook adapter wattage are identified separately in the estimator. - Mac-provider share of eligible revenue: 50% Available paid work varies, so paid work and earnings are not guaranteed. Taxes are not deducted here. [How earnings work](/connect/earnings) [Have more than one Mac? See how to add them](/connect/docs/macs) ## Your Mac, on your terms. - **SET UP YOUR MAC** — Install the Lithi app, or let an AI agent like Claude Code set it up. - **CHOOSE YOUR HOURS** — Pick when your Mac can help and keep it plugged in. Pause whenever you like. - **EARN FROM ACCEPTED WORK** — Lithi sends your Mac suitable AI tasks. Your payout status shows earnings once the customer pays. ## How many Mac owners do you know? Inviting people, hosting Community Hours and using an AI assistant are optional. You can share a personal Mac without them. If you want to help Lithi grow, these tools help you share it with people you know. One Mac can do a little. Millions might shake things up! ### Find nearby Macs. Help your network grow. Scan your local network from the Lithi app to find nearby Macs. Review the devices you find, choose which ones to add, or share setup instructions with their owners to help them join. ### A coffee, your Mac, and a few local people Bring a few local people together over coffee and show them Lithi on your Mac. Choose a venue in the app, and Lithi drafts your Eventbrite listing, invitations and posters. You review and share. ### Share Lithi locally Lithi finds local Facebook groups and drafts posts and images. You choose which groups to join, check their rules, and share an invitation to a Community Hour or an introduction to Lithi. ### Start with someone you know Lithi drafts a personal invitation for a friend, colleague or business owner with a Mac. Your referral link is included; you review and send. ## Questions before you join ### Can I earn with one personal Mac? {#earnings} You can start with one supported personal Mac. Choose when it can help, keep it plugged in and online during those times, and earn from accepted work under the provider policy. You do not need a business or a fleet. Check your Mac’s compatibility and explore its earnings illustration before joining. Work and earnings are not guaranteed; payment follows the applicable terms. ### Which Macs can take part? {#supported-macs} Use an Apple silicon Mac with at least 16GB of memory, running macOS 15 or macOS 26. Setup checks that your Mac can take part. Supported notebooks and desktops can take part. Hardware compatibility, task qualification and the availability of an earnings illustration are separate checks. ### What work will my Mac do? {#work-types} Small parts of AI jobs that customers send, such as translating text, turning recordings into notes or organizing data. Lithi checks each result before it counts. Other networks differ in their hardware requirements, work and rewards; compare their current terms. [Compare networks](/connect/compare) ### Can I keep using my Mac? {#mac-performance} Yes. You can keep working from home while your Mac helps. Your Mac limits how much it takes on and reports its temperature, memory and whether you are using it. Sleep or going offline may interrupt a task: reconnect, check Lithi’s status and follow the recovery step. You can pause new work; a pause request does not prove an in-flight task stopped immediately. ### What can Lithi access on my Mac? {#personal-files} Customer work runs in a secure, isolated environment that can’t access your desktop, your personal files or your Mac’s controls. You choose when your Mac can help, and you can pause new work at any time. The Lithi Connect trust page has the details. ### Do I have to invite people or host events? {#optional-tools} Inviting people, hosting Community Hours and using an AI assistant are optional. You can share a personal Mac without them. ### Can I add Macs, pause or leave? {#multiple-macs} Yes. Set up each extra Mac on that Mac, and you’ll see them all in Agent Network. Pause new work whenever you like; work already underway follows its completion or cancellation rules. To leave for good, remove the Mac in Lithi; deleting the app alone doesn’t remove it. [Mac requirements](/connect/docs/macs) [Compare networks](/connect/compare) ## Start with one Mac. Choose when it helps, pause whenever you like and add more Macs later. Or share Lithi with a friend. [Join Lithi Connect](https://lithi.ai/connect)