macOS Sandboxes

Daytona provides macOS sandboxes for AI agents that need a macOS operating system. A macOS sandbox is an isolated macOS environment that runs on dedicated Apple silicon hardware. Each sandbox runs on a Mac reserved for your account, with its own filesystem and desktop. Agents and developers can install software, run macOS applications and command-line tools, and control the desktop through Computer Use, VNC, and SSH.

macOS sandboxes are provided through the use.computer ↗ platform. You reserve a Mac, then create macOS sandboxes on it through the use.computer API with a use.computer API key. The Daytona SDKs, CLI, and API do not manage macOS sandboxes.

Term	Description
Sandbox	An isolated macOS environment on a reserved Mac, created on demand to run code.
Apple silicon	The Mac hardware that macOS sandboxes run on.
Reservation	A Mac reserved for your account. macOS sandboxes run on a reserved Mac.
API key	The use.computer API key. It is separate from your Daytona API key.

Use cases

macOS sandboxes are used when the software, the build, or the task requires macOS.

• Computer-use agents on macOS: an agent operates macOS applications through screenshots and input events, for tasks that exist only in macOS software.
• macOS-only software: applications and command-line tools that run only on macOS run on a reserved Mac instead of on a developer’s laptop.
• Build and test on macOS: Xcode builds, test suites, and scripts run on a clean macOS machine for each run, so results do not depend on leftover state.
• macOS application automation: scripts drive macOS applications and desktop interactions on real Apple silicon hardware.

Create a macOS sandbox

Create a macOS sandbox on a reserved Mac.

1. Go to use.computer ↗
2. Obtain an API key
3. Reserve a Mac
4. Use the API key to create a macOS sandbox

API

curl 'https://api.use.computer/v1/sandboxes' \
  --request POST \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_USE_COMPUTER_API_KEY' \
  --data '{
  "type": "macos"
}'

Desktop and remote access

See the use.computer API documentation ↗ for Computer Use, VNC, SSH, screenshots, and other macOS sandbox operations.

The Daytona SDKs, the Daytona CLI, and the Daytona API do not manage macOS sandboxes.