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Use Raspberry Pi Imager on your Mac from ChatGPT or Claude

Imaging utility to install operating systems to a microSD card. With BCD, ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps can open Raspberry Pi Imager on your Mac, read its window and press buttons or type, from your phone or another computer.

Works on

About Raspberry Pi Imager

Version
2.0.12
Installs (last 365 days)
23,317 · #104 among Homebrew apps
Needs
macOS 13 or later
Homepage
www.raspberrypi.com/software
Install
brew install --cask raspberry-pi-imager

Try asking

“Open Raspberry Pi Imager and tell me what is on its screen”
“Install Raspberry Pi Imager with Homebrew”
“Quit Raspberry Pi Imager and update it to the latest version”

Questions

Can ChatGPT control Raspberry Pi Imager?
On a Mac with BCD, yes, through the app's window: ChatGPT can open Raspberry Pi Imager, read the buttons and text it shows, press buttons, type and pick menu items. How far that goes depends on how much of its window Raspberry Pi Imager exposes to macOS accessibility.

Does this work on Windows?
No. BCD controls app windows only on a Mac. On Windows and Linux it works with files and commands.

Is it safe?
A new computer starts read-only. Controlling the screen and apps is turned on per computer, and macOS asks once before BCD may control apps.

Try it on your computer

BCD connects ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps to your own Mac, Windows or Linux computer. One computer is free, with 20,000 tool calls a month and no card.

Program data from Homebrew, updated 2026-11-11. Installs are Homebrew's installs on request over the last 365 days.