dotshot for remote Macs and macOS VMs

What people send

What to send to it

Training curves and memory graphs from the machine doing the work.

Build errors, layout bugs, and Simulator screens, as screenshots or recordings.

Record a flaky animation or login flow; the agent gets frames it can reason about.

Designs, logs, and crash reports: drop them on the nub, choose the Mac.

Set it up

Install dotshot on your Mac
Download the notarized DMG from GitHub Releases and allow Screen Recording in its setup. Nothing gets installed on the other machine.
Make sure this Mac can reach it with a key
```
ssh -o BatchMode=yes dev@mac-mini.local true && echo ready
```
No key there yet? Run ssh-copy-id dev@mac-mini.local once. Tailscale names and ~/.ssh/config aliases (including ones with a ProxyCommand) work, because dotshot uses your SSH configuration.
Add it as a destination
In setup, or from Terminal (or let your agent do it with the setup skill):
```
DS=/Applications/dotshot.app/Contents/Resources/dotshot-capture.sh
"$DS" add mac dev@mac-mini.local '~/inbound'
"$DS" check mac
```
check creates a private folder, verifies the key and SFTP, and saves the absolute path your agent will see.
Capture
Press ⌃⌥⌘S and drag, or ⌃⌥⌘V to record. The file lands on the machine and its absolute path is on your clipboard.

On the destination Mac: System Settings → General → Sharing → Remote Login. That's all it needs.
macOS VMs (UTM, Tart, Parallels, cloud Macs) work the same as long as SSH reaches them.
The destination Mac doesn't need dotshot. Only the Mac you capture on does.

Also works with

Every guide uses the same app: add each machine once, then switch from the pill, a drop tile, or a dotshot:// link.