Getting started

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Before you start

• A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or newer) and macOS 26.
• A Windows 11 PC with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16, RTX 20 or newer.
• Both on the same home network. The PC on Ethernet if you can.
• Steam installed on the PC and signed in: your games come from its library.

1. On the Mac

1. Drag Overtoaster to Applications and open it.
2. Allow access to the local network when macOS asks: without it the Mac can't see the PC.
3. Click Set up a PC. The Mac shows a short address, like your-mac.local:47901.

2. On the PC

1. Open that address in the PC's browser and click Download for Windows.
2. If the browser warns that the download isn't secure, choose Keep (why).
3. Run the installer. Windows asks for administrator rights once: choose Yes.
4. Check the code it shows and click Install.

3. Pair

1. The Mac asks whether the installer shows its code. If it does, click Yes, Pair.
2. Your games appear in Overtoaster and as Mac apps in Spotlight, Launchpad and the Dock.

4. Play

Click a game. If the PC is asleep, Overtoaster wakes it first (set that up once). Programs from the PC: add them in Apps; each opens in its own Mac window.