Get help with TextMates for macOS and iOS
1. Download TextMates from the App Store
2. Open the app and navigate to the Documents tab
3. Add your PDFs or text documents using drag & drop or the file picker
4. Go to the Chat tab and start asking questions about your documents
TextMates supports:
• PDF files (including scanned PDFs with OCR)
• Text files (.txt)
• Markdown files (.md)
• Rich Text Format (.rtf)
macOS: Requires macOS 14.0 or later with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, or newer)
iOS: Requires iOS 16.0 or later on iPhone with A12 Bionic chip or newer
Yes! TextMates processes everything locally on your device. Your documents never leave your Mac or iPhone, and no data is sent to any cloud servers. All AI processing happens on-device using Apple's MLX framework.
1. Go to Settings
2. Navigate to Model Management
3. Select your preferred embedding and answer generation models
4. The app will download and configure the selected models automatically
RAG Mode: Searches through your documents to provide answers with citations
AI Chat Mode: General conversation with AI without document context
If you need additional help or have questions not covered above, please reach out:
• Try using a lighter AI model in Settings
• Close other resource-intensive applications
• Ensure your device has sufficient free storage space
• On iOS, restart the app if memory warnings appear
• Check that the document format is supported
• For large PDFs, wait for the processing to complete
• Try removing and re-adding the document
• Check the processing status in the Documents tab
• Ensure you have a stable internet connection
• Check that you have at least 5GB of free storage
• Try downloading one model at a time
• Restart the app and try again
TextMates is regularly updated with new features and improvements. Make sure you're running the latest version for the best experience.
Current Version: 1.0
Release Date: December 2024