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Download it from screenshepherd.live, open the file, and drag ScreenShepherd into Applications. That is the whole install.
It is a big download — the voice it listens with is inside the app, so that it works on the day even if your church wifi does not. Once it is on the Mac it needs no internet at all.
Before you start, check the Mac can run it: Requirements. The one that catches people out is macOS 14 or later.
1

Download it

From screenshepherd.live. It is a large file — leave it running.
2

Open the file and drag ScreenShepherd into Applications

The usual way you install a Mac app.
3

Open ScreenShepherd

It opens normally — no warnings, no right-clicking.It asks for a licence key the first time. See Activating a Mac.
4

Activate it

Paste in the licence key from screenshepherd.live and press Activate. Once per Mac.It walks you through the rest. See First-time setup.

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Allowing the microphone

macOS asks once, the first time it listens. Say yes. If you said no, or someone else did, you can put it right: general → microphone → open system settings.

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Updates

It updates itself. New versions download quietly in the background and are in place the next time you open the app. Nobody is asked, and nothing interrupts you. It never updates during a service. If anyone is listening, it waits — and if a service starts while a new version is still downloading, it stops and picks it up another time. You can also check by hand: general → software update → check for updates.