Claude code running on your mac without hijacking the cursor is not a feature, it is a sandboxing…
claude code running on your mac without hijacking the cursor is not a feature, it is a sandboxing question. background computer use means the agent is now a coworker with a process id, and hr has not been told.
the first enterprise to lose a key on this is going to write the policy the rest of the industry copies.
Context
The Claude Code docs say computer use in the CLI on macOS is a research preview that needs Pro or Max, is not available on Team or Enterprise plans, and needs an interactive session. 9to5Mac, dated 2 September 2026, says background computer use is available for Claude Code only on macOS, for Pro and Max customers, and that Anthropic announced it that day.
Background computer use on Mac for Claude Code, announced on 2 September 2026, is supported. The exact docs wording for without hijacking the cursor was not located, and a secondary snippet says without stealing your screen. The docs exclude Team and Enterprise plans, which sits oddly with the note's enterprise policy framing. That this is a sandboxing question, that the agent is a coworker with a process ID that HR has not been told about, and that the first enterprise to lose a key writes the policy, are the author's opinion and prediction, with no inspected evidence about key loss.
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- Anthropic's plan availability for computer use beyond the research preview.
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