--- title: "Step-by-step tutorials in your own apps | DuckyHelper" url: "https://duckyhelper.com/features/tutorials/" description: "On a Mac, DuckyHelper teaches you an app inside the app itself: it shows where to click, waits for you to do each step, and moves on when you did." updated: "2026-10-09" --- Mac app # Step-by-step tutorials in your own apps Ask the DuckyHelper Mac app how to do something, make a chart, turn on dark mode, use a formula, and Ducky teaches you in the real app on your screen. The pointer shows where, each step is said out loud, and Ducky waits for you to do it. It watches your clicks and typing and moves on only when you really did the step. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/)[See every feature](https://duckyhelper.com/features/) It waits for you ## Learn by doing, not by watching. A video moves on whether you followed or not. Ducky does not. It shows where the step is, says what to do, and watches the app you are in: your clicks, the field you are in, what you type. When you have really done the step, the next one follows. Prefer to go on yourself? Press Next. [Guide: Step-by-step tutorials in your own apps](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/tutorials/) A mini pill follows the mouse During a tutorial a small pill rides along with the mouse, with Cancel and Done. Hold fn and it holds still, so you can click it. Watching only while it runs Ducky follows your clicks and typing only while a tutorial asks for it, never at launch, and its log never says what you clicked. Any app A spreadsheet, a slide deck, System Settings, a design tool, a website: if it is on your Mac, Ducky can walk you through it. Watch me, then you ## See it once. Then your turn. Say show me first, and the pointer does the task once while Ducky narrates. It only moves and draws; nothing is clicked or typed. Then Ducky says your turn, and the same steps become a tutorial that checks you. [Guide: Watch me, then you](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/does-it-for-you/) It does it for you only when you ask Ask click it for me, or type my name in, and Ducky will. The pointer always flies there first, so you see every click, and it never types in a password field. Typing along ## When a step says type this. For a step where you type, grey ghost letters appear at your cursor inside the real text box, and each letter you type replaces its ghost. A wrong letter is marked in red under it, so you can fix it. Every letter is yours. [The typing coach](https://duckyhelper.com/features/typing-coach/) ## Ask how. Then do it. How a tutorial goes on a Mac. 1. 1. Press fn and ask how How do I make a chart from this table? In the app you are using. 2. 2. Ducky shows where The pointer flies to the first button and Ducky says the step. 3. 3. You do it Click, type, choose. Ducky watches and waits. 4. 4. The next step follows When you really did it. Done ends it; Cancel stops it any time. Tutorials need the Accessibility switch, to follow your clicks and typing, and Screen recording. The Mac app asks for both when you set it up. ## Doing beats watching. Following a worked example and then trying it yourself, with someone checking each step, is how skills stick. That is the shape of every DuckyHelper tutorial: show, then your turn, then a check. The learning science behind it: [Show a worked example first](https://duckyhelper.com/research/principles/worked-examples/). [Learning new software with DuckyHelper](https://duckyhelper.com/for/learning-new-software/) ## How to use it [Guide: Step-by-step tutorials in your own apps](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/tutorials/)[Guide: Watch me, then you](https://docs.duckyhelper.com/mac/does-it-for-you/) ## Frequently asked questions ### How do I learn new software step by step? Open the app you want to learn on your Mac, press fn and ask DuckyHelper how to do the task. Ducky shows each step on your real screen, says it out loud and waits for you to do it, then moves on. It works in spreadsheets, slide decks, design tools, settings and websites. ### Does Ducky click things for me? Only when you clearly ask, like click it for me, or while it shows you a task once in watch me, then you, where the pointer only moves and draws. Its pointer always flies to the spot first, so you see every click, and it never types in a password field. ### How does it know I did the step? While a tutorial runs, Ducky follows your clicks, the field you are in and what you type, using the Accessibility switch you allowed. When you have done the step for real, the next one follows. You can also press Next. ### Does it work on a Chromebook? Not right now: DuckyHelper is a Mac app (macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon). There is no Chromebook or web version. Tutorials in your own apps need the Mac app. In its Eddy tab, Eddy can also open a web page with you and point, scroll and click in it where you can watch. [Eddy's browser](https://duckyhelper.com/features/eddys-browser/) shows how. ### Can I stop a tutorial halfway? Yes. The small pill that follows your mouse during a tutorial has Cancel and Done. Hold fn and the pill holds still, so you can click Cancel. The tutorial ends there, and you can ask for it again whenever you want. ## More features ### Press fn in any app on a Mac and ask about exactly what is on your screen On a Mac, press fn in any app and DuckyHelper sees what you see, so you can ask about the exact problem in front of you. Hold fn and command to point. ### Circles, arrows and handwritten hints drawn right over your own work, on a Mac On a Mac, DuckyHelper draws on your real screen while it explains: circles, arrows, boxes and labels over any app, and hints written next to your work. ### Grey ghost letters at your cursor in any Mac app; type over them and fix the slips yourself DuckyHelper's typing coach puts grey ghost letters at your cursor in any Mac app. Type over them; a slip is marked in red so you can fix it. ### Eddy writes and draws step by step in time with its voice, then hands you a your-turn Eddy works it out on a blackboard, writing and drawing step by step in time with its voice, then gives you a your-turn and checks your answer. ### Write your working and get it checked line by line, or answer a quick check on Eddy's whiteboard Write your working and DuckyHelper checks it: the first wrong line marked with why on a Mac, and Eddy's whiteboard for a quick drawing or check. ### A picture made for your question, labelled as Eddy explains; tap any part to ask about it Ask Eddy to show you and a picture made for your question comes into focus, labelled as Eddy explains. Tap any part to ask about it, or change it. ## Keep reading ### New software: a tutorial inside the real app, one checked step at a time Learn a new app inside the real app: DuckyHelper shows where to click on your own screen, waits while you do each step, and checks it. Mac app. ### Download DuckyHelper for Mac: what you need, what it asks for and why Get DuckyHelper for Mac: download it, drag it to Applications, sign in and press fn. Needs Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later. ## Learn the app you are in Download DuckyHelper for Mac, open the app, press fn and ask how. [Download for Mac](https://duckyhelper.com/download/) [See what it does](https://duckyhelper.com/features/) The Mac app needs Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later. There is no Chromebook, Windows or web version right now.