What the work involves

This is application-expert data work, not software testing or IT support. You are asked to work inside macOS Sonoma 14.5 the way you normally do — locating a setting, arranging Spaces, using Quick Look, batch-renaming in Finder, configuring Stage Manager, working through Preview, Mail, Notes, Shortcuts or Disk Utility — and to record what you did as a sequence of high-resolution screenshots with precise, unambiguous descriptions of each step and the resulting state. Some assignments run the other direction: you are shown a model's account of how to do something on Sonoma and asked whether it is correct, whether the menu path still exists in 14.5, and where exactly it goes wrong.

The distinctions that matter are small and version-specific. System Settings in Sonoma is not System Preferences; a pane moved, a toggle was renamed, a feature that existed in Ventura is gone or relocated. Work is judged on whether your captures and descriptions are reproducible by someone else on the same OS — not on how elegant your workflow is.

What the platform screens for

  • That Sonoma 14.5 is genuinely your daily driver. Expect questions that only a habitual user answers quickly — where a specific setting lives, what changed from 14.4, what the bundled apps do and do not support.
  • Capture capability. Your display setup must produce screenshots above 2.5 MP, either from one sufficiently high-resolution monitor or two side-by-side displays captured as a single spanning image. A lone 1080p screen does not qualify.
  • Descriptive precision. Screeners look for whether you name UI elements exactly as macOS labels them rather than approximating.
  • Honest scoping. Claiming expertise across every bundled app tends to fail follow-ups faster than a narrower, concrete claim.

Logistics

Fully remote and asynchronous, contract work through Mercor, with observed rates in the $60–70/hr band — stated as observed on the platform, not guaranteed for any given assignment. Hours are self-directed and typically drawn in batches; some contributors work a few hours a week, others take larger blocks when a project is live. You supply your own Mac, display and any software you reference; nothing is issued to you.