Overview
- Perplexity, which rolled out the new macOS app Thursday, opened access to Personal Computer for Pro and Max subscribers through the client.
- The company says it will retire its older Mac app in the coming weeks to concentrate development on the new release.
- The software is offered only as a direct download for now and is not listed in the Mac App Store.
- Agents can act on local files and native Mac apps, browse the web, and use more than 400 connectors, and pairing with the Comet browser lets it run web tools without dedicated plugins.
- The system is designed to run on an always-on Mac such as a Mac mini and supports iPhone task approvals, and Perplexity says actions occur in a sandbox with audit logs and heavy processing handled on its servers.