By Aminu Abdullahi
Publication Date: 2026-04-17 13:29:00
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Perplexity is turning your Mac into something closer to an employee than a machine.
After weeks of anticipation, Perplexity is moving beyond the search bar and straight into your hard drive. This week, the company began rolling out “Personal Computer,” an AI assistant that integrates directly with the Perplexity Mac App to operate across local files, native applications, and browsers.
The tool is designed to be a continuous digital worker. Perplexity specifically highlights the Mac mini as the ideal home for this system, allowing the AI to run 24/7 in the background.
The system is built to handle the heavy lifting of multi-step tasks. According to Perplexity, the tool “integrates with the Perplexity Mac App for secure orchestration across your local files, native apps, and browser.”
This isn’t just about reading text; it’s about taking action. The assistant can navigate iMessage, Apple Mail, and Calendar. It even has its own browser, Comet, to research and automate web tasks without the user needing to switch tabs or copy-paste data.
Tasks that move with you across devices
One of the most modern features of the rollout is the ability to hand off tasks between devices. You can start a complex research project or a file-sorting task from your iPhone while you’re out, and…
