Perplexity’s Personal Computer is now available to everyone on Mac
Perplexity’s Personal Computer is now available to everyone on Mac
Perplexity 的“个人电脑”（Personal Computer）功能现已面向所有 Mac 用户开放
Perplexity’s Personal Computer, its answer to OpenClaw and other local AI agents, is now available to all Mac users via its desktop app, the company announced on Thursday. As a reminder, Personal Computer is an expansion on Perplexity’s general-purpose, multi-model digital worker dubbed, confusingly, Perplexity Computer. “Personal Computer,” meanwhile, is designed to bring those capabilities to your own device. It does so by allowing AI agents access to local files, applications, and connectors, as well as the web, in order to handle the individual user’s personal, multi-step workflows. Or, as the company describes Personal Computer, it “takes Computer out of the cloud-only world and onto the device where most of your real work already takes place.”
Perplexity 公司周四宣布，其旨在对标 OpenClaw 及其他本地 AI 智能体的“个人电脑”（Personal Computer）功能，现已通过桌面端应用向所有 Mac 用户开放。需要提醒的是，“个人电脑”是 Perplexity 通用多模型数字员工（其名称容易与“个人电脑”混淆，被称为 Perplexity Computer）的扩展功能。而“个人电脑”旨在将这些能力引入用户自己的设备。它通过允许 AI 智能体访问本地文件、应用程序、连接器以及网络，来处理用户个人的多步骤工作流程。正如该公司对“个人电脑”的描述，它“将计算机从纯云端世界带到了你大部分实际工作发生的设备上”。
The goal is to capitalize on the growing demand for local AI agents, popularized by OpenClaw, which can perform tasks on users’ behalf. But while OpenClaw presented several security risks because of its elevated permissions, solutions like Personal Computer are meant to offer users a safer AI-enabled computing environment. (Or at least that’s the claim.)
此举旨在利用对本地 AI 智能体日益增长的需求——这一概念由 OpenClaw 带火，它可以代表用户执行任务。然而，尽管 OpenClaw 因其高权限而存在诸多安全风险，但像“个人电脑”这样的解决方案旨在为用户提供一个更安全的 AI 赋能计算环境。（至少官方是这么声称的。）
Perplexity’s Personal Computer was introduced last month, but was limited to Perplexity Max subscribers and involved a waitlist. Today, the company says anyone on a Mac can now try the software as part of its new Perplexity Mac app. (Anyone can download the new app, but Personal Computer requires a Pro or Max subscription.)
Perplexity 的“个人电脑”于上个月推出，但当时仅限于 Perplexity Max 订阅用户，且需要排队等待。今天，该公司表示，任何 Mac 用户现在都可以通过其全新的 Perplexity Mac 应用来尝试该软件。（任何人都可以下载这款新应用，但使用“个人电脑”功能需要 Pro 或 Max 订阅。）
At launch, the software is able to work with your local files, native Mac apps, and operate on the web. It can also orchestrate tools, files, use over 400 connectors, and leverage your personal context, all within a secure development environment on Perplexity’s servers. If paired with Perplexity’s AI-powered Comet web browser, it can operate web-based tools without the need for direct connectors.
在发布之初，该软件即可处理本地文件、原生 Mac 应用并进行网页操作。它还可以在 Perplexity 服务器的安全开发环境中，协调工具、文件、使用超过 400 种连接器并利用用户的个人上下文信息。如果配合 Perplexity 基于 AI 的 Comet 网络浏览器使用，它甚至无需直接连接器即可操作基于 Web 的工具。
Designed to run autonomous agents on an always-on device like a Mac Mini, Personal Computer can even be accessed remotely from your iPhone, where you can initiate tasks or approve requests from your device. Perplexity suggests this can be used for all types of work, like working with spreadsheets, documents, and projects with many different materials. Because the tool can work across apps, agents could do something like compare two files from different apps or pull notes from one app to create a draft in another.
“个人电脑”旨在在 Mac Mini 等始终在线的设备上运行自主智能体，甚至可以通过 iPhone 进行远程访问，用户可以在手机上发起任务或批准请求。Perplexity 表示，这可以用于各种类型的工作，例如处理电子表格、文档以及包含多种不同素材的项目。由于该工具可以跨应用工作，智能体可以执行诸如比较来自不同应用的两个文件，或从一个应用中提取笔记并在另一个应用中创建草稿等操作。
As a result of its general availability, Perplexity says its older Mac app will be deprecated in the weeks ahead so the team can focus on the Personal Computer app. The new Mac app is available as a direct download only for now; it’s not in the Mac App Store.
随着该功能全面开放，Perplexity 表示其旧版 Mac 应用将在未来几周内停止维护，以便团队能够专注于“个人电脑”应用。目前，这款新的 Mac 应用仅提供直接下载，尚未上架 Mac App Store。