From Engadget · Igor Bonifacic · · 1m 10s
Perplexity lets you run AI on your Mac alone
Perplexity now lets Mac users run its entire Computer platform locally, keeping data private and cutting cloud costs.
In brief
Perplexity now lets Mac users run its entire Computer platform locally, keeping data private and cutting cloud costs. Perplexity now lets Mac users run its entire Computer platform locally without sending data to the cloud, provided they have at least thirty six gigabytes of RAM. Originally reported by Engadget.
Perplexity goes fully local
Perplexity now lets users run its entire Computer platform on their own Mac, following its September Hybrid Compute update that split workloads between cloud and local models.
What you need to run it
You need a recent Apple Silicon Mac with at least thirty six gigabytes of RAM to run the entire Computer experience, including the harness and orchestrator, locally.
Privacy and savings
Running locally keeps sensitive data off the cloud. You can access Notes and Mail to generate priority to-do lists without sending email data to the cloud or spending credits.
“This gives users more control over sensitive data and credit spend.”
Two models and fallback options
Users can choose Qwen three point six or PPLX Pro, a Perplexity fine-tuned version. If needed, the software can call on more than fifteen frontier models, with code execution in isolated sandboxes.
The main idea
Perplexity now lets Mac users run its entire Computer platform locally without sending data to the cloud, provided they have at least thirty six gigabytes of RAM.
