# RuntimeWire — Perplexity runs its Computer agent fully locally on Apple silicon Macs

- Company: RuntimeWire (runtimewire.com)
- Announced: 2026-10-20T22:21:13+00:00
- Category: availability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://runtimewire.com/article/perplexity-computer-fully-local-mac
- Record: https://forck.live/items/25567-perplexity-runs-its-computer-agent-fully-locally-on-apple-silicon-macs
- Subject: Reporting

Perplexity is letting Pro, Max and Enterprise subscribers run its Computer agent entirely on supported Apple silicon Macs, so work on local files and apps can stay on the device. The company announced the release in a three-post thread on X on October 20th, making fully local execution a paid feature rather than one available to all users. In fully local mode, the model, the agent and task execution all run on the Mac, while cloud escalation remains available for tasks that need broader capabilities. Perplexity recommends 36 GB of memory, a requirement that limits which Macs can run the agent comfortably.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://runtimewire.com/article/perplexity-computer-fully-local-mac:

> Perplexity Computer can now run its model, agent and task execution entirely on supported Apple silicon Macs, keeping work on local files and apps on the device when users choose fully local mode.

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