Desktop app and Apple services

The desktop app for Mac and Windows adds menu shortcuts, a system-wide Summon key, and docs that open in a window. On a Mac, the Apple Services helper lets Picrowd AI use your local Apple apps.

What the desktop app adds

The desktop app wraps the same Picrowd you use in the browser in a native window with a real application menu. Download for Mac or Windows from the Download section of the website. Everything stays in sync with the web and mobile apps because it is the same account and the same projects.

  • Menu commands with keyboard accelerators for Settings, New project, Search, the sidebar, and switching workspaces
  • A system-wide Summon shortcut that brings Picrowd forward from any app
  • What’s New, the wiki, the API and MCP docs, and the policies open in a window inside the app instead of navigating away from your project
  • A Desktop app section in Settings for update checks, install mode, Dock or menu bar presence, start at login, the frosted glass look, Apple services pairing, and rebinding the shortcuts

Default desktop shortcuts

New project, Search, the sidebar, workspace switching, and Summon can be rebound in Settings → Desktop app. The Settings shortcut stays Cmd / Ctrl + ,.

Shortcut / What it does

Cmd / Ctrl + , / Open Settings

Cmd / Ctrl + N / New project

Cmd / Ctrl + K / Search

Cmd / Ctrl + \ / Show or hide the project sidebar

Cmd / Ctrl + 1 … 5 / Switch to Table, Cards, Board, Picrowd AI, or Whiteboard

Cmd / Ctrl + Shift + P / Summon Picrowd from any app

Apple services on a Mac

Picrowd Apple Services is a small menu-bar app that connects one Mac to your Picrowd account so Picrowd AI can work with the Apple apps on that machine. It is installed and paired once per Mac and then starts at login.

  • Apple Calendar
  • Apple Notes
  • Apple Reminders
  • Apple Contacts
  • Messages (iMessage)
  • Apple Shortcuts
  • iCloud Drive and local files

Pairing and permissions

Open the helper, paste the short pairing code that Picrowd shows you, then flip a toggle for each service you want to allow. Each toggle triggers that service’s normal macOS permission prompt, so nothing is reachable until you grant it. You can revoke a service or unpair the Mac at any time from the helper’s settings.