Productivity-boosting App Portal has launched a Mac app. The company helps users focus and be more productive with immersive backgrounds and natural sounds.
The service has been available through an iOS app since 2019 – the desktop and mobile apps serve the same purpose. The company said that the app has attracted over one million downloads. With the native Mac app, which is compatible with Apple silicon, the developers aim to cater to professionals working from both their home and office.
Portal for Mac has more than 80 environments to choose from, including high-quality looping video captured by the company’s own team. The startup said it has used 12,000 cameras to record some of the most beautiful and peaceful surroundings in the world.
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You can choose to keep the video looping on the desktop or stop the motion. In that case, you get a more traditional still background image. Additionally, you can turn off the desktop icons so that you can only see the landscape.
The environment also comes with natural background sounds that are compatible with spatial audio. Plus, Portal supports integration with smart lights like Philips Hue and Nanoleaf to match the lighting to the environment you’re setting up.
Users can control the sound and speed or even change the background via a menu bar icon. Given that Portal is a native Mac app, it also integrates with Siri Shortcuts.
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Portal’s app is available to everyone through the Mac App Store with a seven-day trial. After that users will have to pay $9.99 per month or $49.99 per year. Alternatively, they can also purchase a lifetime license for a one-time fee of $249.99.
