Running POV Syncer on Your Mac
POV Syncer is built for iPhone, but on Apple Silicon Macs it runs natively in Designed for iPad mode — same app, bigger window, full keyboard and trackpad support.
What you'll need
- An Apple Silicon Mac — M1, M2, M3, or M4 (Intel Macs can't run iOS apps)
- macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
- An Apple ID signed into both the Mac App Store and Photos library
Why it works
Apple Silicon Macs can run unmodified iOS and iPadOS apps via the "Designed for iPad" compatibility layer. POV Syncer doesn't ship a separate Mac build — it's the same binary you'd install on iPhone, running in a resizable window with the Mac chrome around it.
That means everything you know from the iPhone version is identical here: same screens, same workflow, same gestures (translated to trackpad).
Install from the Mac App Store
Open the App Store on your Mac. In the search box, type POV Syncer. The result page has a small tab at the top — switch from Mac Apps to iPhone & iPad Apps. POV Syncer appears with a "Designed for iPad" badge.
Tap Get (or the price button if you've already purchased Pro). Authenticate with Touch ID or your Apple ID password. The app installs in seconds.
Launch from Launchpad or Applications
POV Syncer appears in Launchpad and in /Applications. Double-click to launch. The window opens at iPhone proportions (tall and narrow) — that's normal.
You can resize the window from any corner. The app's UI scales naturally.
Grant Photos and microphone access
The first time you tap Add Video or Add Photos, macOS prompts you to allow access to your Photos library. Click Allow Full Access (or Limited if you prefer — both work, see the trade-offs below).
If you plan to use the in-app voice recorder, macOS will also prompt for microphone access the first time you tap Record.
Mouse and keyboard equivalents
iPhone gestures translate as you'd expect:
- Tap → click
- Long-press → click and hold
- Swipe left to remove a card → trackpad two-finger swipe left, or click the row and press Delete
- Pinch to zoom → trackpad pinch (works in the timeline editor preview)
- ⌘C / ⌘V → standard copy/paste in text fields
What works the same as iPhone
- Every screen, every setting, every menu
- Photos picker (uses macOS's native Photos picker)
- AI voice generation and Voice Library
- Project save/load (projects are per-device for now — see below)
- Sharing — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, AirDrop, Save to Photos
What's different on Mac
- No system multitasking like iPad — but you can run multiple apps side by side in normal Mac windows
- No background processing concerns — Mac apps don't get killed for being in the background like iOS does, so you can switch to Mail mid-render and come back
- Files app is just Finder — Document Picker imports use a native macOS file picker instead of the iOS Files browser
- Projects don't auto-sync across devices yet — projects you save on iPhone aren't visible on Mac (and vice versa). On the roadmap.