Holopod for Mac is designed to help you take back control of your day. It displays your current status (based on your office hours, calendar, manually-set statuses, or application-driven statuses), and allows you to quickly reset your status.

Let's get started.

Download and install on your Mac

1. Download the Mac client here.
2. Drag it to your applications folder
3. Open Holopod! From your applications folder or the search bar.
4. Login from your desktop and check Slack for a status update!
5. If you already have Holopod for Mac, click "check for updates now" in your preferences

Enable/disable application-driven status updates

This is the most major functional change to the app. Application-driven updates are auto-detected when you are is in a specific work state based on their active applications.

For example if you're on a Zoom call that isn't scheduled - Holopod can detect that and update your status to "on a call."

Likewise, you can map specific applications to auto-update your status to "Focusing" (such as Excel, Figma, or Github).

With this new version, you can choose whether to enable application-driven updates. We've done this for a few reasons.

1. For individuals whose days are primarily calendar driven, the auto-detection may be less useful.
2. We want to give people full control of their privacy - giving you the option of what works best for you. Some people love the added functionality and granularity of application-driven status updates, some won't find them necessary to get the value from Holopod.

Note - this feature will be default off in the new app - you'll need to re-enable in your preferences tab.