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06:00  Cadence for Mac
Cadence for Mac

Focus your Mac actually protects.

Cadence for Mac is the native macOS app for the executive. Your day sits in the menu bar, the next focus block silences the right notifications across the whole device, and the briefing is on screen by 6am. The EA works alongside you in Cadence Web.

09:00  In focus
Live focus session

One block. One task. One screen.

When a focus block starts, the Mac app shows a live session HUD: the current task, the time remaining, and one-tap Defer or Complete. No tab to find, no list to scroll.

In focus · 09:00 to 10:30
Draft the Q2 board paper
48:00
remaining
Working on
Sign and return the partnership NDA
Customer Retention · Task · 15m
Pipeline reduction read
Revenue Growth · Review · 30m
10:30  Menu bar
In the menu bar

In the menu bar, in the moment.

Cadence for Mac is a native menu bar app, not a browser tab pretending to be one. The day is one click away, and macOS surfaces it where you already look.

Menu bar

The daily plan and the next focus block sit in the menu bar. Open it between meetings, start the block, and the right work item is already there.

Home screen widgets

WidgetKit widgets put the daily plan, the next focus block and the risk status on the home screen, refreshed by the same overnight briefing.

Lock screen widgets

The same widgets reach the lock screen, so the first thing the Mac shows you in the morning is the day Cadence has already built.

Weekly focus grid

The week renders as a native canvas. The focus grid shows where deep work lands and where it does not, drawn on the Mac rather than embedded from the web.

13:00  Focus Filter
System-wide focus

Focus the Mac itself protects.

Most focus tools dim a window and hope. Cadence for Mac registers a Focus Filter that macOS understands system-wide. When a focus block begins, the whole device respects it. The right notifications go quiet, not just the ones inside one app.

01

The block begins.

Start the next focus block from the menu bar or let it start on schedule. The live session HUD opens with the current task in front of you.

02

macOS silences the rest.

The Focus Filter tells macOS what you are protecting, so the right notifications are held back across the whole device for the length of the block.

03

Defer or Complete with one tap.

Finish the task and mark it done, or send it forward to tomorrow. The HUD records the outcome and moves to the next item without breaking your attention.

14:30  The app
Signed in safely

Signed in through your real browser.

The Mac app never asks for your credentials. It hands off to the browser your organisation already trusts, then comes back signed in. The build itself is one your security team can sign off without a long conversation.

Sign-in
Browser handoff. The app opens your real browser for SSO, MFA or a passkey, so it handles no credentials itself. You sign in with the identity you already use.
Notarisation
Apple notarised and signed. The Mac app launches with no warnings on macOS. It is a native build, not a wrapped web view.
Architecture
Universal binary. One download runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel, so every Mac in the team gets the native app.
Distribution
Self-distributing, not on the Mac App Store. The app updates itself outside the store, which keeps deployment simple for managed fleets.
Windows
A native Windows app is coming soon. Until it ships, Cadence Web runs in any modern browser, so nobody waits to start.

For the full architecture, hosting and AI processing detail, see trust and security.

16:00  Two surfaces
One platform

Same data, both surfaces.

Cadence for Mac is one of two surfaces. The executive lives on the Mac, between meetings. The EA works in Cadence Web at app.stratiumhq.com. Both read the same day, so what the EA adjusts in the morning is what the Mac shows you.

01

Both surfaces read the same calendar, across Microsoft 365, Google, Apple and ICS.

02

Both read the inbox and sent items, so new asks become work items routed to the right project.

03

Both read yesterday's meeting transcripts, lifted into actions with type, priority and owner.

Reasoning runs on Claude, connected through MCP, and the briefing is on screen by 6am. See how it works across the day, or the connected stack the Mac reads from.

Questions
FAQ

The Mac app, plainly.

Is the Cadence Mac app on the App Store?
No. The Cadence Mac app is self-distributing. It is signed and Apple notarised, so it launches with no warnings, and it updates itself outside the Mac App Store.
Does Cadence work on Windows?
A native Windows app is coming soon. Until it ships, Cadence Web runs in any modern browser at app.stratiumhq.com, so nobody is locked out while they wait.
How does sign-in work on the Mac app?
Sign-in is browser handoff. The Mac app opens your real browser for SSO, MFA or a passkey, so it never handles your credentials itself. You sign in with the identity your organisation already manages.
Which macOS features does the Mac app use?
It lives in the menu bar, publishes WidgetKit widgets to the home and lock screen, and registers a Focus Filter that macOS understands system-wide. A focus block silences the right notifications across the whole device.
Will the Mac app run on my hardware?
Yes. The Mac app ships as a universal binary, so it runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. It reads the same data as the web app: your calendar, inbox, sent items and meeting transcripts.

Want the numbers first? See pricing. Starter is £29 and Professional £59 per executive per month, the EA included, with Enterprise priced to fit.

Day's end
Cadence for Mac

Put the day in your menu bar.

Download the native macOS app, connect your systems today, and the first morning briefing is on screen tomorrow. 14 day free trial, no card required.

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