MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Mac Mini to Run AI Agents With Astropad's 'Workbench' App
MacRumors and Astropad are partnering for a giveaway offering one winner a Mac mini to use with Astropad's new Workbench app. Workbench is a remote desktop application designed to manage AI agents running on a Mac from an iPhone or iPad, leveraging Astropad's LIQUID engine. The app supports full desktop access, multiple Mac connections, and high-fidelity streaming for monitoring AI tasks remotely.
- ▪The MacRumors giveaway offers a Mac mini to use with Astropad's Workbench app for managing AI agents.
- ▪Astropad Workbench is built on the LIQUID engine used in Astropad Studio and Luna Display.
- ▪Workbench allows remote control of AI agents from iPhone or iPad with full desktop access, unlike terminal-only alternatives.
- ▪The app supports multiple monitors, low latency, voice dictation, and input via gestures, keyboard, mouse, or Apple Pencil.
- ▪Workbench enables users to monitor, restart, or reconnect to AI tasks from anywhere using native iOS and macOS apps.
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MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Mac Mini to Run AI Agents With Astropad's 'Workbench' AppFriday May 1, 2026 10:09 am PDT by Juli CloverFor this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Astropad to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a Mac mini to use with Astropad's new Workbench app. For those unfamiliar with Astropad, it is the company behind Astropad Studio and Luna Display. Astropad Studio lets you use an iPad as a drawing tablet connected to a Mac and Luna Display turns an iPad into a secondary display for a Mac, so Workbench is a natural evolution of Astropad's existing products. The Mac mini has become the must-have platform for local agentic AI, and Astropad Workbench is the perfect companion app. Workbench is a remote desktop app for the Mac, and Astropad built it for use with AI.
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