Executive Summary

Many macOS users—knowledge workers who toggle between home and office, manage multiple displays and Spaces, or use separate browser profiles—lose hours reconstructing app windows, Spaces layouts and parallel browser sessions after restarts or when switching devices. This is a measurable pain: with ~200 million macOS devices, a $2.0B annual addressable market at $10 ARPU and a Market Score of 90/100, there is a sizable base of users who would pay to regain lost context. You could build a macOS restoration service that automatically snapshots and restores app state, window positions across monitors and Spaces, and browser profile sessions (tabs, cookies, containers), with one‑click or conditional restore on device switch, display changes or reboot. The product would combine a lightweight native agent using modern macOS APIs, per‑app integration for Safari/Chrome/Firefox profiles, and cloud sync for cross‑device continuity, offered as a $5–15/year consumer subscription with optional enterprise seat licensing. Timing is favorable: hybrid work and multi‑display setups are increasing, browser profile usage is rising, and recent macOS API improvements make reliable restoration more feasible than a few years ago—hence the high revenue potential score of 84/100 despite medium competition. However, there are real technical and platform hurdles: entitlements, TCC permissions, sandboxing and differing browser architectures can limit what can be restored reliably. To stand out, focus on robustness and integration—deliver near‑perfect restores for the most common productivity apps and browser profiles, expose enterprise admin controls, and provide clear privacy and consent flows—while accepting that edge cases will require explicit fallbacks and transparent communication to manage user expectations.

Market Opportunity

Restore macOS apps, windows, Spaces and browser profiles automatically targets a $2.0B = 200M macOS devices x $10 ARPU/year total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 12% CAGR for desktop productivity tools and utilities.

Key trends driving demand: Hybrid work & multiple displays -- more users switch devices and monitors, increasing need to reconstitute complex layouts.; Rise of browser profiles & containers -- users segment personal/work contexts inside browsers, creating a need to restore parallel sessions.; macOS platform stability & APIs -- Apple has improved APIs and persistence mechanisms that make reliable restoration feasible.; On-device ML & privacy-first processing -- models can infer semantic workspace groupings without centralizing sensitive window content..

Key competitors include Moom (Many Tricks), BetterTouchTool (folivora.ai), Hammerspoon (open-source), macOS built-in Resume / iCloud features, Session Buddy / Chrome profiles (adjacent workaround).

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Restore macOS apps, windows, Spaces and browser profiles automatically

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