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Your studio runs on Mac. So do we.

Your MacBooks, your inboxes and your project files stay online, backed up and secure. When something breaks, you reach an engineer on a Mac who already knows your studio. Help desk in working hours, security watched around the clock.

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A bright, minimal creative studio in the morning

Half-nine, the studio fills. The work picks up.

By half-nine the team is back into open projects, design files syncing and client feedback landing in the inbox. Everyone is on a Mac, signed in, and getting on with the work.

Some mornings a font won't sync, or a MacBook needs a hand before a deadline. The engineer who answers is on a Mac too, and knows your studio and the people in it.

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How your studio runs once the IT works.

A new starter, set up day one

The MacBook lands at their desk set up and signed in, with the apps, fonts and files they need.

Project files back in minutes

A drive fails or a file is overwritten, and you restore the version you need. Backups run every night, encrypted and tested.

Your money stays where it belongs

The fake invoice pretending to be a client, with new bank details, is filtered out before accounts ever sees it.

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Built around the way your studio already works.

The team that answers runs Mac, the way you do. You skip the part where someone tries to fit your studio into a Windows world.

Read how Lettertec moved to Panoptic after a change of ownership

Mac-first, not Mac-tolerated

Your engineer works on a Mac too, so your setup is the one we know best.

The same people each time

A fast answer from the service desk, where an engineer who already knows your studio picks it up, so you spend no time explaining your setup.

Secure and GDPR-ready

Project and client files stay encrypted and backed up, and impersonation is filtered out of your email. The protection runs in the background, so it stays off your mind.

Dara CodyLettertec · Cork · May 2026

"Panoptic IT provided a very thorough assessment of the current set up and provided clear recommendations on what was required across all hardware, support and security."
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Questions studios ask before switching.

All industries
Do you support Mac, or tolerate it?

We run Mac ourselves. The engineer who knows your studio is on a MacBook too, so your setup is the one we know best. You skip the part where someone tries to fit your studio into a Windows world.

Are our project files backed up and recoverable?

Yes. We back up your project files nightly, encrypted and tested. If a drive fails or a file is overwritten, you have the version you need in minutes.

Can you set up a new starter's MacBook before they arrive?

Yes. A new MacBook lands at the desk set up and signed in, with the apps, fonts and files your team uses. The new starter gets to work on day one.

How fast will someone respond if a Mac goes down before a deadline?

Quickly. Critical issues reach a real engineer who knows your studio. Across our clients, priority-one incidents (the business-down ones) reach an engineer in under an hour, and most inside 20 minutes.

We're a small studio. Is managed IT worth it?

Small studios feel it most. You have no in-house IT person, so when a Mac breaks it lands on a designer or the founder. We take that off your plate for a fixed monthly cost: security, backups, devices and support.

Let's make your studio IT quiet.

Tell us how your studio runs: the apps you live in, how many Macs, who handles client work. You'll have a plan from us inside a working day.