Observed arrival · 2026-10-09

Minutes: a Mac meeting recorder with a local-only mode

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Editorial interest 78/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

An open-source Mac app that records meetings and produces speaker-labeled transcripts, summaries, decisions, and action items.

Landing page captured for the 2026-10-09 issue.

For: Mac users who want searchable meeting records
Worth noticing: Local-only mode keeps audio and meeting details off external services, but does not generate summaries.

Field notes

Audio is deleted by default after 30 days, but only for meetings that have been exported; transcripts and notes remain. First launch downloads Apple speech-recognition and Hugging Face speaker-separation models, while API keys are stored in Keychain. The site says it sends no telemetry and loads no analytics script, and places responsibility for notifying participants and obtaining consent on the app user.

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