Observed arrival · 2026-10-16
CommonPlace keeps the screen moments you’d otherwise lose
A Mac app captures what’s on screen with a double-⌘ press, then names and files the capture for later search.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Mac users who save things they see on screen
- Worth noticing
- The page says MCP clients can query saved text but cannot read the captured images.
Field notes
The page describes a capture workflow triggered by pressing both Command keys, with examples spanning a web page, an image, and a playing video. It identifies Gemma 4 and EmbeddingGemma 2 as the models used for naming and grouping captures, and says setup installs Ollama. A command-line example shows how to connect an MCP client; the listed release is version 0.1.2.
Observed signals
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○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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