v0.2.9.59
Play a meeting right after it ends
- Fixed the audio of a just-finished meeting staying disabled until you opened another meeting and came back.
Changelog
Release notes
Every Mac Note Taker release, in plain English. We ship roughly every two weeks. Auto-update keeps you current, but if you like reading the patch notes first, this is the place.
v0.2.9.58
Both sides in playback, without the echo
- Playback now plays both sides of the call. If you took the call on speakers, the echo of the other side is removed from your mic, so it sounds clean.
- Playback no longer stops halfway through a meeting, and the waveform matches the whole recording.
- Fixed your own words sometimes missing from the transcript when the other person answered right after you. Re-transcribe a meeting to get them back.
- Your microphone keeps recording when you plug in, unplug or switch headphones mid-meeting. Turning Bluetooth off during a recording no longer crashes the app.
- Fixed a freeze of a few seconds after Stop with Bluetooth headphones, and a crash when switching to or from the app.
- Your mic and the call audio now start in sync, so playback and transcript timing line up.
- Faster launch, fewer short hitches, and all text in the app can now be selected and copied.
v0.2.9.56
A faster app, and your meetings in the terminal
- Opening a meeting, switching tabs and scrolling a transcript are now instant, even on long meetings.
- Playback no longer slows the window down while the transcript follows along.
- Search across all your meetings returns in a blink and never freezes the window.
- The app stays responsive while a transcription is running.
- New: macnote, a read-only command line tool. List, search and read your meetings from Terminal, or let AI agents like Claude Code and Cursor use them as context. Type macnote help to start.
v0.2.9.52
Updates that install themselves
- Updates now download in the background and install the next time you quit and reopen the app, so you stay current without doing anything.
- Fixed a bug where update checks could stop running permanently and never resume - some Macs had not checked for updates in weeks.
- Recording a meeting no longer costs a whole day of update checks.
v0.2.9.51
Imported files count like recordings
- Importing an audio file now uses one of your free meetings, the same as recording one, and follows the same rules as the rest of the app.
v0.2.9.50
A trial you measure in meetings, and a one-step purchase
- The free trial is now 3 recorded meetings instead of 7 days - no clock running down while you wait for your next call.
- The menu bar and main window show how many free meetings you have left.
- Buying happens in the app: the price is shown, you enter your email, and checkout opens in your browser.
- After payment, this Mac unlocks by itself - no activation code to copy from an email.
- Fixed a typo in the founder-pricing label.
v0.2.9.49
Stability fix for long-running sessions
- Fixed a bug where the app could gradually slow down and freeze at 100% CPU after running for several days.
- Audio-device events are now processed only when something actually changes.
v0.2.9.48
Smarter meeting detection
- The app now asks macOS directly which app is using your microphone - no more guessing.
- Google Meet is detected in any browser window, including other Chrome profiles, incognito, and installed web apps.
- The record suggestion appears about a second after your mic goes live and stays visible while the mic is on.
- Slack or Discord being open no longer gets credited for a call happening elsewhere.
- Fixed the clipped menubar suggestion icon.
v0.2.9.47
Recordings survive everything
- Quitting the app, installing an update, or your Mac sleeping mid-meeting no longer loses the recording.
- The app asks before quitting during a recording, pauses when your Mac sleeps, and resumes on wake.
- If your Bluetooth headset disconnects or you switch mics mid-meeting, recording continues on the new device.
- Pause now also pauses system audio, and the timer and saved duration are correct after resume.
- Safer deletes, import and export improvements, and a license re-check when you come back online.
v0.2.9.45
Instant stop, no matter how long the meeting
- Fixed the freeze when stopping long meetings - stopping is now instant regardless of meeting length.
- Fixed a crash when stopping a recording while an earlier transcription was still running; transcriptions now queue with clear progress.
- Recordings can no longer be lost: the meeting and its audio are saved the moment recording starts.
- The menubar shows the same animated waveform as the app while recording.
v0.2.9.7
Performance: lighter AI animations
- AI Assistant now shows live progress while it works on your meeting.
- Faster, smoother UI while the assistant is running.
- Bigger, easier-to-click buttons throughout the app.
- General reliability and stability improvements.
v0.2.9.4
Better speaker labels in long meetings
- Speaker labels stay consistent across hour-long calls.
- New keyboard shortcut to rename a speaker everywhere at once.
- Fixed a rare case where the last segment of a meeting was missing from the transcript.
v0.2.9.0
Meeting chapters and faster search
- Meetings are automatically split into chapters you can click to jump to.
- Search across every meeting is roughly 3x faster.
- Action items now show the timestamp they came from.
v0.2.8.4
Smoother auto-updates
- Auto-update is more reliable across macOS versions.
- Cleaner update prompts that respect your focus modes.
- Smaller download size for incremental updates.
v0.2.8.0
Calendar-aware speaker names
- Reads the active calendar invite to suggest real names for Speaker 1, Speaker 2, etc.
- Optional: import your meeting title into the recording automatically.
- Fixed an issue where some Bluetooth mics were not detected on first launch.
v0.2.7.0
Export to JSON and SRT
- Two new export formats for power users: structured JSON and subtitle SRT.
- Markdown export now includes the meeting summary at the top.
- Improved transcript accuracy for meetings with accented English.
v0.2.6.0
Voice profiles across meetings
- The app now remembers a speaker's voice between meetings, so labels reapply automatically.
- New onboarding walkthrough for first-time users.
- Reduced memory usage during multi-hour recordings.
v0.2.5.0
Bring your own AI
- Plug in your own OpenAI-compatible endpoint for summaries.
- Local model option for fully offline summarization.
- Per-meeting toggle so you can pick the privacy level you want.
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