Mac Note Taker
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Mac Note Taker · v0.2.9.54 · beta

Download for
macOS.

A signed disk image. Drag the app into Applications. First launch will ask for Microphone, Screen Recording, and Calendar permission. Your first 3 meetings are free - no time limit, no card - then it is a one-time license.

Download .dmg v0.2.9.54 (21 MB)Buy lifetime - $79
  1. 1Open the downloaded .dmg
  2. 2Drag to Applications
  3. 3Launch - notarized by Apple, no warnings

macOS 14.2+

Sonoma or newer. Required for ScreenCaptureKit + Core Audio Taps.

Apple Silicon

M1, M2, M3, M4. Intel Macs are not supported.

On-device

Recordings + transcripts stay on your Mac. One license, three Macs.

What's new

Release v0.2.9.54

September 17, 2026

  • Much faster transcription: the app picks your Mac GPU or Neural Engine, whichever is quicker
  • Updated speech engine keeps phrases that used to drop out in long recordings
  • New Compute setting in Settings, Models

After install

  1. 01

    Open Mac Note Taker

    First launch asks for Microphone + Screen Recording. Grant both. Calendar is optional.

  2. 02

    Onboarding

    Six steps. Permissions, then a License page where you can paste your purchase email and OTP - or skip and run free.

  3. 03

    Start a meeting

    When Zoom, Meet, Teams, Slack, or Webex picks up your mic, the menubar pulses gold. One click to record.

  4. 04

    Stop = transcript

    Speakers labeled. AI summary if enabled. Exports to Markdown, JSON, SRT, or plain text.

Verify the download

SHA256 checksum

Run this on your Mac to confirm the DMG hasn't been tampered with in transit.

Terminal
shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/MacNoteTaker-0.2.9.54.dmg
# expect:
cae6ffb72e2e3b1f0dd455b0d98261a5eb2cf463b7f028aaae96e7238d2df314

Released

9/17/2026

Signing

notarized

Channel

beta