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Four short articles take you from install to your first note.
- Install KeptNoteWhat your Mac needs, how to open KeptNote for the first time, and how updates work.
- Updates and where KeptNote livesWhy KeptNote sometimes says it can't update itself where it is, and how to move it so updates install on their own.
- Your first meetingThe seven steps of the first start, and how to see them again.
- Read your noteFind your note, and read the moment behind any line.
- Your trial and licenseHow the 14 days work, and where to paste your key.
Recording
- Calls on your MacRecord an online call with no bot, and see what Me and Them mean.
- Meetings in the roomRecord a meeting in the room with your Mac's microphone.
- Pause, resume and stopPause and resume a recording, stop it, and what happens next.
- Calendar and meeting promptsConnect your calendar, see your day on Home, and use the meeting reminder.
- Consent and telling peopleKeptNote never interrupts you with consent prompts. Following recording laws is your job, and this page helps.
Your notes
- Notes, quotes and time chipsType notes during a meeting, read the finished note, and use time chips.
- The transcript panelOpen, search and copy the transcript beside your note.
- Templates and playbooksChoose the shape of a note, and run a saved prompt with a playbook.
- Improve a noteRewrite a note with your own AI key, a model you pick, or a template.
- Export and shareCopy a note, email it, send it to Apple Notes, save Markdown, or make a recap page.
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The Reef
Around your Mac
- The menu bar and the recording capsuleThe menu bar icon and its menu, the capsule that confirms an automatic start, and the edge tab you can drag.
- Desktop widgets on your MacAdd Record, Latest notes and Reef widgets to your desktop.
- Reef screen saver and wallpapersUse the reef on this Mac in one step, undo it, and get the free wallpapers.
iPhone
- Record on your iPhoneRecord a meeting in the room, with notes, the Reef and a locked screen.
- iPhone widgets and controlsHome Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets, and the Control Center and Action button controls.
- Live Activity, note ready and remindersMark from the Lock Screen, get told when your note is ready, and turn on meeting reminders.
Apple Watch
- Set up Apple Watch and use it as a remoteInstall the watch app, and start, pause, mark and stop an iPhone recording from your wrist.
- Record on your Apple WatchRecord with the watch microphone, how the audio reaches your iPhone, and what happens when the phone is away.
- Mark a momentMark a moment from the watch, Double Tap, the Action button or Siri, and see it in your note.
- Complications, Smart Stack and SiriPut KeptNote on a watch face, in the Smart Stack, and ask Siri to start, mark or stop.
- The Reef setting and Always OnChoose Quiet, Between or Full, and see what the watch shows when your wrist is down.
Settings
- AI keys and which brain answersChoose how notes are written, add your own AI key, and see what each feature uses.
- Transcription engines, models and languagesPick Apple or Whisper, set the language, and decide how long audio and transcripts stay.
- BrandingPut your own logo, name and color at the top of the side panel.
- Launch at login and the Dock iconOpen at login or not, the Dock icon, the menu bar, and light or dark.
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Privacy
Help
- Microphone and screen permissionsWhich macOS permissions KeptNote needs, and how to turn them on.
- No sound in a recordingWhat to check when a recording is silent or half a call is missing.
- Whisper modelsWhich Whisper model file to use, where it goes, and what the messages mean.
- ContactWrite to us, and what to include so we can help fast.
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