Recall for macOS 1.1.4

Lets your AI agent view screenshots through MCP, if you allow it.

New

• Screenshots for AI agents, off by default. A new toggle, Allow agents to view screenshots, sits under Settings → Privacy → AI agent access (MCP). When it's on, agents can use the new get_screenshot tool to see a capture's screenshot. It's useful when the text isn't enough, such as layouts, charts, images, or when you ask to see what was on screen.
• Separate from text access. The toggle only appears once agent access itself is on, and turning off agent access blocks screenshots too. With the toggle off, agents get text only, and get_screenshot tells them how you can turn it on.

Good to know

• Images can show more than text. Screenshots can include photos, other people's messages and anything text recognition missed. Like everything an agent reads, they go to the agent's AI model, so they leave your Mac if the agent uses a cloud model.
• Redaction still applies. Sensitive text is blacked out in screenshots before they're saved.
• Screenshots are decrypted in memory only. They're sent as JPEG, scaled to 1600 px on the longest side by default; agents can request up to 2560 px or the thumbnail.
• If macOS asks whether Recall may use its keychain key when an agent first fetches a screenshot, choose Always Allow.
• Restart your agent, or reconnect Recall in it, after updating so it sees the new tool.

Install

• From 1.0.2 or later: use Check for Updates… in the app menu, then Install and Relaunch.
• From an earlier version: download RecallForMac-1.1.4.zip, unzip it, and replace RecallForMac.app in /Applications. Your history and settings carry over.

Not notarized. Manual downloads are signed with a Developer ID but not notarized, so macOS may block the first launch. Right-click the app → Open, or allow it in System Settings → Privacy & Security.

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

SHA-256: 4fa5e5bc685cc91d8450a1809cb4a09f073939f46fe9605151745ed690f55382

Full changes: v1.1.3...v1.1.4