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@SmugZombie SmugZombie released this 16 Oct 03:56
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Use Apple Intelligence as Recall's AI provider: private, free, and nothing to install.

New

  • Apple Intelligence provider. Choose it in Settings → AI. Recall uses Apple's on-device model for session titles and summaries, daily overviews, Ask, and describing screenshots, and Apple's on-device NaturalLanguage embeddings for semantic search. Nothing leaves your Mac, so no approval is needed, and the models are selected for you.
  • Clear status. Settings shows whether Apple Intelligence is ready, or why not (turned off, still downloading, unsupported Mac). Until it's ready, AI work waits in the queue without failing.

Good to know

Settings → AI lists how Apple Intelligence compares with other providers when you choose it:

  • No screenshot vision. The model reads text only, so screenshots are described from their recognized text and window title; charts, photos and anything OCR misses aren't described.
  • Short memory. It reads about 4,000 tokens at a time. Long screens, busy sessions, full days and big Ask questions are shortened in the middle to fit.
  • A small model. Summaries and answers are plainer than with larger local or cloud models.
  • Simpler semantic search. Apple's embeddings find related wording less reliably than dedicated embedding models, and work best for Latin-alphabet languages. After switching, click Re-embed History so older activity is searchable by meaning.
  • Safety guardrails. Apple's model can decline some content; those items are skipped.
  • Requirements. macOS 26 Tahoe on Apple silicon with Apple Intelligence turned on. Recall itself still runs on macOS 14 and later with the other providers.

Install

From 1.0.2 or later: Recall offers the update itself, or choose Recall → Check for Updates….

Earlier versions: download RecallForMac-1.1.6.zip, unzip it, and replace RecallForMac.app in Applications.

Signed with Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so it opens normally after downloading.

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

SHA-256 (RecallForMac-1.1.6.zip): 66aa9e25eba173db5877b45e90cc1023178f311962fd9a2a6b79481070ab921f

Full changes: v1.1.5...v1.1.6

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