Nook 1.6.4

Nook 1.6.4

This update restores live transcription and fixes meetings that could never
finish processing.

• Live captions work again. Meeting audio is now converted into the format the
  on-device recognizer expects, so the spoken word appears while you record.
• Finishing a meeting no longer stops at "Securing the audio on this Mac".
  Post-processing now always completes, saves, or reports a clear error.
• When live captions are interrupted, Nook reliably falls back to a second
  transcription pass over the saved audio instead of stalling.
• Recordings are no longer left stranded when transcription cannot finish.

If a recent meeting was stuck in processing, its recording was preserved.

Everything remains processed and stored locally on your Mac.

Nook 1.6.3

Nook 1.6.3

This update makes automatic meeting detection substantially more reliable.

• Meetings now end cleanly when Teams, Zoom, Webex, or FaceTime leaves an old
  meeting window onscreen after the call.
• Google Meet detection now understands Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox, Brave,
  Arc, Opera, and Vivaldi.
• Native meeting apps with ambiguous window titles are verified against their
  local audio activity, reducing false prompts.
• Dismissed or completed meeting prompts stay dismissed until a genuine new
  call begins.

Everything remains processed and stored locally on your Mac.

Nook 1.6.2

Nook 1.6.2

This compatibility release rebuilds Nook with the stable macOS 26 toolchain for
reliable first launch on Tahoe.

• Built against the stable macOS 26 SDK instead of the macOS 27 beta SDK.
• Developer ID signed, notarized, and stapled for Gatekeeper.
• Adds a stable latest-download artifact for the Nook website.
• Keeps historical Sparkle update artifacts separate from the public release.

Nook 1.6.1

Nook 1.6.1

This hotfix restores reliable control of active recordings and makes the smallest top-panel state safely recoverable.

• Pause, resume, and finish are available from the menu-bar menu as soon as a meeting starts.
• Expand, hide, pause, and finish now have separate, dependable click targets.
• Fully hiding the top panel leaves a subtle timer and recording dot beside the MacBook camera.
• Clicking that camera-edge indicator restores the compact meeting controls.
• External displays use a small centered screen-edge recording indicator.
• The native menu remains stable while the recording clock advances.

Nook 1.6

Nook 1.6

This release makes an active meeting calmer, clearer, and easier to control.

• The menu-bar recording state now includes a stable timer and no longer jumps while its menu is open.
• The top panel can expand, collapse, or disappear completely, with controls arranged around the MacBook camera housing.
• Processing can be cancelled to discard an accidental recording.
• Meeting titles now use the actual subject of the conversation whenever one can be identified.
• The live workspace now uses the clearer “Summary” label.
• Notes placeholders and insertion points align consistently in the top panel, floating window, and meeting library.
• The cobalt Nook icon is now applied explicitly to the Dock and app switcher after an update.

Nook 1.5

Nook 1.5

The meeting workspace now feels like it belongs to the MacBook display itself.

Refined

• A rebuilt edge-black meeting surface that grows naturally from the camera area.
• The panel now anchors to the display’s literal top edge instead of the usable area beneath the menu bar.
• The panel stays above the menu bar while open, completing the physical-bezel illusion.
• Cleaner live controls and a calmer, more compact meeting-detection prompt.
• More natural centring and motion as the workspace changes size.

Still private by design

• Recording, transcription, summaries, and Markdown notes remain local to your Mac.
• The update is Developer ID signed, notarized by Apple, and verified by Sparkle before installation.

Nook 1.4

Nook 1.4

Nook can now keep itself up to date.

New

• Native, signed over-the-air updates powered by Sparkle.
• A dedicated Updates pane with manual checks and automatic-update controls.
• “Check for Updates…” in both the Nook menu and the application menu.

Trust and privacy

• Update feeds and archives are signed with the Common Tools Co. EdDSA key.
• Every app build remains Developer ID signed, notarized by Apple, and verified before installation.
• The updater does not change Nook’s local-first meeting data path.

Nook 1.4 is the first version with the updater built in. Install this release manually once; later releases can arrive automatically.

Nook automatic updates

Stable, signed Sparkle update feed for Nook.