Capture meetings without installing bots or asking participants for permission.

Local recording runs on your own computer during Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams calls - no bot joins the call, so participants never see a notetaker. Video, audio, and speaker-identified transcripts upload automatically after each meeting ends.

Clarify runs in the menu bar on Mac and the system tray on Windows. This article calls that the Clarify desktop menu.

Detects when you join meetings and captures:

Speaker identification reads the display names shown on screen - Zoom participant panels, Google Meet name labels, Teams attendee lists. Names matching existing contacts link automatically. Unmatched names create new person records. On Mac this needs the Accessibility permission; Windows needs no extra permission for the same result.

Processing happens locally during the meeting. After the meeting ends, video and transcript upload to Clarify. Upload takes 2-5 minutes per hour of recording.

Transcripts are generated in the language spoken - see Multi-language meeting support.

The app detects when you're in a call on Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams - even if the meeting isn't on your calendar - and prompts you to record it. If the meeting isn't already in Clarify, it creates one for you. Scheduled meetings on your connected calendar are also detected automatically, and you can start any recording manually with Quick Record.

While recording, a floating recording widget appears on screen showing the recording status, with pause and stop controls. Use it to pause or stop a recording. The widget is optional - if you turn off Show recording widget in Settings → Account → Desktop app, control the recording from the Clarify desktop menu instead.

A Meeting detected banner appears when meetings start. It clears itself after about 15 seconds, so if you miss it, start the recording from the Clarify desktop menu instead.

Each meeting in that menu also offers Join, Take notes (a notes window you can keep open beside the call), and Open in Clarify.

Video and transcript upload automatically after stopping.

Quick Record captures meetings not on your calendar - impromptu calls, unscheduled demos, or meetings in personal calendar apps not connected to Clarify.

After stopping:

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Mac permissions - grant these three in System Settings → Privacy & Security:

Clarify lists all three under Settings → Account → Desktop app → Permissions, and the section disappears once they're all granted.

Windows permissions - none needed. If Windows is blocking microphone access for desktop apps, allow it under Windows Settings → Privacy & security → Microphone.

Access settings at Settings → Account → Desktop app. This section appears only when you open Settings from the desktop app, not in a browser.

Open another Clarify window from File → New Window (Command + Shift + N on Mac, Ctrl + Shift + N on Windows). Each window keeps its own set of tabs and remembers its size and position between sessions. Use multiple windows to compare records side by side, or keep Rep open in a dedicated window while you work.

Settings → Account → Notifications → Dock icon badge controls the unread count on the Clarify dock icon: Off, Unread indicator (a dot), or Unread count. Windows doesn't show a taskbar badge.

Clarify has a clean restart, which is quicker than quitting and reopening - Relaunch, in the Clarify menu on Mac and the Help menu on Windows. After granting a permission, the Clarify permission dialog also offers a Restart Clarify button to apply the change.

For the full list of shortcuts across Clarify - including these desktop ones - see Keyboard shortcuts. To open the cheat sheet anytime, press Command + / on Mac or Ctrl + / on Windows.

Clarify icon not visible:

Meeting not detected: for scheduled meetings, your calendar must be connected in Connectors (click your Google or Microsoft tile, whichever you signed in with) and the meeting must appear in your Clarify calendar (the app checks every 30 seconds). Meetings you're already in are detected from the call itself, even when they're not on your calendar.

Recording didn't upload: check your internet connection and verify the Clarify app is still running. Failed uploads retry automatically when connection restores.

Video is blank or black (Mac): screen recording permission is required. Enable it at System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen Recording, then relaunch Clarify.

Quick Record only captured audio (no video): the conference meeting must be open before starting Quick Record. Open Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams first, then start Quick Record. If no conference meeting is detected, recording defaults to audio-only (in-person meeting mode). For a scheduled meeting, use Join and record instead: it waits up to 30 seconds for the meeting window, where Quick Record checks once and doesn't check again.

Windows warns before installing: if Windows shows a Windows protected your PC message on the installer, click More info, then Run anyway.

Nothing seems right: use Clear Application Data - the Clarify menu on Mac, the Help menu on Windows. It signs you out, clears the local cache, and relaunches.

Download Clarify for Mac or Windows from clarify.ai/desktop, or from Download desktop app in your account menu.

Download the Mac version and open the installer.

If you use Homebrew, you can install the Clarify desktop app from the command line:

Clarify updates itself automatically, so there's no need to run brew upgrade - the app updates in place.

Download the Windows version, run the installer, and follow the steps. You can change the install location. Clarify installs for your user account only, so you don't need administrator rights.

Clarify updates itself automatically when new versions are available.

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