Capture meetings without installing bots or asking participants for permission.
Local recording runs invisibly on your Mac during Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams calls. Video, audio, and speaker-identified transcripts upload automatically after each meeting ends.
How it works
Detects when you join meetings and captures:
Screen video (everything visible in the meeting window)
System audio (what you hear from other participants)
Microphone audio (your voice)
Speaker identification uses macOS accessibility API because meeting platforms don't expose participant data directly. The app reads 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.
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.
Why scheduled and unscheduled meetings differ: Scheduled meetings appear in your connected calendar, so the app detects them automatically. Unscheduled meetings require manual Quick Record because the app doesn't know about them in advance.
Recording meetings
Scheduled meetings
Notification banner appears when meetings start.
Start recording:
From notification: Click "Start recording"
From menu bar: Clarify icon → "Start recording"
Stop recording:
From notification: Click "Stop recording"
From menu bar: Clarify icon → "Stop recording"
Video and transcript upload automatically after stopping.
Unscheduled meetings
Quick Record captures meetings not on your calendar—impromptu calls, unscheduled demos, or meetings in personal calendar apps not connected to Clarify.
Start Quick Record:
Join your meeting (Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams)
Click Clarify menu bar icon → "Quick Record"
Clarify creates a new meeting and starts recording instantly
ℹ️ Quick Record detects conference meetings automatically if the meeting platform is already open. If no conference meeting is detected, recording treats it as an in-person meeting and captures audio only (no video).
Add participants:
Click "Edit participants" in the recording tab
Search by name or email
Select contacts to link them to the recording
ℹ️ Edit participants during or after recording. For scheduled meetings detected from your calendar, participant editing isn't available.
Stop recording:
Menu bar: Clarify icon → "Stop Recording"
After stopping:
Edit the meeting name in the recording tab
Video and transcript upload automatically (2-5 minutes per hour)
Meeting appears in activity feed and calendar view
AI insights generate after processing completes
Requirements and limitations
System requirements
macOS 13 or later
500MB free disk space per hour of recording (temporary, deleted after upload)
Setup requirements
Calendar connected: Settings > Account > Connected accounts
Screen recording permission: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen Recording
Microphone permission: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Microphone
Internet connection: Uploads take 2-5 minutes per hour at typical speeds
Recording behavior
Only captures what's visible on screen (switching windows records those windows)
Recording fails silently without screen recording permission
Cannot record if meeting platform isn't visible on screen
Upload queues locally if offline, retries when connection restores
For video recording: Conference meeting (Zoom, Meet, Teams) must be open before starting Quick Record
Audio-only fallback: If no conference meeting is detected, Quick Record captures audio only (treated as in-person meeting)
Speaker identification
Cannot retroactively edit participants for scheduled meetings
Quick Record meetings allow participant editing
Upload and processing
Upload requires internet connection (queues locally if offline)
Upload: 2-5 minutes per hour of recording
AI insights processing: 2-3 minutes after upload completes
Failed uploads retry automatically when connection restores
Platform limitations
Works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and any platform visible on screen
Meeting bot recording and local recording cannot run simultaneously on the same meeting
Scheduled meeting detection requires calendar connection
Common issues
Menu bar icon not visible: macOS hides menu bar icons when too many are present. Use a menu bar manager like Ice (icemenubar.app) or reduce other menu bar apps.
Meeting not detected: Calendar must be connected at Settings > Account > Connected accounts. Meeting must appear in your Clarify calendar. App checks for meetings every 60 seconds.
Recording didn't upload: Check internet connection and verify Clarify app is still running. Failed uploads retry automatically when connection restores.
Video is blank or black: Screen recording permission required. Enable at System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen Recording. Restart Clarify app after enabling.
Quick Record only captured audio (no video): 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).
Installation
Download: https://www.clarify.ai/desktop or Settings > Account > Apps & Tools
After installation:
Grant screen recording permission when prompted
Grant microphone permission when prompted
App runs in menu bar (look for Clarify icon)
Uninstall:
Quit app from menu bar
Move Clarify.app from Applications to Trash