Install the desktop app
Download meaty for Mac, sign in, and allow microphone and system audio.
The desktop app is meaty's full experience on a Mac: it records any meeting on your computer — mic and system audio — with a small floating recorder, and holds your whole library.
You need: macOS 14.6 or newer, on Apple Silicon or Intel.
Download and install
- Download meaty for Mac: To be confirmed
- Open the downloaded file and move meaty into Applications.
- Open meaty. The app is signed and notarized by Apple.
Sign in
Click sign in. Your browser opens; sign in there and you're taken back to the app automatically.
Permissions
macOS asks for these the first time they're needed:
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
| Microphone | Your voice. |
| System Audio Recording | The other people on the call — the sound coming out of your Mac. |
| Accessibility (optional) | Reads speaker names from the meeting app, so transcripts are labelled with real names. |
Turned the microphone off? meaty shows Microphone access is off — Turn it on in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Microphone.
The menu bar
meaty adds an icon to the menu bar: Open meaty, Start meeting, your upcoming calendar meetings, the version, and Quit. ⌘ + ⇧ + M shows or hides the main window. To have meaty start with your Mac, turn on Open at login in its settings.
Updates
meaty checks for updates when it opens and every six hours. When one is ready: meaty {version} is ready to install. — click Update and restart, or Later. Updates are never offered while you're recording.
Next: Record a meeting.