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screenpipe uses Apple’s on-device Foundation Models to analyze your recorded activity — no data leaves your Mac. requires macOS 26+ with Apple Intelligence enabled on Apple Silicon.

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daily summaries

screenpipe automatically generates a summary of your day at 6 PM (when plugged in). the summary appears in your timeline view and includes:
  • one-liner — casual summary of your day
  • key moments — up to 5 important events from audio transcriptions
  • action items — things mentioned in conversations, ranked by urgency
  • people mentioned — names and context from your conversations
you can also click the Apple Intelligence icon in the timeline to generate a summary manually at any time.

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how it works

  1. fetches your audio transcriptions for the day
  2. sends them to Apple’s on-device Foundation Models (never leaves your Mac)
  3. returns a structured summary with key moments, action items, and people
  4. caches the result locally so it loads instantly next time

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enable/disable

open settings → connections → toggle Apple Intelligence on or off.

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auto reminders

screenpipe can scan your activity every 30 minutes and automatically create action items in Apple Reminders.

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setup

  1. open settings → connections → find the Apple Intelligence card
  2. click “Connect Apple Reminders” (grants Reminders permission)
  3. toggle on auto-scanning
once enabled, screenpipe will:
  • scan your screen & audio every 30 minutes
  • extract action items using Apple Intelligence
  • create reminders in a “Screenpipe” list in Apple Reminders
  • auto-deduplicate so you don’t get repeat reminders

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options

  • audio only — skip screen data, only analyze audio transcriptions (on by default)
  • custom prompt — add instructions like “focus on coding tasks” or “ignore social media”
  • scan now — manually trigger a scan anytime

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requirements

  • macOS 26+ (Tahoe) with Apple Intelligence enabled
  • Apple Silicon (M1 or later)
  • screenpipe running on localhost:3030
if Apple Intelligence shows as “not available”, check that it’s enabled in System Settings → Apple Intelligence & Siri and that your Mac meets the requirements.

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vs Apple’s built-in screen time

featurescreenpipeApple Screen Time
full text search✅ OCR on every frame❌ app usage only
audio transcription✅ local Whisper❌
AI summaries✅ daily summary with action items❌
auto reminders✅ action items → Apple Reminders❌
API access✅ full REST API❌
cross-platform✅ macOS, Windows, Linux❌ Apple only
questions? join our discord.