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Best if
You are executives and need: Automated note-taking for meetings
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You need enterprise SLAs or a fully managed team plan right away
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Overview

Rewind is a macOS app that acts as a search engine for your life, privately designed to help you find anything you've seen, said, or heard. It's a personalized AI powered by everything you’ve experienced, allowing you to overcome memory limitations by recording your screen and audio, transcribing and encrypting the data locally for your access only. Rewind can summarize meetings, draft emails, and much more, acting as a personal AI assistant.

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Best for

Short scenarios where Rewind AI tends to shine.

  • Automated note-taking for meetings

    Best for Executives

  • Backup of work to avoid data loss

    Best for Engineers

  • AI assistant for finding details and drafting emails

    Best for Sales professionals

  • Improved memory and recall of past events

    Best for Individuals with ADHD

How it works

Install Rewind on your macOS device. It runs in the background, capturing your screen and audio. You can then ask Rewind to summarize meetings, draft emails, or find specific details from your past recordings.

Example outputs 1

Sample generations and before/after results for Rewind AI.

Access & connections

Where you can use Rewind AI.

Platforms

macOS

Capabilities

What this tool accepts, produces, and is strongest at.

Highlights

  • Screen and audio recording
  • Local data storage and encryption
  • AI-powered search and summarization
  • Meeting transcription and summarization
  • AI assistant for drafting emails and other tasks

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FAQ 8

What is Rewind?
Rewind is a macOS app that acts as a search engine for your life, privately designed to help you find anything you've seen, said, or heard. It's a personalized AI powered by everything you’ve experienced, allowing you to overcome memory limitations by recording your screen and audio, transcribing and encrypting the data locally for your access only. Rewind can summarize meetings, draft emails, and much more, acting as a personal AI assistant.
How to use Rewind?
Install Rewind on your macOS device. It runs in the background, capturing your screen and audio. You can then ask Rewind to summarize meetings, draft emails, or find specific details from your past recordings.
How does Rewind compression work?
With a 3,750x compression rate, even Apple's smallest hard drive can hold years of recordings. Users typically utilize 14 GB per month.
How much CPU does Rewind consume?
Rewind is designed for Apple Silicon (M1 and M2) chips which has numerous CPU cores. Typically, while recording, Rewind uses only 20 - 40% of a single core, which translates to 1-5% of all CPU capacity.
Where does my data go?
For your privacy, your screen and audio recordings are stored locally and NEVER leave your Mac. If you choose to use our meeting summarization or Ask Rewind features, only relevant text-based data is sent to our LLM partners.
What hardware is required to run Rewind?
Rewind is optimized for Apple Silicon (M1 or M2) and iPhone. It is also available on any Intel-based Mac. We are coming to Windows next!
Do you offer a free trial?
Yes. Start 30-day free trial by downloading Rewind
What about my privacy?
Your trust and privacy is more important to us than anything else.
Rewind AI Free + from $19 per user per month billed