Rewind

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📝 Overview

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Instantly find any conversation, document, or piece of information you've encountered with comprehensive screen recording and OCR text capture
Keep years of searchable recordings without storage concerns through 3,750x data compression that preserves everything locally
Maintain complete privacy with local-only storage that never sends your data to the cloud, keeping full control on your device
Protect sensitive information by automatically excluding private browsing sessions and allowing specific app exclusions from recording
Experience seamless performance without CPU slowdown during recording, optimized for M1/M2 Apple Silicon efficiency
Never miss meeting details with automatic recording that makes every discussion instantly searchable and referenceable

⚖️ Pros & Cons

Pros

Locates past data
Analyzes screen content
Automatically records meetings
Low CPU usage
Can exclude specific apps
Private browsing supported
Designed for Apple Silicon
Utilizes macOS APIs
Uses OCR technology
Local data storage
Private access to recordings
High data compression
No cloud integration needed
No IT required
Easy pause or delete
Native app capturing
Optimized for M1 & M2

Cons

Only for Mac users
Requires local storage
No cloud integration
No integration with other services
Specific to M1 & M2 SOCs
Limited meeting recording capabilities
Requires manual exclusion of apps

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Rewind is unique from other search engines as it is specialized to work as a personal search engine for your life. It can record and analyze anything you see, say or hear on your Mac, which is then made searchable for your ease. It uses native macOS APIs and Optical Character Recognition to do this.

Rewind ensures privacy by storing all recordings locally on your Mac. The data never leaves your device, hence providing full control over your data. You also have the ability to pause, delete recordings at any time and instruct Rewind not to record certain apps and private browsing.

All your recordings on Rewind are stored locally on your Mac. This design choice ensures superior privacy as the recording data never leaves your device.

Rewind uses the recordings to provide you with a personal and searchable record of your activities. It uses them to allow you to find anything you've seen, said, or heard. However, it's important to note that the information gathered from these recordings is stored locally and never sent off your Mac for processing or storage.

Yes, Rewind can automatically record your meetings. This feature lets you easily search through your meetings for specific details.

Rewind stores all its recordings locally on your Mac and not in the cloud. This is a conscious decision to respect and reinforce user privacy.

Rewind operates on the macOS platform and is specifically engineered to leverage M1 & M2 Apple Silicon SOCs.

Rewind is specifically made for M1 & M2 Apple Silicon SOCs to utilize virtually every part of the system on a chip. This allows the program to operate with high efficiency and deliver a powerful, smooth user experience.

Rewind does not tax your CPU while recording. It has been designed to operate efficiently, resulting in minimal impact on your CPU performance.

Yes, you can instruct Rewind not to record from specific apps. This feature allows you to easily maintain privacy on certain applications or parts of your device.

Yes, Rewind does exclude recording from Chrome Incognito & Safari Private windows, reinforcing your control over what is being recorded.

No, Rewind does not require any cloud service integration. It relies purely on native macOS APIs and Optical Character Recognition for capturing and analyzing data from your apps.

Rewind utilizes native macOS APIs to capture and analyze information from your screen. However, specific APIs are not listed on their website.

Rewind's Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is used to analyze everything on your screen. This helps in capturing text from your apps or meetings, making them easily searchable later.

Yes, Rewind has a compression feature for the recorded data. Considering the huge amounts of data that may be generated, this feature is crucial.

Rewind handles data compression by compressing the raw recording data up to 3,750 times. This ensures even with a small hard drive, you can store years of recordings on your Mac.

Yes, you have full control to pause or delete your recordings on Rewind at any given moment.

You can manage your Rewind subscription by visiting the link provided on their website (https://billing.stripe.com/p/login/bIY8xa7qngE4caQfYY).

Access to Rewind can be obtained by visiting and making a purchase from the link provided on their website (https://buy.stripe.com/9AQ03kaHVbFHeB2bIM).

You can receive updates about the availability and capacity of Rewind by submitting your email and joining the early access list on their website. They will send download instructions as soon as they have capacity to support you.