> ## Documentation Index
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# Desktop App

> Capture any investor conversation directly from your computer — without a bot joining the call.

The Metal Desktop App is a lightweight recorder that captures meeting audio and video locally on your machine and feeds it straight into Meeting Intelligence. That makes taking calls easier and more reliable — and it runs the same post-call analysis experience you already get on the Metal platform.

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<Steps>
  <Step title="Download and Install">
    Go to **Settings → Meeting Intelligence → Notetaker Integrations** and download the Metal Notetaker App. Install it and sign in with your Metal account so recordings link back to your workspace.

    <Warning>
      The Desktop App currently runs on Apple Silicon Macs only:

      * **macOS with an Apple Silicon chip** (M1, M2, M3, or newer)
      * **macOS 13 (Ventura) or later**

      Windows and Intel-based Macs are not supported at this time. If you're on an unsupported device, use the native bot Notetaker or upload a transcript manually — both produce the same Meeting Intelligence analysis.
    </Warning>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Grant Permissions">
    On first launch, the app asks for a few macOS permissions so it can detect, record, and transcribe your meetings:

    * **Microphone** — captures your voice and audio during the meeting.
    * **Screen Recording** — lets the app detect and record your meetings.
    * **Accessibility** — lets the app detect meeting windows and control system audio.
    * **Full Disk Access (optional)** — improves meeting detection for Microsoft Teams. Without it, some Teams meetings may be missed.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Record a Meeting">
    Once set up, recording is mostly automatic. Calendar events Metal recognizes as investor-related are flagged and appear in the Desktop App. When the meeting starts, you'll get a notification and recording begins by default. You can turn it off from the notification if you don't want the call captured.

    If a meeting isn't detected automatically, you can add it manually:

    * **Add Upcoming Meeting** — for an upcoming call the app didn't detect as investor-related.
    * **Record a Live Meeting** — for an ongoing call the app didn't detect as investor-related.

    While recording, the app shows a recording indicator. You can stop at any time, or it stops automatically when the call ends. The recording then uploads to Metal, where it's transcribed and analyzed automatically.

    <Note>
      Post-meeting analysis is generated and viewed on the Metal platform, not in the Desktop App. Once a call is completed, open **Meeting Intelligence → Completed** to see the transcript and analysis.
    </Note>
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## Why Use the Desktop App

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Nothing to Admit Mid-Call" icon="bolt">
    A bot notetaker has to be let into the meeting and managed as a participant — a waiting-room step or an admit prompt at the start of every call. The Desktop App just records from your machine, so there's one less thing to handle when a call kicks off.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Reliable Even When a Bot Can't Join" icon="shield-check">
    Bots can be held in a waiting room, blocked by host settings, or dropped mid-call — and when that happens, you lose the recording. Because the Desktop App captures the audio on your device, the call is recorded regardless of how the host's meeting is configured.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Both methods feed the same analysis and cover the same conferencing platforms — Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. The Desktop App simply removes the moving parts of getting a bot into the call.

<Tip>
  Recording requirements vary by jurisdiction, and some conversations may require participant consent. For more information, see Metal's [Privacy Policy](https://www.metal.so/legal/privacy-policy) and [Terms of Service](https://www.metal.so/legal/terms-of-service).
</Tip>

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