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# ScreenMemory: Helping You Set Up Recall on macOS
- URL: https://en.blog.themarfa.name/screenmemory-helping-you-set-up-recall-on-macos/
- Published: 2024-11-25T14:05:20.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-25T14:05:20.000Z
- Description: As you may know, new Windows devices will feature a tool called Recall. It’s an AI-powered function that automatically records everything happening on your computer, allowing you to later ask Copilot to find specific information.
- Author: Konstantin Dokuchaev
- Tags: macos, ScreenMemory

As you may know, new Windows devices will feature a tool called *Recall*. It’s an AI-powered function that automatically records everything happening on your computer, allowing you to later ask Copilot to find specific information.

### So, how can you set up something similar on macOS?

While *Recall* doesn’t exist for macOS—and likely never will—you can use an app called [**ScreenMemory**](https://screenmemory.app/). It also records everything happening on your device and allows you to search through the data. However, unlike Recall, it doesn’t include AI capabilities.

### First Impressions

There’s no onboarding tutorial when you first launch *ScreenMemory*. Instead, you’re greeted with a blank screen for viewing recordings—of which you naturally have none yet.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/c7/31c7da9c-f519-464c-9a3b-2d4144b557a6/content/images/2024/11/image-33.png)

You can check that the app is working through the menu bar. Here, you’ll find the app’s status, an option to pause recording, take a screenshot, or return to the full interface.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/c7/31c7da9c-f519-464c-9a3b-2d4144b557a6/content/images/2024/11/image-34.png)

Within just a minute, *ScreenMemory* starts collecting data, and you can begin browsing and searching. The app itself resembles a video player, with navigation by dates and the ability to scrub to specific moments.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/c7/31c7da9c-f519-464c-9a3b-2d4144b557a6/content/images/2024/11/image-35.png)

A built-in calendar conveniently highlights the days for which data has been saved.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/c7/31c7da9c-f519-464c-9a3b-2d4144b557a6/content/images/2024/11/image-36.png)

You can use the search bar to find text from captured data. Unlike *Recall*, which integrates AI for contextual searches, *ScreenMemory* relies solely on OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to extract text from screenshots.

This means you can only search for recognized text. For example, typing something like *“blue shoes on Ozon”* won’t yield results unless those exact words appear in the screenshots. Consequently, the usefulness of the search results may vary.

### Additional Features

In the settings menu, you can:

- Enable tracking for multiple monitors.
- Adjust the screenshot capture frequency and intervals.
- Exclude specific apps from being tracked.
- Configure OCR settings.
- Activate automatic data cleanup.

### Pricing

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/c7/31c7da9c-f519-464c-9a3b-2d4144b557a6/content/images/2024/11/image-37.png)

In the free version, *ScreenMemory* saves data for only the past 24 hours and works on a single monitor. Unlocking all features costs $27.

[Try ScreenMemory](https://screenmemory.app/)