Take the raven home.
One DMG, no installer wizardry, nothing phoning home.
What you need
- macOS 14 or newer (Apple Intelligence and Apple Speech need macOS 26)
- Apple Silicon
- Microphone permission to record, Screen Recording permission to capture system audio
- No account, no sign-up, no telemetry
Installing
- 1Download the DMG and drag Perchnote into your Applications folder.
- 2First launch: macOS may warn about an app from the internet. Open it once from Finder (right click, then Open) to clear that.
- 3The setup guide walks you through permissions and a five-second test recording. You are ready.