MACOS TECHNICAL PREVIEW

A little backup.
Right on your Mac.

Live captions and timely prompts in a window that stays with your conversation.

ideapopBETA

ideapop 0.1.74
macOS 15+ · Apple Silicon · ZIP download

Download for Mac

Intel Macs and Windows are not supported in this preview.

This early build is self-signed and has not been notarized by Apple. macOS may ask you to allow it in Privacy & Security.

All AI features, including quick prompts, use your ideapop account and our cloud service. No personal API key is required. Choose English or Chinese on Prepare for captions and AI answers. Sign in to sync your knowledge, conversation history, and AI performance reports. Automatic updates are coming.

Make yourself at home.

  1. Download and unzip ideapop.
  2. Quit any older version, then move ideapop.app into Applications.
  3. Open the app. If macOS blocks it, review the notice in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
  4. Allow microphone, speech recognition, and screen & system audio recording when prompted.
  5. Try the offline demo, then test captions in a practice conversation.
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What’s new in 0.1.74

Uses the same fixed signing certificate as the previous beta. Permission retention across upgrades still needs verification on your Mac.