Big Arrow on the Screen
Focus: screen annotation, ai agents and claude code. Shares macos and open source with Screen Memories. Same 4.4 rating.
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Mac App
Screen Memories
Local AI search for every photo and every frame of video in your Mac folders.
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What is Screen Memories?
Screen Memories (SCM) is a free, open-source macOS app that lets you search photos and videos by describing them in plain language. It jumps to the exact scene in a video, reads on-screen text and spoken dialogue, and runs every model on your Mac with no account, cloud or uploads.
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Pros
- Finds moments inside videos
- Searches text and dialogue too
- Fully local and private
Cons
- macOS only
- First run downloads large model files
Who should use Screen Memories
Mac users with big photo, screenshot or video libraries who waste time hunting for files.
Who may not need it
People with small, well-organised media folders.
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