What it captures
Screens, audio, documents, and windows. How much, and how to limit it.
Questions, answered.
Most questions fit three groups: what it captures, where the data lives, and how to use it. If the answer is not here, use Overshow free on a real laptop and inspect it in your own work.
Where the data lives
On-device storage, encryption, and what, if anything, leaves the laptop.
How to use it
Search, Ask, meetings, plans, and the one-device rule.
The questions everyone asks first
Is it recording everything I do?
No. Meeting audio is recorded only while a meeting is on. The window you are working in is read as text at natural moments (a window change, a click, a typing pause); most reads take no picture at all, and when one is needed it is discarded straight after. You choose which apps are included, and can pause all capture from the app or menu-bar controls.
Does anything join or appear in my calls?
No. There is no bot and nothing visible to anyone else. Overshow listens locally on your Mac. Consent stays in your hands: no audio is recorded outside meetings, and nothing is shared unless you share it.
Where does my data live?
Your durable searchable memory lives in one encrypted database on your Mac. During a meeting or interrupted recovery, bounded encrypted audio-recovery files can also exist outside it until terminal processing or replay. Transcription, search, and answers run on-device. Sign-in, billing, and updates use our servers; captured content stays on your Mac by default. Content leaves only when you export or mirror files to a folder you choose (which may be cloud-synced), attach diagnostics to feedback, enable URL enrichment for an allowed site, or approve a cloud client that sends queries and returned snippets to its provider.
What does a connected AI client actually get?
Read-only search over your memory, through three narrow tools, only for clients you have approved. You can see, scope, and revoke every connection.
What happens if Overshow disappears?
Your memory and the app stay on your Mac. Everything you captured is kept, not deleted: the Free recall window limits how far back you can search, it never removes anything. Capture, transcription, search, and Ask all run on-device, so the app on your machine does not stop working when a server does.
What does it need?
macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later on Apple silicon. One active device per account.
What it captures
What does Overshow actually capture?
Meeting audio when a meeting is active or manually started, allowed screen context, UI text, and documents in folders you choose. Capture policy, app exclusions, website exclusions, pause, and permissions gate the pipeline.
Can I pause capture?
Yes. Pause from the app or menu bar and resume when ready. Sensitive apps, private browser windows, protected domains, and denied capture categories are excluded before capture.
Do I need microphone access?
Yes for the launch setup. Microphone, Screen Recording, and Accessibility are required to finish onboarding. Microphone transcribes your side of meetings; Screen Recording covers system audio and sparse screen context; Accessibility recognises meeting windows and call state.
Where data lives
Where is captured data stored?
In a local SQLCipher-encrypted SQLite database on the user's machine. Window text is read directly where possible; screen images and video are never persisted. Meeting audio is transcribed locally and discarded after processing.
Does captured content leave the device?
Not by default. Cloud services see sign-in, billing, device registration, and aggregate licence-usage data. Content sharing is explicit through user-approved exports or integrations.
Can an IT team read my memory?
Enterprise controls can govern policy and access surfaces, but they do not grant administrators direct access to the local encrypted memory content.
How to use it
How far back can I search?
Every new account begins with a 7-day Pro trial and unlimited searchable history. Afterwards, Free gives a 7-day searchable window, while Pro and Enterprise keep unlimited searchable history, bounded by local retention choices.
Can AI tools access my memory?
Yes, on your terms. On Pro and Enterprise (and during your free trial), connect AI apps like Claude and Cursor, and they can search your private memory for sharper, grounded answers. You approve each client, choose whether it can read full source detail, and revoke it any time. A cloud client sends its queries and returned snippets to its provider; a local client keeps everything on your Mac.
Does Overshow work on Windows?
v1.0 targets macOS 26 on Apple silicon. Windows x86_64 work is enabled for the v1.1 accessibility track.
Do you have a referral programme?
Yes. With a standard referral account, share the link from your account area: your colleague gets a free month of Pro when they sign up, and you receive a free month too, up to six months. Active or suspended affiliates use the cash programme instead: no referrer Pro credit is granted, cash attribution and commission eligibility follow their affiliate status, and the referred signup receives that affiliate's configured offer. The refer a friend page has the details.
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