SageOx Desktop records your microphone and your Mac's audio, so you can capture both sides of a Zoom, Google Meet, or other computer call. Start and stop from the menu bar, then return to the discussion in your workspace.
Explore SageOx for Mac, or try a short recording if you already have it installed.
Install and sign in
You need macOS 14.4 or later and a SageOx account.
Download SageOx
One download works on every Mac, Apple Silicon or Intel.
Open the downloaded disk image, move SageOx to Applications, and open it.
Sign in
Choose Continue with sageox.ai and finish signing in through your browser. Return to SageOx to continue setup.
Allow audio access
On Hear both sides, choose Grant both and follow the macOS prompts:
- Microphone captures your voice.
- System Audio captures the other side of the call. Call recording never records your screen; only a Visual walkthrough does, and only when you start one.
On Hear yourself, say a few words and check that the microphone meter moves. Choose Continue, then Done.
This setup check tests your microphone. The short recording below checks both audio sources together.
Try this first
Before your next call, make a short recording you can recognize later.
Choose where to save
Open OX in your Mac's menu bar. Check the team shown below Start Recording; use Team to change it. Choose your Private Team for a personal test if it's available.
Record both sides
Put on headphones and play a short spoken video or podcast in another app. Click Start Recording, then say a few words yourself.
Look for Recording, the running timer, and Hearing you as you speak. You can leave the menu closed while recording continues.
Stop and check the result
After about 30 seconds, open the menu and click Stop. When the saved confirmation appears, choose View Recording.
Once the transcript is ready, check for words from both you and the video. If either is missing, use the audio checks below before your next call.
Record your next call
Open the menu bar and click Start Recording before or during your call. Check the destination team each time you switch between personal and shared discussions.
System audio can include other sounds playing on your Mac. Pause unrelated audio before recording.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Pause / Resume | Take a break without starting a separate recording. |
| Stop | Finish the recording and keep what you captured. |
| View live | Open the discussion while recording continues, once it's available online. |
| Discard recording… | Cancel a recording you don't want to keep. |
Let SageOx offer to record
SageOx can offer to record when it detects a meeting. To start automatically, open Settings → Recording and choose a team under Auto-record into.
In the same settings, End when meeting ends stops recording when the detected meeting ends, with a brief chance to undo.
You can always start and stop from the menu bar yourself. Desktop warns as a recording approaches four hours of active recording, then stops at that limit.
Return to your workspace
Choose Open [your team] from the menu bar to open the full workspace. Go to Discussions to find recordings for that team, including ones captured on your Mac.
Open a discussion to read its transcript and, after processing, its summary, decisions, and next steps. Team discussions become part of your shared Team Context, available to your human and AI coworkers.
Troubleshooting
The microphone meter doesn't move
Open Microphone in the menu bar and check the selected input, especially after connecting headphones. In System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone, check that SageOx has access.
The transcript is missing the other side
Check SageOx's system-audio access in System Settings → Privacy & Security. Depending on your macOS version, the section may be called Screen & System Audio Recording. Follow any restart prompt, then repeat the short recording test with audio playing in another app.
The connection drops or a recording is still saving
Desktop keeps captured audio on your Mac and retries delivery. Keep SageOx open to finish saving, and follow any recording-needs-attention message. Live viewing and processing may wait until you're back online.
You can't find a recording
Check the team you recorded into. Open that team's workspace and look in Discussions; a test saved to your Private Team won't appear in another team's list.
You need to update the app
Open the menu bar and choose Check for Updates…. SageOx also checks for updates automatically and waits until recording and saving have finished before installing them.
What's next
- Visual walkthrough: talk through a design, a build, or a change you're reviewing, and point at what you mean.
- Discussions: revisit what your team said and decided.
- Context capture overview: choose another way to capture a conversation.
- Audio + transcript upload: bring in a recording you already have.