Recall Comes to Mac
Recall is now available on macOS with a native experience — tabbed settings, drag-and-drop sidebar, share extension, and seamless iCloud sync with your iPhone.
By Rouslan Zenetl
Recall is now a native Mac app. Same notes, same iCloud sync, full macOS experience.
What You Get
Share extension. Save URLs, text, and files from Safari or any Mac app directly to Recall. Works exactly like the iOS share sheet — pick a folder, hit save.
Three-column layout. Sidebar with folders and tags, note list in the middle, detail view on the right. Standard NavigationSplitView pattern that feels right at home on macOS.
Drag-and-drop. Drag notes between sidebar items to organize:
| Drop Target | Action |
|---|---|
| Folder | Files the note in that folder |
| Tag | Adds the tag to the note |
| Favorites | Marks as favorite |
| Trash | Soft-deletes the note |
| Unfiled | Removes from all folders |
| All Notes | Restores from trash or unfavorites |
Tabbed Settings. General, Search, Storage, and About — each in its own tab, following macOS conventions.
iCloud requirement. Recall requires iCloud Drive. If it’s not available, the app shows clear setup instructions instead of silently failing. This applies to both the main app and the share extension.
Same Notes Everywhere
Your notes live in iCloud Drive. Add something on your iPhone, it shows up on your Mac. Tag it on your Mac, the tag appears on your iPhone. There’s no separate sync mechanism — the file system is the source of truth.
What’s Different from iOS
The Mac version doesn’t use context menus on note list items. Instead, drag-and-drop handles organization. Folder and tag editing happens through the sidebar context menu. The share extension uses a native AppKit interface with an NSPopUpButton for folder selection instead of the iOS picker wheel.
Everything else — metadata extraction, search indexing, backup and restore, tag and folder management — is shared code running on both platforms.
Recall requires macOS 14+ (Sonoma). Get it on the App Store.