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Guide

Murmr on macOS

The Mac app runs in the menu bar and lets you capture voice from anywhere with a global shortcut. Transcription and cleanup run on-device; entries sync with your iPhone and iPad via iCloud.

Trigger recording from anywhere

Press ⌘ ⇧ D (Command+Shift+D) from any app or the desktop. Murmr doesn’t need to be the active window — the shortcut is global. A floating HUD appears; speak your note, then stop. Murmr transcribes and cleans on-device and can paste the result into the app you were using.

1) Keyboard shortcut

Global hotkey: ⌘⇧D

The main way to start (and stop) recording on Mac is the global keyboard shortcut.

⌘+⇧+D

Command+Shift+D works from anywhere: browser, editor, email, or when no app is focused. The first press starts recording; press again (or use the Stop button in the HUD) to finish. Murmr runs in the menu bar, so you don’t have to switch to it first.

You can also start recording from the Murmr menu: click the menu bar icon and choose “Start Recording”, which uses the same shortcut in the menu for reference.

3) Recording flow and paste

From shortcut to pasted text

What happens after you press ⌘⇧D and how to get the result into your current app.

  1. Press ⌘ ⇧ D. A floating HUD appears and recording starts.
  2. Speak your note. Murmr records and transcribes on-device (Apple Speech framework), then runs on-device cleanup (punctuation, capitalization, filler removal).
  3. Press ⌘ ⇧ D again, or click Stop in the HUD. Murmr processes and shows the cleaned text.
  4. If you’ve granted Accessibility permission, Murmr can paste the result into the frontmost app for you. Otherwise it copies to the clipboard — switch back to your app and press ⌘ V to paste.

You can also open History from the menu, pick an entry, and paste it again into any app. Settings lets you manage templates and snippets (text shortcuts and corrections) so pasted output matches how you work.

Templates & destinations explains how to format output and send it to Obsidian or the Share Sheet from iOS.

4) Sync with iOS

iCloud sync across devices

Entries captured on Mac appear on your iPhone and iPad, and the other way around.

Murmr uses iCloud (CloudKit) to sync your history. Record on Mac → the entry shows up in the Murmr app on iOS. Record or clean up on iPhone → the updated entry appears on Mac. No account beyond your Apple ID; data stays in your iCloud and is processed on-device where possible.

Enable “Sync with iCloud” in Murmr Settings on each device. Templates and snippets can sync too, so your Mac and iOS setups stay in step.