Rewind for Web

Product summary

Rewind is a Mac-focused search utility that indexes your past on-screen activity so you can quickly locate things you’ve seen, said, or heard. It runs on your computer, captures local recordings, and uses macOS frameworks plus OCR to interpret screen contents. The app can also record meetings automatically and is tuned to preserve responsiveness while working discreetly in the background.

Capabilities at a glance

• Automatically captures meetings and other screen activity for later lookup.
• Lets you search across audio, text, and visual content you encountered on your Mac.
• Uses optical character recognition and native macOS APIs to make on-screen material searchable.
• Offers the option to exclude specific applications and to enable private browsing sessions.
• Designed to run with minimal CPU overhead so everyday performance isn’t impacted.

Technical details and system fit

• Built to take advantage of Apple Silicon (notably M1 and M2), optimizing speed and power efficiency.
• Stores all recordings and index data locally on the Mac—no required cloud account.
• Applies strong compression to saved data to reduce disk usage.
• Captures native app content without needing additional enterprise IT setup or external services.

Privacy, limits, and trade-offs

• All data remains on your machine, which improves privacy but means you are responsible for local storage management.
• Because it’s macOS-only, the tool isn’t available for Windows or Linux environments.
• Integration with third-party cloud services or cross-platform sync is limited or absent.
• Requires enough free disk space to hold recordings and indexes despite the compression.

Suggested alternative

• SEMrush Free — a different option to consider if you need a cloud-backed, cross-platform analytics or search solution rather than a strictly on-device Mac utility.