> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stenoai.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How to record a Google Meet call on a Mac

> Record and transcribe Google Meet calls on macOS without a bot. Steno captures system audio and your microphone locally and writes the notes on-device.

To record a Google Meet call on a Mac, use Steno: it captures your Mac's system audio (the other participants) and your microphone together, then transcribes the call entirely on your device and summarizes it locally by default. No bot joins the meeting, and no meeting content is uploaded unless you configure a cloud summarization model. Google Meet runs in the browser, and Steno records the audio your Mac plays — so there is nothing extra to install in Meet.

## Steps

1. Install Steno and grant microphone and system-audio permission, and turn on the **Record system audio** toggle (requires macOS 14.4+; see [Installation](/getting-started/installation) and [Recording](/features/recording)). On older macOS versions the toggle is hidden and Steno records the microphone only.
2. Join your Google Meet call in your browser as usual.
3. In Steno, click **New note** to start recording. It captures your microphone and system audio together.
4. When the call ends, click **Stop**. Steno transcribes the recording and generates notes automatically.

## Why there's no bot

Steno does not join your Google Meet call as a participant. It records the audio locally on your Mac, so no one sees a recording bot or gets a notification from Steno. Recording-consent obligations are your responsibility — see [Confidential use cases](/privacy/confidential-use-cases).

## Speaker labels

With system audio enabled, your microphone and the call audio are recorded as separate channels, so the transcript is labelled `[You]` and `[Others]`. See [Speaker labels](/features/speaker-labels).

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<Accordion title="Do I need a Chrome extension?">
  No. Steno records your Mac's system audio directly, so it captures Google Meet without any browser extension or add-on.
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<Accordion title="Is my Google Meet call uploaded anywhere?">
  No. Recording, transcription, and summarization all run on your Mac. No meeting content is uploaded unless you have configured an optional cloud summarization model. The app does send anonymous usage analytics by default (no meeting content), which you can turn off in **Settings → Advanced**. See [How on-device processing works](/privacy/how-on-device-works).
</Accordion>