Media Mill 1.0.0

August 9, 2026. First public release. Free. Requires an Apple-silicon Mac running macOS 15 or later.

Media Mill saves video and audio into a Library of ordinary files and does the work on your Mac: transcription, documents, subtitles and translation, search, and new copies of the media itself.

What you can do

• Save a link or add a file. Paste a link from the web, drop in local video or audio, use Quick Add in the menu bar, or save the page you are viewing with the Safari extension included in the app. Each item keeps its source media and everything made from it in one folder you can open in Finder.
• Transcribe on this Mac. Transcription runs locally and produces a timed transcript plus a readable markdown file.
• Create documents. Overviews, study guides, and more, written by AI actions whose prompts you can read, edit, or write yourself. AI can also tag and title items for you.
• Make new media. Subtitled and translated copies, cleaned-up audio, highlight cuts, audiograms, and format conversions.
• Chain it into workflows. 10 starter workflows cover transcript and overview, subtitles, translation, study guides, highlights, and podcast production. Every workflow is editable, and you can build your own from any mix of actions.
• Stay in control of runs. Activity follows every run, and a Review step can show you an output before the rest of a workflow continues.
• Search the whole Library. Find moments by meaning or by exact words, across every transcript and document.
• Use local AI at your size. Setup recommends an AI model tier that fits this Mac's memory. Nothing downloads until you start it.
• Connect AI assistants. Claude Desktop, Codex, and other local assistants can search the Library, read transcripts, and start work, each behind its own permission switch in settings. A command-line interface drives the same core from scripts.

Privacy

Media analysis and AI processing stay on this Mac. Media Mill uses the network to fetch links you add and to download engines or models when requested. Public builds also check the signed Media Mill update feed and download an app update when you choose Install. No account, no telemetry.

Updates

Media Mill checks its signed update feed and shows new versions in Activity. Install happens when you choose.