Export and auto-save
Where meeting files live on your Mac, how Markdown auto-save works, and how to export a meeting as a PDF or copy it elsewhere.
Every meeting saves automatically as a Markdown file on your Mac. You can also export a PDF, or copy the transcript or summary to the clipboard.
Markdown auto-save
Auto-save is on by default. Each meeting becomes one .md file in ~/Documents/Epilude Notes, named with the meeting's date, time, and title. The file updates when you edit or rename the meeting, and deleting a meeting deletes its file.
Changes are written a few seconds after you finish editing, so a just-made edit can take a moment to appear in the file.
Choose a different folder
Pick any folder in Settings → Notetaker. If the folder later becomes unavailable, for example on a disconnected drive, Epilude shows the failure and offers Retry. It never falls back to another folder silently.
Manual export
From a meeting's detail view you can:
- Export to Markdown: save a copy anywhere
- Export to PDF: for sharing a document
- Copy transcript and Copy summary: put either on the clipboard, ready to paste into Slack, Notion, or an email
The same exports sit in the … menu on each row in the meetings list, next to Show in Finder, which reveals the meeting's auto-saved Markdown file. To export many meetings at once, select them in the list and click Export…; see Manage your meeting library.
Audio recordings
Epilude does not keep meeting audio unless you ask it to. Turn on Save audio recordings in Settings → Notetaker to store the audio files with each meeting. Saved audio is deleted together with its meeting.
Troubleshooting
- The Markdown file is not in the folder? Check that the custom folder still exists and is reachable, then use Retry in Settings.
- An edit is not in the file yet? Saves are delayed by a few seconds. Wait a moment or make another change.