Three fixes in this build target the most likely reasons earlier betas felt “mysterious” mid-session — plus an instant first-recording start.
Recording-start errors are now visible. If starting a recording fails — most commonly because your input device is in Bluetooth voice mode (AirPods just off a FaceTime/Slack/Meet call) — the “Before recording” window now stays open and shows what went wrong, with an actionable hint:
“Your input device is in Bluetooth voice mode (probably AirPods on a call). Open System Settings → Sound → Output and switch to MacBook Pro Speakers, then try again.”
Previously the window would just vanish, leaving you wondering whether the recording started or not. (Spoiler: it hadn’t.) This was the single most-common silent failure mode in beta3.
No more crash on the third recording-in-a-session.
Switching the elapsed-time counter in the floating recording window from a Combine timer subscription to SwiftUI’s TimelineView eliminates a Swift 6 main-actor isolation race that could SIGSEGV when the view tore down and rebuilt across consecutive recordings. Record, stop, record, stop, record — safely.
First recording starts ~10x sooner. The Whisper transcription model (~3 GB for Large V3) now loads in the background as soon as Minutiva launches, instead of on the first click. By the time you hit New recording, it’s ready — no 10–15-second wait while the model warms up.
New: keep the model loaded between recordings. For people who do many recordings in a session, there’s a new opt-in toggle at Settings → Transcription → Performance → “Keep transcription model loaded between recordings.” With it ON, subsequent recordings start instantly (no model reload). Off by default to be friendly to 16 GB Macs; recommended on for 24 GB+.
Person detail page shows the top-5 closest unmatched speaker clusters across your meetings (cosine similarity bars, green when above suggestion threshold). Settings → Advanced → “Re-run People matching across all meetings” refreshes suggestions library-wide without re-clustering.Existing beta channel testers get this within 24 hours. Or trigger now: Minutiva Private → Check for Updates…