# Memoir

turning toward the light

Choose a folder on your Mac where your entries and photos will be stored. Everything stays local — nothing goes to the cloud.

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## Set a Password

Your entries will be encrypted with AES-256.
Only you can unlock them.

⚠ If you forget your password, your memoir files cannot be recovered. There is no reset option. Store it somewhere safe.

## Memoir

Enter your password to unlock your entries.

Drop photo to start a new entry

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Appearance
Theme
Colour palette and typography for the whole app
Font size
Editor text size in pixels (OpenDyslexic)
17px
Line height
Vertical spacing between lines
2.2
Writing
Mindfulness prompts
Show a reflective prompt each time you open an entry
Spell check
Underline misspelled words in the editor
Daily word goal
Target words written per day
Daily time goal (minutes)
Target writing time per day
Surface button
Show the AI nudge button in the editor toolbar
Audio
Master volume
Overall level for all sounds
40%
Typewriter clicks
Mechanical click sound while typing
Entry open chime
Soft descending tone when opening an entry
Mindfulness chime
Ascending tones with each mindfulness prompt
Focus mode hum
Low continuous drone while writing in focus mode
Goal bloom
Ascending chord when you hit your daily goal
AI Coach
Anthropic API key
Powers the Surface nudge button. Stored locally in config.json — never leaves your machine.
Model
Claude model used for writing nudges
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
Storage
Memoir folder
All entries and photos are saved here as plain .md and image files
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Security
Change password
Your FEK is re-wrapped with the new password. Files are not re-encrypted. If you forget your password there is no recovery.
/ Slash Commands
Type `/` anywhere in the editor to open the command menu
/heading Insert a ## heading
/bold Insert **bold** text
/italic Insert *italic* text
/memory Insert a MEMORY callout block
/reflection Insert a REFLECTION callout block
/person Insert a PERSON callout block
/divider Insert a ——— horizontal rule
/image Attach a photo to this entry
Callout syntax
[!MEMORY] Your memory text here
[!REFLECTION] A reflection…
[!PERSON] Someone's name or note
Inline formatting
**bold** *italic* [[link to entry]]
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