A session is one moment of work: a meeting, a call, a block of focus. Sessions are the unit of work in Azynote and you will create them constantly. There are four entry points. Pick whichever matches the moment.
1. With a key (Ctrl+Shift+N or Cmd+N)#
The fastest path. Two keys start a new session, and both follow the same choice:
- Ctrl+Shift+N works wherever you are on your Mac, even with Azynote in the background.
- Cmd+N works inside Azynote. It is also File > New Session in the menu bar.
Azynote comes forward with the new session open, ready to write, transcribe or watch.
Where the session goes is set once, in Settings > Shortcuts, on the New session card, under Subject:
- Ask each time (the default): a small window asks for the subject first. Type to filter, then pick one or create a new one inline.
- A subject you pick: the session goes straight there, no question asked. The File menu then reads New Session in that subject, so you see where it will go before you press.
A good setup is a subject called "Draft". Every idea lands there in one keypress, and you sort later: on a session with a single subject, hover the subject under the title and click the swap icon to move it to the subject it belongs to.
The subject is saved per workspace, so each workspace can send sessions somewhere different. Ctrl+Shift+N can be changed on the same card; Cmd+N stays as it is. A transcription already running keeps going in its own session.
2. Choosing the subject each time#
When you picked a subject for the keys but this session belongs somewhere else, the + button in the Timeline toolbar and New Session in the Azynote menu bar icon always ask for the subject first.
3. From a Subject (pre-filled)#
When you already know which project the session belongs to, start from the Subject. This skips the picker. The new session is automatically linked to that Subject.
There are two places this lives:
- Inside a Subject page: Open the Subject. Click the + icon in the top toolbar. New session, immediately linked.
- From the Workspace Dashboard: In the Subjects tab, expand the Subject card you want. Click the + icon that appears in the expanded card. Same result.
Use this when you are already in the headspace of a specific project.
4. From a calendar event (Next Meetings)#
This is the most powerful path for meetings. Open the Next Meetings panel on the Workspace Dashboard. You will see your upcoming and recent calendar events, pulled from Apple Calendar (see Prerequisites).
Click any meeting (past or upcoming). Azynote:
- Picks the Subject: the one you gave the event, or the one a calendar rule matches. When there is neither, it asks with a small Subject picker
- Creates a brand new session linked to that calendar event
- Pre-fills the meeting title, attendees, and time
- Drops you into the Session Dashboard, ready to transcribe or take notes
Tired of the picker for meetings that fit no rule? In Settings > Calendar, under Meeting sessions, set Subject to one of your subjects (an "Internal" subject, for example). Those meetings then start there straight away. Ask each time (the default) keeps the picker. It works the same from the calendar, the banner, the orb, the notification and the menu bar, and each workspace keeps its own choice.
Right after a meeting ends, click it in Next Meetings, dictate or type a few notes, and you have captured it without typing a title or picking a date.
Find a session#
Search sessions sits behind the chevron at the top right of Your sessions (Show filters) and on a subject's Sessions tab. Click it, or press Cmd F, and the search opens with the cursor in it. Esc clears the search and folds it away.
- Titles, summaries, subjects and dates match as you type. Every word you type has to be there, in any order: "acme renewal" finds the Acme session about the renewal.
- What your OnePagers say joins a moment later. A session whose OnePager has your words appears with the passage that has them, your words in bold, and where it is ("OnePager · Decisions"). You don't need to finish the last word: "guid" already finds "guide".
- Outside the date filter too. On Your sessions, a session older than the range you picked still shows when its OnePager matches, marked "outside last 15 days".
- Related lists, below the matches, up to three sessions about the same thing that don't use your words: "SSO" can bring up the call about setting up Okta.
Good to know: the search reads OnePagers, not notes or transcripts. A session without a OnePager is found by its title and summary. It uses the same search index as the chat, and Related uses the Embedding engine chosen in Settings > AI engines.
Favorite sessions#
Star the sessions you come back to. The star sits on the row in Your sessions and on a subject's Sessions tab, and next to the title of a session and of its OnePager. A favorite's star is filled indigo. On other sessions an outline appears when you point at them. Click to star or unstar. Only you set stars. Azynote never does.
In Your sessions, the Favorites chip in the filters (with the number of starred sessions) lists every starred session, whatever its date. The date range hides while the chip is on. Reset turns it off.
Read a summary in full#
Rest the pointer on a session's title or summary in Your sessions and a panel opens next to it with the session's name in bold and its one-line summary, formatted. On a subject's Sessions tab the panel appears when the row cuts the title or summary short.
Next: Subjects.