Customize Beatrice to match your workflow.
Toggle the proactive intelligence layer on or off.
In the sidebar SETTINGS section, you’ll find a Synapse Engine toggle with a sparkle icon. When enabled (blue), the engine analyzes your graph on launch and after creating new notes, surfacing hidden connections in the SYNAPSE section of the sidebar. When disabled (gray), no insights are generated and the SYNAPSE section is hidden.
See Synapse Engine for full details on how it works.
Configure IMAP to import emails as knowledge nodes.
The Mail Setup option in the sidebar opens a configuration form where you can enter:
imap.gmail.com).Tap Test Connection to verify your credentials before syncing. Beatrice connects to the IMAP server and reports success or the specific error.
Tap Sync Now to fetch unseen messages. Each email becomes a Email-type node with the sender, subject, date, and body text. Duplicate emails are automatically skipped.
The form shows when the last sync occurred and its result, so you always know your mail import status.
Want to see the welcome slides again? You can replay the onboarding walkthrough at any time.
On iOS, swipe from the left edge or tap the menu icon. On macOS, the sidebar is always visible.
Scroll to the bottom of the sidebar. The SETTINGS section appears below the node type list and Synapse toggle.
This opens the onboarding slides as a full-screen overlay (iOS) or modal sheet (macOS). Walk through all five slides or tap Skip to dismiss.
The sidebar shows live statistics about your knowledge graph.
Beatrice is built with privacy as a core principle.
Your data is yours. Because everything stays on-device, you retain full control. We don’t even know you exist. That’s The Barlow Code.
Beatrice adapts to each Apple platform.
Full-screen canvas view with a swipe-out sidebar. Node details open as sheets. Supports text-to-speech, a paste button in the editor, and the guided note creation journey with progress dots.
NavigationSplitView layout with a persistent sidebar and detail inspector. Supports keyboard shortcuts, the guided note creation journey in a sheet, and menu bar paste commands.
| Shortcut | macOS |
|---|---|
| New Node | ⌘ N |
| Search | ⌘ F |
| Close | Esc |
| Paste | ⌘ V |
The iOS Simulator does not automatically sync the host Mac’s clipboard. To paste:
This was a bug in early versions. Update to the latest build. If the issue persists, tap Skip or Get Started to dismiss the onboarding — this persists the flag.
Ensure the node you’re looking for has been created and has non-empty content. Semantic search requires the node to be indexed (check for the Indexed badge in the detail view).
The engine requires at least 3 nodes to activate. It also runs on a 5-minute cooldown — if you just launched the app, wait a moment or create a new note to trigger a quick analysis. Check that the Synapse Engine toggle is enabled in Settings.
Ensure your file contains recognizable content. For Markdown, nodes are defined by ## Heading lines. For JSON, the file must be a valid array of node objects. Plain text files become a single node using the filename as the title.