Your vault and profile folder

Daisy keeps your sensitive data in an encrypted vault and stores everything else in a profile folder on your machine. This article explains both and how to manage them.

The encrypted vault

The vault holds your API keys and voiceprints, encrypted with the passphrase you set during setup. It is the only protection on those items, and there is no recovery — if you lose the passphrase, the keys and voiceprints cannot be decrypted. Write your passphrase down somewhere safe.

Your meetings (recordings, transcripts, summaries, and notes) are saved as plain files in the profile folder and are not encrypted. They stay intact even if the vault is reset.

Unlocking on launch

Each time you open Daisy, the Unlock screen asks for your vault passphrase.

1. Type your passphrase, or tick Show passphrase to check it.
2. Click Unlock.

If you forget it, Forgot passphrase? offers to destroy and recreate the vault. This clears your stored keys and voiceprints but keeps your meetings.

Managing your profile

Open Settings and go to the Profile section:

• Your name — the name used in summaries; the summarizer refers to you as "you" instead of by name. Edit it and click Save.
• Profile directory — shows where your data lives.
• Move profile… — pick a new location to move all data there. The vault locks afterward, so you re-enter your passphrase. Your old data stays in place until you delete it manually.
• Lock vault now — returns you to the Unlock screen, useful when stepping away from your machine.

Good to know

A cloud-synced folder (Dropbox, iCloud Drive, OneDrive) makes your recordings, transcripts, and notes readable by anyone with access to that account, since those files are not encrypted. Keep the default local path if that is a concern.