Obiklip

Obiklip

Turn long-form spoken video into short, publish-ready clips.

Version 2.0.0 macOS and Windows

Installing Obiklip

One download per platform, with everything in it. There is nothing else to install first and nothing to configure afterwards.

What it needs

macOS 11 Big Sur or later, on Apple silicon.
Windows Windows 10 or later, 64-bit.
Disk Space for the clips you export. Obiklip does not copy your recording, so a project itself takes almost nothing.
Network Needed while a recording is analysed, and to sign in or buy minutes. Everything else works offline.

A warning you will see once

Early Access builds are not code-signed.
Obiklip is not yet signed or notarized with Apple, and the Windows installer is not yet signed either. Both systems say so during installation. Signing is planned for a future release. Until then, download Obiklip only from this website or the official GitHub Releases page, and check the file against SHA256SUMS.txt if you did not.

macOS

  1. Open the .dmg you downloaded.
  2. Drag Obiklip onto the Applications folder.
  3. Eject the disk image and open Obiklip from Applications.
  4. macOS refuses it and says it cannot check the app for malicious software. Close that message.
  5. Open System Settings.
  6. Open Privacy & Security and scroll down to the Security section.
  7. The message about Obiklip being blocked is there, with an Open Anyway button. Choose it.
  8. Confirm the prompt, and unlock with Touch ID or your password if asked.

Obiklip then opens, and so does every launch after it: the decision is remembered for that copy of the app. A new version has to be allowed once in the same way.

This is the ordinary way macOS lets you run an app it cannot check. Do not turn Gatekeeper off, and do not run xattr commands you found on a forum against your Applications folder - both give up protection you want to keep for everything else on the machine.

Windows

  1. Start the installer you downloaded.
  2. If Windows SmartScreen appears, select More info. Without that the only button is Don't run.
  3. Check that the publisher line says Unknown publisher and that the file name matches the one on the download page.
  4. Select Run anyway if you choose to continue.
  5. Approve the administrator prompt. Obiklip installs for everyone on the machine.
  6. Open Obiklip from the Start menu.

On a work computer, or one with Smart App Control switched on, an unsigned installer can be blocked outright with no Run anyway to click. That is the policy doing its job, and there is nothing to change in Obiklip that would get around it. Ask whoever administers the machine, or wait for a signed release.

Where your things are kept

Obiklip keeps one small database with your projects, clips and settings. Your recordings are not copied into it - a project points at the video file where it already lives.

macOS ~/Library/Application Support/com.obiklip.app/
Windows %APPDATA%\com.obiklip.app\

Backing up that folder backs up your projects. It does not back up the videos, which stay wherever you keep them.

Moving to another machine

Sign in on the new machine and your minutes are there: a balance belongs to your account, not to a computer.

Projects do not follow you. They live in the folder above, and analysing the same recording again on a second machine spends minutes again. Export what you need before you move, or copy that folder across along with the recordings, leaving them at the same paths.

Updating

Obiklip does not update itself. Install a new version over the old one - your projects, settings and minutes are untouched. What changed is listed in the release notes.

Uninstalling

On macOS, drag Obiklip from Applications to the Trash. On Windows, remove it from Installed apps. Either way the folder above stays behind; delete it too if you want the projects gone. Minutes belong to your account, not to the machine, and survive an uninstall.