recordings that save back to your script folder

flip one toggle and your finished take writes to the same folder as the script you read. iCloud delivers it to your mac, sitting right next to the .md it came from.

most teleprompter apps stop caring the moment you hit stop. the video drops into your Photos library, and now it's your job to find it, AirDrop it, rename it, and figure out which take went with which script. open prompter closes that loop for you.

the file is the source of truth#

open prompter doesn't import your script. it reads the markdown file you already wrote, straight from a folder you picked once. iCloud Drive, an Obsidian vault, Dropbox, any folder iOS can reach.

so the recording should follow the same rule. the take belongs next to the script that produced it. same folder, same place, no separate library to manage.

that's the whole idea behind "save next to the script." the file you wrote and the video you recorded live together, because they're the same piece of work.

turning it on#

it's one switch.

that's it. by default, recordings save to Photos with write-only access, the way most apps do it. with the toggle on, open prompter does that AND copies the finished take into the folder the script lives in.

you keep the Photos copy. you also get the copy beside the script. you're not choosing one or the other.

what the saved file looks like#

when you stop recording, the .mov lands in the script's folder named like this:

{script-stem}__{timestamp}.mov

so a script called launch-video.md gives you something like launch-video__2026-06-17-1432.mov right beside it. the name tells you which script the take came from and when you shot it, without opening a single file.

no more IMG_4471.mov buried in a camera roll with four hundred other clips. the filename does the sorting for you.

shoot three takes of the same script and you get three timestamped files sitting in a row, all named after the script. the latest one is the one at the bottom. picking the keeper is reading a list, not scrubbing a camera roll.

iCloud carries it to your mac#

here's where it pays off. the script already syncs to your mac through iCloud. the take saves into that same synced folder. so the video rides the same pipe.

you walk over to your desk, open the folder, and the take is already there next to the script. no Photos library hunt. no AirDrop dance. no "where did i put that file."

sync latency is whatever your service delivers, usually ten to sixty seconds on iCloud. open prompter is honest about that. it doesn't fake instant. but by the time you've sat down and opened your editor, the take is waiting.

the collaboration superpower#

this is the part that changes how teams work.

say an agency, an editor, or a client shares a script folder with you. a shared iCloud folder, a shared Dropbox folder, a vault you both point at. you open the script in open prompter, read it, and record.

the take saves into that shared folder. which means it syncs straight back to whoever shared it.

the agency dropped you a script. you deliver the video back into the same folder. it shows up on their machine automatically, named after the script, no upload step, no file transfer, no email with a download link. the take effectively returns to wherever the script is hosted.

for a creator working solo, this is convenience. for a team, it's a handoff that disappears. the person who wrote the script gets the take back in the exact place they're already looking.

what the loop actually looks like#

picture a small agency and a piece of talent.

the agency writes the scripts in markdown, one file per video, and drops them in a shared folder. they invite the talent to that folder. done with setup.

the talent points open prompter at the folder once. every script the agency writes now shows up in their library, and the app flags the last edit so they know what's new. they read a script, record, and the take saves right back into the shared folder.

the editor at the agency opens that same folder the next morning. the scripts they wrote are there. so are the takes, each one named after its script. they pull the keeper into their timeline and start cutting.

nobody exported anything. nobody sent a WeTransfer link. nobody renamed IMG_4471 so the editor could tell which clip was which. the script went out through the folder and the video came back through the folder.

why you still get a Photos copy#

the toggle doesn't replace the Photos save. it adds to it.

that's deliberate. Photos is where you go to post a story or text a clip to a friend, and it's the muscle memory everyone already has. the script folder is where the work lives for editing and collaboration. different jobs, so the take goes to both.

you turn the toggle on once and stop thinking about it. the convenient copy and the organized copy both happen on every take.

why it matters more than it sounds#

a lot of the friction in video isn't shooting. it's the logistics around shooting. naming files, moving them between devices, matching takes to scripts, getting the result to the person who needs it.

open prompter treats that friction as a bug, not a fact of life. the script comes from a folder. the take goes back to that folder. the file is the source of truth, start to finish.

and it fits the way open prompter already works. the built-in editor saves your script edits back through the same file coordinator, so iCloud syncs them to your mac like any other change. no proprietary format anywhere in the loop. your script is a .md. your take is a .mov. they sit in a folder you own.

next step#

open Settings, find the Recording section, and turn on "save next to the script." record one take and watch it appear next to the script on your mac a minute later.

if you work with a shared folder, that same take is now on your collaborator's machine too, named after the script, with nothing left to send.