Today is a page in LocalInbox with what needs you, found in your own mail: Needs a reply, Waiting on, today's meetings, deadlines in the next seven days, parcels arriving and trips. The Morning brief sits at the top: up to five lines about important mail since yesterday, each opening the email it cites, written on your Mac. It can also arrive as a notification at the time you choose, even while LocalInbox is closed.
The lists work on any Mac with macOS 15 or later. The written summary needs Apple Intelligence (macOS 26 on Apple silicon), a model server on your Mac such as Ollama or LM Studio, or your own Claude or OpenAI key with the Morning brief allowed.
What's on Today
Each row opens its email. A day with nothing on it says “Nothing needs you today”.
- Needs a reply: mail from people that asks you something you haven't answered.
- Waiting on: mail you sent that's still waiting for an answer.
- Today's meetings.
- Upcoming deadlines: what's due in the next seven days.
- Parcels arriving.
- Trips under way or within a month.
The Morning brief
“Since yesterday” is up to five lines at the top of Today about important mail, each opening the email it cites. It's written on your Mac once a day by the engine in Settings › Intelligence, and the refresh button writes it again.
Settings › Notifications › Morning brief sends it as a notification at the time you choose, even while LocalInbox is closed. With Hide subject, summary and codes on, the notification only counts.
Trips
Flights, trains, stays, car hire and bookings are grouped into one timeline per trip, such as “Trip · Lisbon, Mon 2 Nov – Fri 6 Nov”, with each item opening its email. A flight, train or stay's bar under a message has Show Trip, which shows the whole trip on Today, the way back included, however far off it is.
Where to find it
- At the top of the rail, or with ⌃5.
- View › Show Today.
- Today… in the menu bar item.
- Shortcuts: Get Morning Brief and Get Today's Deadlines.
Questions
Does Today need Apple Intelligence?
No. The lists work without it, on any Mac with macOS 15 or later. Only the written summary at the top needs a model: Apple Intelligence, a model server on your Mac, or a cloud model you've allowed.
Is my mail sent anywhere to write the Morning brief?
Not by default. It's written on your Mac, by Apple's on-device model or a model server you run on it, and LocalInbox has no server. Only if you add your own key and allow the Morning brief does the mail that needs you most go to that provider, and only mail dated after you agreed.
Does the Morning brief come when LocalInbox is closed?
Yes, at the time you choose in Settings › Notifications › Morning brief, as long as your Mac is on. Tapping it opens Today.
Is it on iPhone and iPad too?
Yes. Today opens from a card at the top of Mailboxes, and the Morning brief comes as a notification at the time you choose, in Settings › Notifications. It carries what LocalInbox found the last time it checked your mail, and the written summary needs Apple Intelligence. LocalInbox for iPhone and iPad is on the App Store, with the same licence: https://localinbox.app/iphone