Settings & toggles
Map of LM Mini settings — providers, Home sync, model parameters, appearance, voice, widgets, Shortcuts, and the Pro settings (param presets, App Lock, memory, backup).
Everything tunable lives under Settings. This page is the map: where to tap, what the control does, and which guide goes deeper.
Settings map
| Area | Open | Docs |
|---|---|---|
| Server / providers | Settings → Server | Providers |
| Remote Access | Settings → Remote Access | Connect |
| Sync chats with Home | Settings → Remote Access (when paired with Home) | Sync |
| Models & parameters | Settings → Models | below |
| Personas | Settings → Personas | Personas |
| Appearance / themes | Settings → Appearance | below |
| Voice & transcription | Settings → Voice / Transcription | Voice |
| Image generation | Settings → Image Generation | Image gen |
| Tools / MCP | Settings → Advanced → Tools | Tools |
| Widgets & Shortcuts | Settings → Widgets / Siri | below |
| Export; Memory, Cloud Backup & App Lock (Pro) | Settings → Data | below |
| Account / Pro | Settings → Account | Download |
On iPad and Mac, Settings is two-pane: pick a section on the left.
Beginner / easy mode (welcome wizard) hides some power-user rows. Switch to full Settings anytime.
Model parameters
Global defaults (overridable per chat):
- Temperature, top-p, top-k, min-p (where the backend honors them)
- Max tokens / context window
- Repeat penalty
- Reasoning / thinking
- Verbosity (where the API supports it)
- Structured output / JSON mode
- Flash attention & KV cache offload (load config)
- When context is full — Stop (free); Roll / Cut middle and Compact need Pro (Chat)
How params apply
The most specific layer that is on wins. Chat-level overrides still sit on top.
| Layer | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Global | Defaults for every model that does not have its own preset (free) |
| Selected model (Pro) | Save knobs for that model only. “Use Global params” removes the preset |
| Persona (Pro) | If the Persona uses custom params, those apply while it is active |
Open Settings → Models and use the Global / selected-model tabs. Per-model and per-Persona presets are Pro; free uses the Global defaults. Chat overrides still sit on top of whatever layer is active.
Appearance
- Built-in and custom themes (live editor, fonts, bubbles, gradients)
- Community themes
- Chat background, dim, avatars
- Low battery mode — skip glass blur, render markdown only after the reply finishes, and hold Home/iCloud sync until the message is complete. The screen still stays awake during generation so the stream is not cut off.
- Hide avatars, avatar above bubble, header avatar
- App icon appearance (default / dark / glass) on iOS
- Apple Pencil: drag-scroll vs text selection
Composer & chat behavior
- Shine vs legacy composer
- Starter cards
- Auto-scroll / runtime info
- Background generation (Pro) — continue a reply with a progress notification when you leave (most reliable on-device today)
- Semantic search / embeddings where enabled
- Arena speed-result sharing — free races always share anonymous speed results; Pro can turn sharing off
Memory (Pro)
Memory stores facts across conversations and injects them into the system prompt. Manage entries under Data → Memory. Personas can share memories or stay isolated.
Memory tools run in the background after a chat — you do not operate them as a separate product.
App Lock (Pro)
Protect the app on this device with a 4- or 6-digit numeric PIN.
- Open Settings → Data → App Lock
- Turn on Lock with PIN (LM Mini Pro)
- Choose 4 or 6 digits, enter the PIN, then confirm it
- Set Ask again after: immediately, 15 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, or 1 hour
The PIN is stored only on this device as a salted hash. It is not synced with Home, iCloud, or cloud backup. Opening the app after the grace period (and every cold start) asks for the PIN.
If Pro lapses after you set a PIN, the lock still works so chats stay covered. Turning it off still requires the current PIN.
Turn on Unlock with Face ID / Touch ID / fingerprint to skip typing the PIN. The PIN still works as a fallback.
If you signed in with Apple, Google, or email while the app was unlocked, you can recover a lost PIN from the lock screen: tap Forgot PIN?, sign in again, open the verification email, then choose a new PIN. Without a linked account, reinstalling LM Mini is the only way to clear the lock.
Backup & export
- Export conversations (single chat PDF/TXT; all chats as a ZIP). Pro adds Markdown, JSON, and Obsidian
- Cloud Backup (Pro) — encrypted backup and restore when signed in
- Analytics dashboard (Pro) — usage stats, tokens, and model insights
Widgets, Live Activity, Shortcuts (iOS)
- Home Screen / Control Center widgets (New Chat, Quick Camera); News widget (Pro)
- Download progress on the Lock Screen / Dynamic Island while a model file is fetching (all users)
- Generation Live Activity for in-flight replies (Pro, optional)
- Settings → Siri & Shortcuts — recipes on lmmini.com/shortcuts
Language
Pick UI locale under Language, or follow the system.
Feature requests
Signed-in users can vote on the in-app board under Support.