Keep It Downloads
Download a 15-day trial of Keep It here, which can be converted to the full version after purchase. Other downloads, including versions for older versions of macOS, are available at the bottom of the page.
Version 1.8.2
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
February 21, 2020
Changes
- Fixed a crash that would occur when trying to view a sound file.
- Fixed issues customising and using the Subheading style.
- Fixed an issue adding a web link that is not saved for offline with the Share extension.
- Fixed a hang that could occur when there are over a thousand files in a single folder.
- Added an option to Import preferences to disable the generation of thumbnails for web links.
Version 1.8.1
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
February 18, 2020
Changes
- Improved automatic naming of notes and rich text documents: if the item has no text, any name set won’t be reverted to the default new name.
- A format pop-up is now shown when saving web links for offline in the Share extension and Import View instead of a gear icon.
- Choose Edit > Substitutions > Smart Lists from the menu to disable automatic conversion of text lists in notes and rich text documents.
- Fixed issues with automatic text list creation.
- Fixed an issue where the Import View wouldn’t be shown when adding a link with a bookmarklet.
- Fixed an issue editing checklists in notes.
Version 1.8
Download: KeepIt_1.8.dmg (19.1 MB)
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
February 12, 2020
Summary
- Thumbnails for Web Links on macOS Catalina
- Support for sketches in notes created in Keep It for iPad and iPhone on macOS Catalina
- Improvements for notes and rich text editing
- Float editor windows on top and set a default size
- Automator actions for adding web links, files, text and attachments
- AppleScript improvements for adding text and links
- Now supports x-callback-urls for integration with iPad apps on Mac
Web Links
- On macOS Catalina, Keep It will now create thumbnails for web links.
- In Import preferences, options for web links are now shown by clicking the Options buttons, and will only show options relevant to the “save web links as” format that is selected.
Notes
- Added support for sketches created in Keep It for iPad and iPhone so that they remain editable. On macOS Catalina, sketches will be displayed appropriately for light or dark mode.
- Set a default style for new notes in Fonts preferences.
- An item to toggle small images is now included in the contextual menu that is shown for attachments.
- Added a Subheading note style.
Notes & Rich Text
- When a line starts with a bullet character, asterisk, dash or a number followed by a period and Return is pressed, the line will automatically be converted into the corresponding list style.
Editing & Previews
- Float editor windows on top of other windows by choosing Window > Float on Top from the menu when an editor window is open.
- Set a default size for new windows by choosing Window > Save as Default Size from the menu when an editing window is open. To reset, hold on Option and choose Window > Reset Default Size from the menu when an editing window is open.
- Comma separated values files are now shown as Quick Look previews rather than editable text.
- Fixed an issue where it would not be possible to zoom or rotate standalone images with a trackpad.
- Fixed an issue where the creation date could be set to the modification date when PDFs, images, Markdown and plain text files.
- Fixed an issue where manually saving items in editor windows would wrongly show a message that the item couldn’t be saved.
- Fixed an issue where the state of an (e.g. zoom factor or current page of a PDF) may not be stored.
Sharing
- Hold on Option when clicking the Share button or choosing Item > Share from the menu to share an item’s link instead of its file content.
- Added a “Share item link instead of file” option to Advanced preferences to always provide item links instead of file content to the Share panel (without needing to hold on the Option key).
- Improved link detection when sharing plain text to Keep It’s Share extension.
Automation
- To support iPad apps on the Mac, Keep It for Mac now handles the same x-callback-urls as Keep It for iPad and iPhone.
- There is now an Automator action to add a web link to Keep It, optionally specifying whether to save for offline, the format, tags, and destination.
- There is now an Automator action to add files to Keep it, optionally specifying whether to copy or move, tags, a destination, whether to convert text files to notes, and how to deal with conflicts.
- There is now an Automator action to add text to a new or existing item in Keep It, optionally specifying a style (Keep It notes only), tags, format, and item name.
- There is now an Automator action to attach a file to a note or rich text document.
- When using the
add textAppleScript command to create or append text to a note, a style can now be specified. If not specified the default style will be used for a new note, and the body style will be used when appending text to an existing note. - The
add linkAppleScript command can now append a link to an editable text item. - Fixed an issue where it wouldn’t be possible to specify a list of tags when using the
add textAppleScript command. - Fixed an issue where the
attach fileAppleScript command wouldn’t work for rich text documents. - When using AppleScript, get a list of the files attached to a particular Keep It item using the
attached filesproperty.
History
Older Versions
- Keep It 1.4.8 — requires macOS 10.12 Sierra and later.
More Downloads
Use this to install the "Save PDF to Keep It" print service:
Use this to import from Yojimbo: