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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 2.1.4

KeepIt_2.1.4.dmg (26.3 MB)

Requirements

macOS Big Sur 11.3 or later.

Released

November 22, 2022

Changes

Restored the Spotlight plug-in for finding notes by their content.
Fixed an issue where the tag filter may not update immediately when tags are added to the item being viewed.
When inserting a URL in a note, rich text document or Markdown file, use shortcut keys to switch between different kinds of links that can be inserted.
Fixed an issue where activity may not always be shown next to All Items in the sidebar.
Fixed a crash that could occur after updating to macOS Ventura.

Version 2.1.3

Download: KeepIt_2.1.3.dmg (26 MB)

Requirements

macOS Big Sur 11.3 or later.

Released

November 9, 2022

Changes

To work around an issue with macOS Ventura, the Share extension will not attempt to auto-complete tags on macOS 13.0 and later until the issue is resolved. Click the tags icon instead to search and choose tags from the list.
Fixed an issue where errors may not get reported in the Activity window.
Improvements when saving web pages that use Javascript to load images.

Version 2.1.2

Requirements

macOS Big Sur 11.3 or later.

Released

November 1, 2022

Changes

Fixed an issue where choosing to show lists from the Go menu would not always work in Compact Mode.
Fixed issues importing by drag and drop from Mail on macOS Ventura.
Fixed an issue downloading updated files from iCloud when Finder integration is in use.
Fixed a crash that could occur when enabling or disabling Finder integration on macOS Ventura.
Fixed an issue where the Item > Share menu may show no items on macOS Ventura.
Fixed an issue where changing the Added date in the File Info popover should not be saved.

Version 2.1.1

Requirements

macOS Big Sur 11.3 or later.

Released

October 27, 2022

Changes

Fixed an issue where the current search may be ignored when selecting a result on macOS Ventura.
Fixed an issue with the alert shown when removing a single item.
Fixed an issue where the notification shown after saving a web link might not include the web page’s title.
Fixed a display issue that could occur after customizing a window’s toolbar.
Corrected title of “Show Number of Items” in the View menu.

Version 2.1

Requirements

macOS Big Sur 11.3 or later.

Released

October 25, 2022

Summary

Updated for macOS Ventura
Quick Open and Quick File match names more flexibly
Improvements when editing saved note styles
Improved toolbars and format bars
Scrubber for sound files
Improved Shortcuts and AppleScript support

Lists

Set a color when creating folders or bundles.
When creating or editing labels with custom colors on macOS Ventura, the color picker will show a popover when clicked. Click Show Colors to see the full color palette.

Items

When changing how items are sorted, the current sort order (ascending or descending, or newest to oldest) is preserved.
Items that are in Deleted Items can no longer be edited, converted, or opened in windows or their original application.
Updated support for sharing items on macOS Ventura.
Fixed an issue where the state of the currently viewed item may not be saved when the app is quit.

Quick Open & Quick File

Quick Open and Quick File will no longer require the order of words typed to match exactly.
Click the -> icon in the Info view to show a Quick File popover.

Notes

When editing note styles on macOS 13 Ventura, using the color picker will show a popover when clicked. Click Show Colors to see the full color palette.
Choose whether to underline Title / Heading / Subheading and custom note styles.
Choose whether to strikethrough text for custom note styles.
Styles will now be shown with their text color and as underlined or struck through, if chosen, in the Edit Note Styles panel list and preview, and the note styles format bar menu.
Access Notes Settings by choosing Format > Settings from the menu when a note is being viewed.

Notes and Rich Text

When clicking the text color button in the format bar for notes or rich text documents on macOS 13 Ventura, a color palette will now be shown; click Show Colors to show the full color picker.
Insert clickable links to external files in notes, rich text documents by holding on the Option key and choosing Format > Insert Links To Files from the menu — these files will only be accessible on Macs where the files exist in that location.

Markdown

Insert a clickable link to an external file by holding on the Option key and choosing Markdown > Insert Link To File from the menu — these files will only be accessible on Macs where the files exist in that location.

Text Editing

When inserting a clickable link, it’s now possible to paste the file:// URL of a file or folder that’s been copied from the Finder into the URL field. Files and folders can also be dragged to the URL field.
When searching for items or lists to insert as a clickable links, the order of words typed no longer needs to match exactly.

Web Links & Web Pages

If a web page was using reader mode the last time it was viewed, it’ll be restored if possible — this applies across devices when iCloud is in use.
Added Web Link User settings, which you can see by choosing Web Link > Settings from the menu while viewing a web link. These allow you to change the user agent to mimic the current version of Safari, or to a specific value.

PDFs

On macOS Ventura text in scanned PDFs that do not have an invisible text layer can be selected, found on the page, and highlighted for languages supported by Live Text.

Sound Files

Sound files now show a scrubber and allow the playback speed to be changed.

Format Bars & Toolbars

Library and editor window toolbars may now be shown either as Icon Only or Icon and Text (the library window and each type of editor has its own settings).
The position of the Tag Filter, View Options, and Search toolbar items in the Library window are now fixed macOS 13 Ventura.
An overflow button is shown when items in a format bar cannot be shown.

Imports

When importing a bookmarks HTML file, the Activity window will now show automatically, and the top-level imported folder will be selected once the import is complete.
When importing promised files (such as dragging images from a web browser), progress and errors will be reported in the Activity window.

Compact Mode

In Compact Mode, it’s now possible to navigate to the next / previous item while viewing an item, by using the buttons shown below the toolbar, or the Go > Next Item and Previous Item menus or equivalent shortcut keys.

Settings

On macOS 13 Ventura, “Preferences” is now called “Settings”.
Notes settings replaces Fonts settings. Access default settings for rich text and plain text files by choosing Format > Settings or Text > Settings from the menu while viewing such an item.

Automation

In Shortcuts, the “Find Items In Keep It” action now has options to find items with checklists and highlighted text.
In AppleScript, the “highlighted text” property of Keep It Items will now return highlights from PDFs, in addition to notes and other editable text files supported in earlier versions.
In AppleScript, you can now access lists of the completed and outstanding checklist items for a Keep It item.
In AppleScript and Automator, when using the “add text” command or “Add Text to Keep It” action and no format is specified, either a note or a file in the default stationery format will be created, if that default stationery item is a valid editable text format.
Added the ability to create Markdown files with the “add text” AppleScript command and “Add Text to Keep It” Automator action.
Fixed an issue where using Handoff or the Open Item in Keep It shortcut action would not respect the “New document” setting to open an item in a window or select it in the list.