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 1.6.18
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
August 20, 2019
Changes
- Fixed an issue extracting summaries for notes.
- Fixed an issue where performing text recognition on PDFs may fail.
- Fixed an issue where dragging a folder from the sidebar would only export one of its subfolders.
Version 1.6.17
Download: KeepIt_1.6.17.dmg (17.6 MB)
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
August 6, 2019
Changes
- Bulleted and numbered lists in notes created on iPhone and iPad can now be continued on Mac.
- Fixed an issue where PDFs would not be scrolled to the top of the current page when first shown.
- Fixed an issue where metadata in rich text files would not be preserved after editing.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when importing an ENEX file fails.
Version 1.6.16
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
July 18, 2019
Changes
- Fixed an issue with the appearance of the "Welcome to Keep It" item for new users.
- Fixed an issue where bundles and searches could be nested in shared folders via an iCloud change.
Version 1.6.15
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
July 15, 2019
Changes
- Fixed a problem where hiding then showing the app with a Quick Look preview displayed could cause a crash when navigating away from that item.
- Fixed a problem where Quick Look previews would not immediately refresh when the original file has changed.
- Fixed an issue where changing the creation date on an item wouldn’t update the file and result in continuous iCloud updates when running Keep It on two or more Macs.
- Fixed an issue where Keep It would always go back to the Lists view in Compact Mode when the app is unhidden.
- Improved text recognition on PDFs.
Version 1.6.14
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
June 28, 2019
Changes
- Fixed an issue with high CPU when the item list view is in use.
Version 1.6.13
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
June 26, 2019
Changes
- Fixed an issue where names wouldn’t wrap in the item list.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when un-hiding the app and a standalone image is displayed.
- Fixed an issue where editing a saved search with many options could cause the popover to exceed the visible area of the screen.
- When importing a standalone attachment from Evernote that does not have a filename Keep It will use the note’s name instead, if available.
Version 1.6.12
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
June 11, 2019
Changes
- Fixed an issue where choosing search suggestions may not update the search.
- Fixed an issue where Keep It may attempt to download items at startup whose files exist locally, but which have not yet been saved to iCloud.
- Fixed an issue where the count of sentences and paragraphs would be zero.
- Fixed an issue that may prompt continuous iCloud updates for items with some filenames.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when a file is modified externally.
Version 1.6.11
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
May 29, 2019
Changes
- Fixed a crash that could occur when updating iCloud.
Version 1.6.10
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
May 28, 2019
Changes
- Improvements when adding web links from text via the Share extension.
- Fixed issues with the appearance and resizing of standalone images when zoomed to fit.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when a standalone image is being displayed.
- Fixed a crash that could occur after editing an item when the script to update Finder comments is installed.
- Fixed an issue merging iCloud changes, particularly where a file or folder cannot be moved or renamed.
- Fixed an issue undoing the conversion of several lines of text in a note to a checklist.
Version 1.6.9
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
May 14, 2019
Changes
- Keep It will now attempt to fetch titles for web pages when using the Share extension to save a web link and the host app does not provide one.
- Fixed an issue automatically naming links to web pages whose real titles are set after the page has finished loading.
- Improved responsiveness when saving large PDF files.
- Fixed issues zooming standalone images and displaying standalone images on Retina displays.
- Fixed an issue searching file content using a suggestion when the “Free Text Searches” option for contents is disabled.
- Word counts no longer include checklists, dividers and attachments.
- Improved responsiveness of iCloud operations when others, such as indexing and downloading files, are in progress.
- Refreshing summaries and thumbnails will now also update the display name of the item, depending on whether or not file extensions are visible in the Finder.
- Fixed an issue where the dates of mail message files may not match the dates shown in Keep It.
Version 1.6.8
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
May 2, 2019
Changes
- Fixed an issue where notes and other file packages could take up unnecessary space when stored in iCloud.
- Fixed an issue downloading libraries with shared folders.
- Fixed an issue generating Quick Look previews and thumbnails for notes.
- Fixed an issue where it would be possible to add newlines or tabs to file names.
Version 1.6.7
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
April 23, 2019
Changes
- Fixed an issue with the text cursor in Dark Mode on macOS Mojave.
- Fixed an issue where the summary of Markdown files could be truncated.
- Fixed an issue changing the modified date of items via AppleScript.
- Fixed an issue with the appearance of the format bar for long font names.
- Messages shown when decrypting items with Touch ID are now more specific.
Version 1.6.6
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
April 16, 2019
Changes
- The text cursor for notes and rich text files will now be a light color on dark backgrounds, and a dark color on light backgrounds.
- Fixed an issue finding next and previous occurrences of text with the keyboard while the cursor is in the find bar’s search field.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when choosing custom label colors.
- Fixed an issue where an error message may not be shown when a folder cannot be moved.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when showing the Activity window on macOS Mojave 10.14.4.
Version 1.6.5
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
April 3, 2019
Changes
- Fixed an issue saving web links for offline.
Version 1.6.4
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
April 2, 2019
Changes
- Fixed an issue where exporting Markdown files as HTML or Rich Text may not include unsaved changes.
- Fixed an issue syncing some defaults via iCloud.
- Fixed an issue where the share extension won’t show a name when the link being saved is a file rather than a web page.
- Fixed an issue detecting the correct level of Markdown headers.
Version 1.6.3
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
March 19, 2019
Changes
- Finder comments can now be updated to match the comments in Keep It following installation of a script. See the support page for more details.
- Added an option to Search preferences to highlight content results in documents while viewing a saved search.
- Added an option to Advanced preferences to disable showing activity in the sidebar or status bar.
- Fixed an issue where automatically renaming rich text, plain text or Markdown files created from stationery may not always work.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when previewing Markdown files in Dark Mode.
- Fixed potential performance problem when highlighting found terms in PDFs that have no textual content.
- Fixed an issue where items in Deleted Items could be shown in the Share extension or Import view.
- Reduced the need to check for added files on startup when many files were added before the app was last quit.
Version 1.6.2
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
March 2, 2019
Changes
- Fixed an issue in 1.6.1 where new lists, labels and tags may not get saved to iCloud.
Version 1.6.1
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
February 28, 2019
Changes
- Improved text recognition for images with light text on a dark background.
- Fixed an issue performing text recognition for images on macOS 10.13.
- Fixed an issue where showing Markdown previews by default could switch focus to the preview when viewed.
- Fixed a potential crash when updating iCloud while other updates in progress.
- Fixed an issue that could occur when saving changes to iCloud.
- Fixed an issue saving a web link with the Share extension if the app is running.
Version 1.6
Requirements
macOS High Sierra 10.13 or later.
Released
February 25, 2019
Summary
- Text recognition for images and PDFs
- Dividers and small images in notes
- Item names wrap in the list
- Import from a scanner
- Improved Share extension and Import View
- Improvements to search, text editing, PDF editing and more
Search
- Keep It can now recognize printed text in images, and scanned PDFs that have not had OCR performed on them.
- Find movies, videos, audio and image files generically, rather than only by a specific type (e.g. PNG image).
- Added Search preferences.
- Choose whether to perform text recognition on items, and the language or script to use in Search preferences.
- The “Highlight found content” option has been moved from the search field’s settings popover to Search preferences.
Imports
- Import directly from a scanner by choosing File > Import from [Scanner] from the menu.
- Use the File > Import from iPad or iPhone menu to import an image directly from your iPhone or iPad’s camera on macOS Mojave.
- If the default stationery is an editable text format, a new item in that format will be created when adding text with the Share extension, the Services menu, drag and drop, or the bookmarklet.
- Save web links to new or existing notes or other editable text files in the Share extension or Import view.
- Choose a format when saving a web link for offline in the share extension or import view.
- Attach files to new or existing notes or supported editable text formats in the Share extension or Import view.
- Up to five recent lists or items will be shown when selecting destination lists or items in the Share extension.
- Show the comments field in the Share extension or Import view when adding web links or files by Ctrl-clicking or right-clicking on any of the icons for the other fields, and choosing Show Comments from the menu.
- Checklists will be preserved in notes imported from Apple Notes via the Share extension, Services menu, or drag and drop.
- Dividers (horizontal rules) will now be preserved in notes when importing from Evernote.
- Finder comments will now be imported from files.
Notes
- Show attached images at a smaller size by choosing Format > Show Small Images from the menu.
- Checklists are now converted into lists when copied to other apps or notes exported as RTF/RTFD.
- Insert a divider (horizontal line) by choosing Format > Insert Divider from the menu.
- Improvements when pasting text from non-notes or other apps in Dark Mode on macOS Mojave.
Rich Text Files
- Rich text files can now be shown in dark mode colors on macOS Mojave. Unlike notes, the color of highlighted text in dark mode will not be dark.
- Added Format > Text > Clean Up Formatting menu item to convert text and background colors to the defaults.
- Added an option to Fonts preferences to always show rich text files as light content in macOS Mojave.
Plain Text Files
- Added an option to Fonts preferences to always show plain text files as light content in macOS Mojave.
- The plain text font is now synced via iCloud, if in use.
PDFs
- Strikethrough and underline selected text in PDFs using the menu, or format bar / toolbar.
- Rotate pages left or right using the menu.
- Remove the current page using the menu.
Images
- Rotate images left or right using the menu.
General
- Names will now wrap up to two lines in both the list and thumbnails views.
- Improved the appearance of the buttons when multiple items are selected and the preview is very narrow.
- The preferred format for saved web links is now synced via iCloud, if in use.
- The keystroke to hide the sidebar is now Command-Option-S.
- Insert the date and / or time anywhere using the Insert Date & Time submenu in the Edit menu.
- Choose the style of the date and time by choosing Insert Date & Time > Formats from the Edit menu.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue dragging multiple files to a note or rich text document.
- Fixed an issue where a single file’s extension would not be hidden when imported via the Share extension or Import view and the name was changed to not include an extension.
- Fixed an issue where it would be possible to drag All Items to a folder.
- Fixed an issue getting the link of an item or list in AppleScript.
- Fixed an issue downloading a full library with shared items or folders.
- Fixed an issue where it could be possible to enable iCloud while it’s still being disabled.
- Fixed an issue where it could be possible to have duplicate tags in iCloud libraries after using the Share extension.
- Fixed an issue where clicking some links in a web page could open the default browser unnecessarily.
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: