Keep It 1.9 Release Notes Archive
Version 1.9.9
Requirements
macOS Catalina 10.15 or later.
Released
February 9, 2021
Changes
- Fixed an issue importing notes with images from ENEX files exported by Evernote 10.
- Fixed an issue where the color button wouldn’t update to reflect the selected text.
- Fixed an issue attaching files to notes with drag and drop on macOS Big Sur.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when closing an empty note window.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to view a note that has Show Small Images enabled and includes an invalid image.
- Fixed an issue where the first item in the list could be selected after removing one or more items.
Version 1.9.8
Requirements
macOS Catalina 10.15 or later.
Released
January 26, 2021
Changes
- Fixed an issue getting the title for a web page in the share extension when not using Safari.
- Fixed an issue where an existing web link could not be saved as a paginated PDF.
- Fixed an issue where the preview would not update when the last item was removed from the selected list.
- Fixed an issue where items imported from an ENEX file would be indexed repeatedly.
- Fixed an issue where generating a thumbnail for a PDF may never time out.
- Fixed an issue where tags wouldn’t be preserved on items shared by another iCloud user when they are first fetched from iCloud.
Version 1.9.7
Requirements
macOS Catalina 10.15 or later.
Released
January 12, 2021
Changes
- Fixed an issue using Return to insert a new checklist item.
- Fixed an issue indenting text in notes and rich text documents.
- Fixed an issue dragging attachments from notes and rich text documents on macOS Big Sur.
- Fixed an issue where changes could be lost when the case of an item’s name is changed.
- See an item’s enclosing folder in the Finder by holding on the Option key and choosing Item > Show Enclosing Folder in Finder from the main menu.
- Improved the appearance of the alert shown to decrypt an item during file export on macOS Big Sur.
- Improved detection of URLs and email addresses in plain text email messages.
- Fixed an issue where a blank thumbnail could flicker on and off for mail messages and items whose files have not yet been downloaded.
- Fixed an issue where long email subjects could wrap incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where web content and mail messages could appear incorrect when exiting full screen on macOS Big Sur.
- Fixed an issue where saving a web link for offline with a bookmarklet would not dismiss the import view.
Version 1.9.6
Requirements
macOS Catalina 10.15 or later.
Released
January 5, 2021
Changes
- Fixed an issue where bulleted or numbered lists could not be indented or continued.
- Improved performance when switching between lists where the item being viewed exists in both.
- Fixed a performance issue scrolling the list when it contains mail messages.
- Fixed a crash that could occur the first time an attachment is added to an RTF file when it is open in a separate window.
- Fixed an issue where note thumbnails would not be drawn correctly.
- Fixed issues selecting items in icon view.
- Fixed an issue where it wouldn’t be possible to skip a note that could not be read when exporting files.
- Fixed the appearance of the Activity view when exporting an encrypted item.
- For text recognition on macOS 11.0 or later, if the primary language is English, Chinese, Portuguese, French, Italian, German or Spanish, Keep It will also include any of your preferred languages from that list too. Preferred languages can be set in System Preferences.
Version 1.9.5
Requirements
macOS Catalina 10.15 or later.
Released
December 16, 2020
Changes
- Improved performance when switching between lists.
- Fixed an issue where some saved searches wouldn’t work correctly on macOS Big Sur.
- Fixed issues where saving to iCloud may not complete on macOS Big Sur.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when working with untagged items.
Version 1.9.4
Requirements
macOS Catalina 10.15 or later.
Released
December 8, 2020
Changes
- Fixed an issue where duplicate items could be created when using the Share extension and the app is open.
- Fixed issues saving single-page web pages on Big Sur.
- Fixed an issue where text recognition could be performed on items repeatedly.
- Fixed a delay showing text formatting changes on Big Sur.
- Fixed an issue rendering some images attached to emails.
- Fixed an issue cancelling saving a web link.
- Improved the appearance of the import view on Big Sur.
- Improved the appearance of the Where line in the Info view on Big Sur.
- Improved content indexing of scanned PDFs.
Version 1.9.3
Requirements
macOS Catalina 10.15 or later.
Released
November 24, 2020
Changes
- Fixed an issue where items in the list could be hidden behind the tag filter on macOS Catalina.
- A better name is now generated when automatically naming notes or other text files that begin with a bulleted or numbered list.
- Fixed a crash immediately after downloading a file from the web.
- Reduced the minimum size of the search field in Compact Mode on Big Sur.
- More efficient thumbnail generation for single-page PDFs.
- Fixed an issue where iCloud changes may not be saved when the library is first downloaded from iCloud until the app is restarted.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when renaming a Markdown style.
Version 1.9.2
Requirements
macOS Catalina 10.15 or later.
Released
November 17, 2020
Changes
- Fixed an issue where iCloud changes may be saved repeatedly when other activity going on, such as indexing or extracting information.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when processing iCloud changes.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when updating info from an edited file.
- Fixed an issue restoring the last selected group when the app opens.
- Fixed an issue with excessive indexing.
Version 1.9.1
Requirements
macOS Catalina 10.15 or later.
Released
November 14, 2020
Changes
- Fixed an issue where the top of the Info view would be obscured under the toolbar on macOS Big Sur.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting an empty checklist item.
- Fixed a crash that could occur at startup when the tag filter is set to show any rather than all tags, and there are no tags to show.
- Fixed an issue where the Sort pop-up in the View Options popover would appear incorrect on macOS Catalina.
- Fixed an issue indexing items.
Version 1.9
Requirements
macOS Catalina 10.15 or later.
Released
November 12, 2020
Summary
- New look for macOS 11 Big Sur
- Color-coded lists
- Improvements for labels, notes, web links, printing, and more
- Built for Apple silicon
General
- On macOS Big Sur, the library window toolbar is now sectioned and resizes to match the sidebar and list view, when possible. The Tag Filter and View Options buttons are now part of the toolbar, and the search field collapses to an icon when space is limited.
- The name of the selected list is now the library window title, and on macOS Big Sur the window title is shown as part of the toolbar.
- On macOS Big Sur, a new “Show Item Count” option can be enabled in the View menu to show the number of items below the library window title. This replaces the status bar on Big Sur.
- On macOS Big Sur, the item’s name is now shown as the title of editor windows, and Ctrl-clicking this will show the full path of the file.
- All icons updated to match the look of macOS Big Sur.
- The Move to Folder menu is now hierarchical, with favorite folders shown at the top.
- The Add to Bundle menu now also includes favorites at the top.
- In Compact Mode, dragging to the back button will go back to the previous view.
- Keep It will now only ask before quitting if there are changes yet to be saved to iCloud and iCloud is available.
- Improved merging of iCloud changes.
- Keep It will now run natively on Apple silicon.
- Keep It now requires macOS 10.15 Catalina or later.
Sidebar
- On macOS Big Sur, the sidebar is now full-height, and icons will either appear in Keep It’s accent color or the system accent color depending on the setting in General System Preferences. The Favorites list is always shown with a yellow icon, and deleted folders with grey icons.
- Folders, bundles, and saved searches can now be color-coded by choosing File > Change Color from the menu. On macOS Big Sur this affects the icon, and a color icon is shown on the opposite side of the name when the list is selected and the sidebar has focus. On Catalina the color icon is always shown.
- Dates in saved searches can now be chosen using a calendar in macOS 10.15.4 and later.
Labels
- Label colors can be changed directly in the sidebar to one of the standard label colors, or a custom color.
- Standard label colors now match the system accent colors and adapt for light and dark modes.
Items List
- On macOS Big Sur, the items list now uses an inset style.
- In list view rows now wrap up to the maximum number of lines specified in View Options when a thumbnail isn’t present.
- Tags in the Tag Filter are now highlighted in the system accent color.
- Change how the list is sorted in view options.
- Dates in Show File Info can now be chosen using a calendar in macOS 10.15.4 and later.
Notes & Rich Text Documents
- Click the highlight button to apply the last-used color or remove a highlight. Click and hold on the highlight button to apply a new color to the selected text.
- When highlighting selected text, a highlight will be applied unless the entire selection is already highlighted, in which case the highlight will be removed.
- When editing links, the popover now allows editing both the link and the text that is selected.
- When an attachment is selected, press the spacebar to show a Quick Look preview.
Markdown
- Zoom Markdown previews using the commands in the Markdown > Zoom Preview menu on macOS Big Sur.
All Editable Text Files
- When printing notes, Markdown source, and rich and plain text files, choose whether or not to include headers and footers.
- When editing an editable text file, use Shift-Tab to go back to the Info view (when visible).
PDFs
- Click the highlight button to apply the last-used color or remove a highlight. Click and hold on the highlight button to apply a new color to the selected text.
- When a PDF is opened in its own editing window on Big Sur, the current and total number of pages will be shown below the item’s name. Turn this on or off by choosing PDF > Show Page Count from the menu.
Web Links
- The New Web Link panel now uses a similar layout to the share extension for choosing the format.
- Zoom web pages using the commands in the Web Link or Web Page menu on macOS Big Sur.
- Fixed an issue where the Move to Folder and Add to Bundle toolbar buttons would not be updated after a web link opened in a separate window is saved as a PDF or web archive.
- Fixed an issue extracting summaries from web archives.
Mail Messages
- Zoom messages using the commands in the Mail menu on macOS Big Sur.
- Improved the appearance of quoted text.
Preferences
- The Preferences window now uses a new style and icons on macOS Big Sur.
- Settings for Java and Plug-ins have been removed from Files preferences as these are no longer supported.