Keep It 2.5 Release Notes Archive
Version 2.5.8
Requirements
macOS 12.0 Monterey or later.
Released
January 30, 2025
Changes
- Added support for importing mail messages via AppleScript to work around changes introduced in macOS 15.3. See the Keep It Automation Resources page (or choose Help > Automation Guides from the menu) to get updated scripts and an Automator workflow for importing mail messages that work with the latest version of Keep It on all versions of macOS if you have older versions installed.
- Fixed an issue opening items in icon view when Keep It is in Compact Mode.
- Fixed an issue dragging items to other apps when Finder integration is enabled.
- Fixed an issue where Reader mode may not work correctly.
Version 2.5.7
Requirements
macOS 12.0 Monterey or later.
Released
January 21, 2025
Changes
- Fixed an issue clicking links in web pages that require a new window.
- Fixed an issue extracting information from notes or rich text files.
- Fixed a crash that could occur after removing the library folder.
- Fixed an issue where it would not be possible to double-click multiple items in icon view.
- Fixed an issue where no thumbnail would be shown for Markdown files in icon view.
- Improvements importing URLs with the Services menu or dragged to the app icon.
Version 2.5.6
Requirements
macOS 12.0 Monterey or later.
Released
December 17, 2024
Changes
- Improved performance when loading a very long note or other editable text item.
- Fixed an issue using the Photos picker to add or attach two or more photos or videos that have the same name.
- Fixed an issue where web page text added via the Services menu may not always be cleaned up.
- Fixed an issue with iCloud shared items.
Version 2.5.5
Requirements
macOS 12.0 Monterey or later.
Released
November 26, 2024
Changes
- Fixed an issue in thumbnails view where a thumbnail could be shown for a freshly encrypted item when using Finder integration.
- Fixed an issue that could occur when generating a thumbnail fails.
- Fixed an issue that could occur viewing web links that redirect.
- Fixed an issue choosing to open an item in another app from the items list.
- Fixed an issue paging up / down in icon view.
- Fixed an issue that could occur when performing an initial fetch from iCloud after updating from a much older version of Keep It.
- Fixed an issue using Quick File to move an item to No Folder.
- Fixed a crash that occur when importing a bookmarks HTML file.
Version 2.5.4
Requirements
macOS 12.0 Monterey or later.
Released
October 29, 2024
Changes
- Fixed an issue where file attachments may not draw correctly on macOS Sequoia.
- Fixed an issue where it may not be possible to drag to the thumbnails view on macOS Sequoia.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when Keep It’s Finder extension is enabled or disabled on macOS Sequoia.
- Fixed an issue dragging links from recent versions of Chrome, Firefox and Edge.
- Fixed an issue where it would not be possible to save a web link for file import in the Share extension by pressing the Return key when the cursor is in the name or link fields.
- Improved the error shown when saving an iCloud share fails.
- Improved the Quick Look preview for longer notes.
Version 2.5.3
Requirements
macOS 12.0 Monterey or later.
Released
October 9, 2024
Changes
- Fixed a hang that could occur when thumbnail generating for a web page times out while saving to iCloud.
- Fixed an issue where thumbnails may not be generated for newly added, unsaved web links.
- Fixed an issue where saving a web link with a redirect could result in the page reloading continuously.
- When choosing Find Items from the Edit menu, the toolbar will now be shown if it was hidden.
Version 2.5.2
Requirements
macOS 12.0 Monterey or later.
Released
October 1, 2024
Changes
- Fixed an issue where changing the case of a folder name could result in all the items in that folder being lost when Keep It is not using iCloud.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when exporting stationery from a library.
- Fixed an issue showing help for Notes settings by clicking the help button in the Settings window.
- Fixed an issue where the Kind of new items could be shown as “data” when there a more descriptive type is available.
Version 2.5.1
Requirements
macOS 12.0 Monterey or later.
Released
September 24, 2024
Changes
- Fixed an issue adding shared items to bundles.
- Increased the contrast of dividers in notes.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when extracting highlighted text from PDFs.
Version 2.5
Requirements
macOS 12.0 Monterey or later.
Released
September 17, 2024
Summary
- Indent checklists
- Choose custom highlight colors for notes and PDFs
- Safari extension for quickly adding a web link
- Updated for macOS 15 Sequoia
Notes
- Checklists can now be indented up to five levels in the same way as list items. To indent, press Tab at the start of a checklist line, or press Option-tab anywhere on the line. To decrease the indent, press Shift-Tab anywhere on the line. Alternatively use the Format > Text > Increase Indentation and Decrease Indentation menu items or shortcut keys.
- When notes with indented checklists are viewed in older versions of Keep It, the checklists will be shown unindented. Editing a note with indented checklists on an older version of Keep It will remove the indentation.
- Indentation of checklists will be respected when notes with checklists are added to Keep It from Apple Notes.
- Indented checklists will be exported as rich text and in Markdown format for plain text.
- Checkmarks now use a new design.
Notes & Rich Text
- Choose a custom highlight color for notes and rich text document by clicking and holding on the highlight button, or by choosing Format > Highlight Color > Other from the menu. The custom color will be stored in iCloud.
- On macOS 15 highlight colors will be converted to and from their closest RTF equivalents when importing from or exporting to rich text, and when copying and pasting.
- Paste a link on the selected text by holding on the Option key and choosing Format > Paste Link from the menu.
Markdown
- The default editor style now uses the current accent color for headings.
- When “Additional Marked Text Syntax” is enabled in the Preview section of Markdown settings, Highland-style highlights enclosed in plus signs will now also be converted.
PDFs
- Choose a custom highlight color by clicking and holding on the highlight button, or by choosing PDF > Highlight Color > Other from the menu. The custom color will be stored in iCloud.
- PDFs that require a user or owner password to perform certain operations can now be unlocked by choosing PDF > Unlock With password from the menu.
Web Links
- Keep It now provides a Safari extension that will add the current web page to Keep It when clicked using the options in Keep It’s Import settings. The Import view will be shown if “Show import view: When adding from other apps” is enabled.
- When saving a link to a post on X, the post will now be saved as an embed.
- Improvements generating thumbnails for web pages.
Search
- When searching by content, the first highlighted term will now be scrolled into view in notes, editable text documents, Markdown previews, PDFs, mail messages, and saved web pages.
Info View
- Clicking the globe icon next in the Info view will open the source URL, or start editing that field if there is none.
General
- Updated app icon.