Changelog

✨ New Features

• Obsidian Daily Notes: Your daily note now appears in Type automatically. Connect your vault once and Type picks up your Daily Notes folder, date format, and template on its own, then creates each day's note for you. No more importing it by hand every morning.
• Note Prefix: Add a prefix before each line of a new note, like "-" for bullets or "[]" for checkboxes. Bullets and checkboxes are rendered in the app, including nested bullet points.
• Insert under Headline: New notes can be inserted right below a headline of your choice, perfect for daily note templates.
• "None" Date Format: Turn off timestamps entirely. Notes without dates now render more cleanly, and their previews show the newest lines first.
• Copy Note Content: A new action copies the whole content of a note to the clipboard.

💎 Improvements

• Empty Line Between Notes: A new option adds an empty line between notes in the file.
• Entries per Note: Choose how many entries are shown per note in the command bar.
• Smarter Selection: A newly created note is selected automatically, and the selection moves to the next note after deleting or unlinking one.
• Daily Note Ready at Launch: Your daily note is created the first time the command bar is shown after launch.
• Settings Window: The settings window now stays above other apps' windows.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• File Format Picker: The File Format picker in the create note panel could not be selected. This is now fixed.
• Onboarding: Fixed the Launch at Login toggle disappearing.

🐞 Fixes

• Display: fixed inverted text rendering issues across the application
• Compatibility: updated app for macOS 26.0 compatibility

✨ New Features

• Always on Top: A new button lets you keep the app on top. You can configure it to appear only when active in the Settings. Thanks, A M and Jitty91, for requesting this!

💎 Improvements

• Revamped Settings: Type now features the modern macOS settings layout with a sidebar.
• Enhanced Onboarding: The onboarding process now includes date configuration and a direct link to the Manual. Thanks, Peter and Sean, for the suggestion!
• CMD+W to Dismiss Type: You can now use CMD + W to close Type. Thanks, Dan, for the suggestion!
• Customizable Submit Behavior: Choose whether Type stays visible or dismisses when adding an entry. Thanks, Kye, for the idea!

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed Import Issues: Some users couldn't import text files. This is now resolved. Thanks, Seraphim, for reporting this!
• Restored Option Key Shortcuts: A recent update prevented the Option key from being used for global shortcuts. This has been fixed. Thanks, Emilio, for flagging this!
• Fixed Hotkey Helper: The shortcut helper now correctly indicates that shortcuts must start with CMD, CTRL, or Option.
• macOS 15.0 File Loss Warning: Due to a macOS 15.0 bug that caused Type to lose file references (resulting in disappearing notes), the app now displays a button with more details on how to resolve the issue.

🐞 Fixes

• Paywall: fix issue preventing users from starting a 7-day free trial or unlocking Type forever on macOS 15.2.

🐞 Fixes

• Paywall: attempt to fix missing purchase button when starting a 7-day free trial or unlocking Type forever.

🐞 Fixes

• Paywall: disable the “Unlock forever” button when the user clicks on it to avoid multiple attempts to unlock Type and generate a RevenueCat error.
• Localization: fixed some typos and missing translations.

✨ New Features

• Import Note: A new button allows you to import an existing note into Type. - Thanks to Shawn, Morav, Keir, Derrick, Holger, and Ray for the suggestion!
• Delete Note: Move notes to the Trash with ease. - Thanks Shawn and Wuyiwai for requesting this!
• Unlink Note: Detach a note from the app without sending it to the Trash.
• Clear Note: Quickly clear a note’s contents, ideal for daily notes.
• View in Finder: Open note files directly in Finder. - Thanks to Holger for the idea!
• Feedback Button: The feedback button has been replaced by the "more actions" menu in the toolbar, but it's still available in the menu bar.
• Localization: The app is now fully localized in French, Italian, German, and Spanish. - Special thanks to Sebastian, Matteo, and Juanjo for their contributions!

💎 Improvements

• Markdown Links: Updated link colors for better visibility.
• Global Shortcut: The global shortcut now both launches and dismisses the app if the window is visible. - Thanks sutarto1920 for the suggestion!
• Free Trial Tooltip: A tooltip now explains that starting the free trial does not lead to automatic charges when it ends.

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Paywall: The paywall will no longer appear if there is no Internet connection.
• Menu Bar Option: The menu bar now correctly remains hidden on startup if the option was disabled. - Thanks Keane and Christopher for flagging this!

🐞 Fixes

• Fix Auto-completion in Japanese: I had to remove the Ctrl/Shift + Enter shortcut to add new lines and instead bring back the classic Option + Enter shortcut. It was causing too many issues with Japanese keywords and not sustainable in the long term. - Thanks to Hidemi, Akira, Tsuyoshi, and Yoshihiro for pointing this out!

• Text Not Saved in Japanese: - It was impossible to save a note entry when the content was written in Japanese. - Thanks Hidemi for pointing this out!

• Grandfathering: Existing users had to pay again to use the app, because the check was failing. This is now be fixed.

• Grandfathering: Existing users had to pay again to use the app, because the check was failing. This should now be fixed.

✨ New

• Free Trial: Type is now free to download! Enjoy a 7-day free trial and unlock Type forever if you love it. If not, the app will switch to read-only mode. Existing users remain unaffected and won't have to pay anything.

💎 Improvements

• Automatic Window Centering: The window will now automatically center when the screen size changes, making it convenient when plugging or unplugging an external monitor. – Thanks to Shawn for the suggestion!
• Default Document Type: The last used document type will be saved and reused when creating a new note. – Thanks Phil for requesting this!
• Add New Lines: You can now use the widely-recognized Ctrl + Enter or Shift + Enter shortcut to add a new lines.

🐞 Fixes

• Text Field Size in Detail View: The text field in the detail note view has been adjusted to prevent text from being cut off on the right side. – Thanks to B Q for pointing this out!

✨ New

• Custom Default App Selection: Now you have the flexibility to choose your preferred app for opening notes. This feature proves particularly handy for users who integrate Type with their favorite note-taking apps like Obsidian. Simply navigate to Settings > General to make the switch – Thanks Mark, Sivakumar, Brian and Morav for requesting this!
• Localized Date: The date format now seamlessly aligns with your computer's language settings. For existing users, it will stay in English by default. You can change it in Settings > Format – Thanks Frank, Edoardo and Sacbe for the feedback!

💎 Improvements

• Performance Boost: Experience a significant speed enhancement when opening the app or when adding new entries, thanks to improvements in the parsing algorithm.

🐞 Fixes

• Text Field focus: Resolved the issue of text fields losing focus upon pressing the Tab key. This fix ensures uninterrupted typing – Thanks Brian for highlighting this!

💎 Improvements

• Back button: Keep the back button vertically aligned at the top when writing a multi-line note.

🐞 Fixes

• Easter Egg: Fixed an alert when rating Type if Raycast was not installed to show confetti – Thanks Matteo for reporting this!

✨ New

• Expanded Date Formats: Now customize your date display with more options, including date-only, time-only, and personalized formats like ISO – Thanks John, Rodney, Keir, Keaton, Peter, and Seohyun for requesting this!
• Reverse Chronological Order: Insert new entries at the top of the file with this new option – Thanks John, Lucas, and Shawn for requesting this!
• Improved Markdown Support: Choose between Plain text or Markdown file right from the dropdown when creating a new note – Thanks John, Rodney, and Nico for requesting this!
• User Manual: Many of you requested a manual to list keyboard shortcuts. Access the manual in the menu bar to learn more about it – Thanks Remo, Brad, Craig and Nico for the feedback!
• Release notes: Stay in the loop with the new changelog. A dedicated button in the toolbar will keep you informed about every new version.
• Tooltips: Discover the app's full potential with keyboard shortcuts by hovering over buttons – Thanks Remo, Brad, and Craig for highlighting this!

💎 Improvements

• Revamped About Screen: I added some love to this screen. Plus, find an invitation to rate the app and help me reach more users.
• Feedback modal: The new modal encourages you to rate Type on the App Store or share feedback. Your ratings improve the app’s visibility.

🐞 Fixes

• Note Parsing: Fixed display issue for notes without a date, ensuring a smoother experience.

🐞 Fixes

• Stop trying to center the window when an external monitor is plugged/unplugged. This has some unintended side effects

🐞 Fixes

• Resolved app crash on launch for some users with an external monitor – Huge thanks to Craig for the help!

🐞 Fixes

• Fixed background color glitch with empty notes
• Resolved app crash on launch for some users – Sorry about that!

Type lets you quickly jot things down with the timestamp attached, without interrupting your flow.

Features

• Accessible from anywhere – Launch Type via a hotkey
• No sync issues – Your notes are stored in text files
• Timestamp your notes – The date is automatically attached to each note
• Quickly switch between notes – Navigate via the arrow keys
• Customizable – Select your preferred date style

Use cases

• Highlights – Capture thoughts for your next 1-1
• Time tracking – See where you spend your time
• Journaling – Write a note each day
• Debugging – Steps to reproduce a bug
• …and more!

Planned features

• Option to keep the app always visible
• Delete a note
• Clear a note
• Search for notes
• Export note