What's new in MindClip

March 27, 2026

• Bug fixes and improvements

March 26, 2026

• New: Redesigned onboarding experience — clean, step-by-step setup flow
• New: Updated About page with tagline, website, and credits
• Fix: Consistent colors across all windows in light and dark mode
• Fix: ⌘A now toggles between select all and deselect all
• Fix: Update dialog now correctly appears in front of other windows

March 26, 2026

• Queue badge checkmarks now use dark green with white stroke for better
• Sparkle update checks disabled in debug builds to prevent unwanted

March 26, 2026

• Bug fixes and improvements

March 25, 2026

• Document all right-click actions (text, image, file, smart detection)
• Add translate, QR code, reminders, notes features
• Update settings section with new permissions
• Update requirements with optional permissions

March 25, 2026

• Bug fixes and improvements

March 25, 2026

• Bug fixes and improvements

March 23, 2026

• Bug fixes and improvements

March 23, 2026

• Bug fixes and improvements

March 22, 2026

• Moved update infrastructure to dedicated servers for faster, more reliable downloads

March 21, 2026

• Simplified Settings — "General", "Picker", and "History" merged into a single "Preferences" tab
• Removed duplicate "Startup" section from Permissions
• Cleaner, more intuitive settings layout

March 21, 2026

• "Open in Finder" button in Settings → Permissions → Diagnostics — quickly find and share the log file

March 21, 2026

• Auto-relaunch after update — fixes ⌘V not working after Sparkle updates
• No more manual restart or reinstall needed after updating

March 21, 2026

• Diagnostic logging — local log file for troubleshooting startup and permission issues
• Auto-retry event tap creation up to 5 times when accessibility permission is slow to propagate
• Auto-restart prompt if keyboard monitoring fails after all retries
• Logs stored at ~/Library/Application Support/MindClip/mindclip.log (no personal data)

March 21, 2026

• Fixed onboarding not appearing on fresh installs — welcome window now shows reliably
• Auto-detects stale accessibility permissions after reinstall and guides you to fix it
• New Permissions tab in Settings — check accessibility status, open System Settings, re-run onboarding
• Menu bar warning when accessibility is not enabled — click to fix directly

March 20, 2026

• Fixed first-launch welcome window not appearing on some Macs (especially older Intel models)
• Welcome window now reliably appears in front of all other windows on first install
• Session duration defaults to "Never" — clipboard items are kept until you quit
• Launch at Login enabled by default
• Clearer session badge: "No auto-clear" instead of "0min session"
• Renamed "Forever" to "Never" in settings for clearer language

March 20, 2026

• Session duration defaults to "Never" — clipboard items are kept until you quit
• Launch at Login enabled by default — MindClip starts automatically after restart
• Picker badge now shows "No auto-clear" instead of "0min session" when set to Never
• Renamed "Forever" to "Never" in session duration settings for clearer language

March 15, 2026

• Quick Look preview — preview images, PDFs, and documents directly from the picker
• Press Space or click outside to close the preview — picker stays open
• Picker interaction blocked while previewing — no accidental pastes
• Smoother image preview loading — no more flash on open
• Removed confusing "History: X items" from menu bar

March 15, 2026

• Quick Look preview — preview images, PDFs, and documents directly from the picker
• Press Space or click outside to close the preview
• Picker stays open while previewing — no accidental pastes

March 14, 2026

• Dark/light mode toggle — switch appearance directly from the picker header

March 14, 2026

• Quick Guide — interactive onboarding that shows the ⌘V hold shortcut with realistic keyboard visuals
• Access the guide anytime from Settings → About, the About window, or the menu bar

March 15, 2026

• Paste as Plain Text button — strip formatting directly from the picker
• Tooltips on all hover action buttons — Pin, Save as Snippet, Paste, Remove, etc.

March 15, 2026

• Color menu bar icon — the coral folder with M now shows in full color

March 14, 2026

• Unified styling — snippets and pins now match clipboard rows (font sizes, hover icons, spacing)

March 14, 2026

• Edit snippets — hover any snippet and click the pencil icon to rename or change content

March 14, 2026

• Snippets — save reusable text with custom names in a dedicated Snippets tab
• Quick Pins — temporarily pin items to the top of the clipboard list
• Create snippets directly from the clipboard picker with an inline editor
• Tab switcher in the picker: Clipboard | Snippets
• Larger, resizable picker window

March 14, 2026

• Merge/Combine — select multiple items and merge them into one (⌘M)
• Merged items are clearly marked with an amber badge and color bar
• Improved dark mode contrast for merged item indicators

March 12, 2026

• Removed hover animation on picker rows to prevent distracting visual movement

March 12, 2026

• Redesigned Settings with sidebar navigation
• Cleaner clipboard picker — better spacing, typography, and content-type indicators
• Improved dark mode with dynamic color system
• New centralized theme system for consistent styling

March 11, 2026

• Update badge — red dot on menu bar icon when an update is available
• Release notes shown in the update dialog before installing

March 11, 2026

• Picker window can now be dragged to reposition

March 9, 2026

• App icon now shows correctly in all dialogs
• Auto-updates powered by Sparkle

March 9, 2026

• First release with Sparkle auto-update support
• Signed and notarized for macOS Gatekeeper