Changelog

Fixed

• Asking a note a plain question, like "what is this about?", gets an answer again instead of an error. The ask bar no longer reaches for tools it doesn't need, and if one does fail, it still answers.
• The ask bar only suggests linking, recoloring or moving a note when that would actually change something, so it no longer offers links to notes that don't exist or a window level you didn't ask for.

Added

• Try a look on before you keep it. Point at a look or a field shape in the customize panel and the note wears it; click to keep it, or cancel to put the old look back.
• Three starter looks: halo, daylight and nook.
• Four field shapes for the light behind a note (flow, halo, rise and fade) plus a grain amount. With fade, the window's tint fades too.
• Type / in either editor for a menu of headings, lists, to-dos, toggles and code.

Changed

• Customize is now a shelf attached to the note. It slides out from under the note's edge, wears the note's color, and follows whichever note you are in. One column: the look and its tiles, then light, color, glass, type and window, each showing its values when closed, and a caption line that explains whatever you point at.
• Cleaner controls throughout: one control height, thin sliders, flat switches, and a reset on each section.
• The overview's list, map, activity and settings are four places in one switcher. Settings are sections that show their values, and your plan lives there.
• Glow colors you pick by hand paint exactly, and stay put when you change the note's color.
• Tab nests an item under the one above it, the same way in both editors.
• New installs start with a smaller toolbar. Drag the ⋯ divider in settings to choose what stays in the bar.
• Popovers take on their note's tint, and the format bar sits below a selection instead of over it.

Fixed

• A scheduled note can no longer be overwritten by its preview while it is hidden.
• A formatted note always saves as markdown. If an edit cannot be written as markdown, the last good version stays on disk instead of being replaced with HTML.
• ⌘⌫ on a collapsed note expands it first, so you can see the delete question.

Added

• Hide a note from screen capture. Screenshots, screen recording and screen sharing see straight through the note while it stays fully readable on your own display. Per note, via the Window menu, the customize panel's window tab, or the toolbar.
• Cover a note when it is not in use. The note blanks its body whenever its window loses focus, so a glance from across the room reads colour and nothing else, and clicking back into it brings the content straight back. A small dot on the titlebar marks a covered note. Both are display controls, not encryption. They hide a note from a screen or a passer-by; notes remain plaintext in your Application Support folder, readable by anything running as you.

Changed

• Cleaned up the "update available" window: the release notes now sit directly on the glass instead of inside a bordered panel, and the heading no longer sits under a smaller label.

Fixed

• The "update available" window now fits its release notes instead of opening at a fixed height with a large empty panel under them.
• Its later / install buttons are real buttons now, and multi-item release notes get bullets instead of running together.

Added

• Settings has a shortcuts section: turn off "shortcuts from any app" to give ⌥⌘N, ⌥⌘L and ⌥⌘. back to your other apps. The menu shortcuts keep working either way.

Added

• JuicySticky now lives in the menu bar. The status-bar item lists your notes newest first and ticks the ones on screen; click a note to put it away, click it again to bring it back.
• Hide All Notes clears every note off the screen in one go and brings the same set back, from the menu bar, ⌘⇧H, or ⌥⌘. from inside any other app.
• Two more shortcuts that work from inside any other app: ⌥⌘N for a new note, ⌥⌘L for the overview.

Changed

• Closing your last note no longer quits JuicySticky. It stays in the menu bar so your notes are always one click away; use ⌘Q or Quit when you actually want to leave.

Fixed

• Tab now indents a to-do or list item, and ⇧Tab outdents it, in both markdown and formatted notes. Select a run of items to shift them together.
• Tab no longer jumps out of the note and loses your place when the item can't be indented, such as the first item in a list.
• Undo (⌘Z) now works after an indent, a bold/italic toggle, a block-type change, or a tidied paste in a markdown note. These edits previously wiped the note's undo history.
• Reopening the app from the Dock after closing every window now updates the note list everywhere instead of leaving it showing the note as closed.
• Select All (⌘A) in a formatted note now visibly highlights the note. It was already selecting everything, so Delete cleared the note, but nothing appeared selected.

Changed

• The "update available" prompt now opens in its own chrome window instead of overlaying a sticky note, with install actions pinned while release notes scroll.

Fixed

• Choosing "later" on an update now skips that version across launches instead of re-prompting every day.
• A failed update install now shows an error in the prompt instead of closing silently.

Added

• Coding agents can connect through the new MCP setting, read notes, and propose changes for review inside JuicySticky. Every write still requires explicit approval.
• Agent approval prompts identify verified callers from their macOS code signature and show proposed note content verbatim.
• Photo notes have a fit control that can show the whole image instead of cropping it.
• The app and updater now ship as a Universal build for both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

Changed

• Updated the JuicySticky application, website, and fulfillment service from Athledev Labs to Twinkling Reality branding.
• Reduced the one-time Pro price to $4.99.
• Updated frontend, Rust, and fulfillment dependencies, including all currently reported security fixes.
• Reduced image memory use by serving display-sized media to note windows.

Fixed

• Menu commands now affect only the focused note instead of every open note.
• Opening an agent write proposal no longer aborts the app, and the review window reliably receives proposals created before it finishes opening.

Fixed

• The "update available" prompt now covers the full note window instead of clipping inside a random note when release notes are long.

Added

• Undo a new note: right after you create one (a blank note, a duplicate, or a media note), a brief "new note" bar lets you undo it with one click, or by pressing ⌘Z before you start typing.

Fixed

• Mentions now stay in sync. When you rename a note, every @mention that links to it updates to the new title automatically.
• New notes no longer spawn exactly on top of each other. Each one is nudged into view so repeated notes cascade neatly, like macOS Stickies.
• The undo bar after "extract" now reads "extracted to new note" instead of "polished".
• Fixed a crash when renaming a saved style from the Customize panel.
• Notes now have even spacing above and below their text, so the side without the toolbar no longer looks like it has extra padding.

Fixed

• The macOS installer (.dmg) window now reliably shows the branded, drag-to-install background. Automated release builds previously shipped an unstyled installer window.

Fixed

• Automatic update checks now run no matter which window is open, so you reliably get notified when a new version is available (previously the check only ran while the overview window was open).

Added

• Inline images: paste or drag an image into a text note to embed it right in your text, then resize it from the right corners or drag the top-left grip to move it within the note.
• Extract: turn any selection into its own note from the formatting toolbar, with a link left behind so you can find it again.
• A customizable formatting toolbar: choose which controls appear, reorder them, and switch off the ones you do not use, all from Settings.

Fixed

• The macOS installer window now shows a clean, branded drag-to-install background.

Changed

• Release engineering only: JuicySticky now builds, signs, and notarizes through a fully automated release pipeline. No user-facing changes.

Fixed

• Fixed ⌘K ("ask") sometimes overwriting a note with the assistant's own internal instructions instead of answering — typing something as simple as "hi" could replace the note's text. The assistant now only edits a note when you explicitly ask it to, and never writes its own guidance into your note.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash on launch on macOS 26 (Tahoe): a note could quit unexpectedly ("JuicySticky closed unexpectedly") the instant the pointer was over it as it appeared. Notes now open reliably.

Fixed

• ⌘K transform/translate now actually runs, and @mentioned notes are fed to the AI, so the edit applies instead of silently doing nothing.
• Opening a backlinked note now recenters it when it was stranded off-screen, so it actually comes into view.
• ⌘⌫ (delete note) and ⌘⇧O (raise the overview) now work on macOS.

Changed

• Hid the note-body scrollbar for a cleaner writing surface.

First public release: aesthetic, intelligent sticky notes for macOS. Buy on Gumroad; Pro unlocks with an offline, cryptographically-signed license key (no account, no license server). Signed and notarized; the in-app updater keeps you current.