Apptivate Changelog

What's new in Apptivate 2.1

Aug 20, 2013
  • It's now possible to resize the window (hold Shift while resizing to freely resize the window).
  • You can click on an item's icon to launch/open/execute it.
  • Added support for executing Ruby, Python and shell scripts. Any output from the script will be shown in a notification.
  • A "Suggestions" window can now be displayed. Read more at http://www.apptivateapp.com/support/#suggestions
  • Apptivate's window is no longer displayed when launching Apptivate (except for on first launch).
  • The preferences window has been improved.
  • Made the list items 33% smaller.
  • Hovering an item now displays the full path.
  • Fixes a bug that would cause Apptivate's window to be displayed when switching spaces.

New in Apptivate 2.0.2 (Mar 18, 2011)

  • "Re-launching" Apptivate while it's running opens the main window (or the preferences window if the menubar icon is hidden).
  • Added a preference to allow overwriting system shortcuts. This should fix the problem some people have been having with F14 and F15.
  • It's no longer necessary to hover an item to see the hotkeys while holding the Option key.
  • Pressing Enter when in the hotkeys view of an item brings you back to the list.
  • Items are saved more often.
  • It's now possible to order the items by name.
  • Fixed a bug that would cause keys not to work. This might fix the problem with the i-key not working; if it doesn't, please contact us.

New in Apptivate 2.0.1 (Feb 2, 2011)

  • Apptivate now respects the "Hide"-flag if it's a login item.
  • Hotkeys are numbered to emphasize that it's a sequence of hotkeys, not individual hotkeys.
  • Holding the option-key while hovering an item displays its hotkey sequence.
  • Fixed a bug which would cause the About window not to display if Apptivate wasn't the active application.
  • Fixed a bug which would cause the icon to stay highlighted after Apptivate's menu was closed.
  • Some minor UI changes.

New in Apptivate 1.0.7 (Jul 2, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug (hopefully) which would cause the system to freeze when switching input sources. If you still have problems with this, please shoot me an email.

New in Apptivate 1.0.6 (Jun 28, 2010)

  • It's now possible to add hotkeys for folders.
  • Added a preference for disabling the "quick look" feature.
  • You can now remove multiple hotkeys at once.

New in Apptivate 1.0.5 (May 21, 2010)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Fixed a bug that would cause Growl to crash.
  • New features:
  • The key combination is now shown to the right of the application name.

New in Apptivate 1.0.4 (Apr 14, 2010)

  • Fixed a bug that would cause Apptivate to crash if a file that was bound to a hotkey was deleted.

New in Apptivate 1.0.3 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Added features - Added support for all file types, including Automator Workflows (.workflow)
  • Fixed bugs - Apptivate now uses aliases for keeping track of files. This means it's now possible to rename and/or move applications, script files etc. without having to re-add them to Apptivate.

New in Apptivate 1.0.2 (Apr 9, 2010)

  • Fixed some minor bugs.
  • Tip: By pressing and holding the hotkey for more than 0.4 seconds, the application will be hidden once you release it.

New in Apptivate 1.0.1 (Apr 9, 2010)

  • New features! - Added Sparkle support which means automatic updates.
  • Fixed bugs - Running a script now makes Apptivate the frontmost application.