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Bear Changelog

What's new in Bear 2.1.8

Apr 8, 2024
  • Fixed issues with macOS 11, 12 and 13
  • Bear now uses the macOS’ standard caret on Sonoma
  • Fixed the ISO 8601 title for new notes option
  • Fixed issue with the @date special search
  • Fixed crash concerning the OCR engine
  • Fixed web clipper edge case concerning non-HTML files
  • Fixed copy of note links when multiple notes are selected
  • Fixed note styling for some edge cases causing crashes
  • Fixed some keyboard issues on iPadOS
  • Fixed background app crashes
  • A set YAML properties are now part of the ePub exporter: type, subject, source, rights, publisher, language, format, creator, and description.

New in Bear 2.1.7 (Apr 2, 2024)

  • Bear now uses the macOS’ standard caret on Sonoma
  • Fixed the ISO 8601 title for new notes option
  • Fixed issue with the @date special search
  • Fixed crash concerning the OCR engine
  • Fixed web clipper edge case concerning non-HTML files
  • Fixed copy of note links when multiple notes are selected
  • Fixed note styling for some edge cases causing crashes
  • Fixed some keyboard issues on iPadOS
  • Fixed background app crashes
  • A set YAML properties are now part of the ePub exporter: type, subject, source, rights, publisher, language, format, creator, and description.

New in Bear 2.1.6 (Mar 15, 2024)

  • Pressing the arrow down key with the search field select now always moves the focus to the first element of the list
  • Changed table's shortcuts for creating new rows and columns
  • Fixed issue with paragraph spacing after code snippets
  • Added options for starting new notes with the ISO 8601 current date or date and time
  • Now we prevent dates starting with a number followed by a dot (e.g. 12. March) from turning into numbered lists
  • Fixed crash concerning special Unicode characters in the note title
  • Corrected bug concerning the editing of a nested list root element
  • Fixed Table of Contents glitch
  • Fixed folding edge case crash
  • Fixed parser crash
  • The table's menu was reporting the old shortcuts

New in Bear 2.1.5 (Mar 14, 2024)

  • Pressing the arrow down key with the search field select now always moves the focus to the first element of the list
  • Changed table's shortcuts for creating new rows and columns
  • Fixed issue with paragraph spacing after code snippets
  • Added options for starting new notes with the ISO 8601 current date or date and time
  • Now we prevent dates starting with a number followed by a dot (e.g. 12. March) from turning into numbered lists
  • Fixed crash concerning special Unicode characters in the note title
  • Corrected bug concerning the editing of a nested list root element
  • Fixed Table of Contents glitch
  • Fixed folding edge case crash

New in Bear 2.1.4 (Feb 26, 2024)

  • Fixed note search glitch causing notes to not show on top of the list
  • Solved performance issues with in-note search
  • The note list now shows the creation date instead of the modification date if sorted for the creation date
  • Fixed search widget bug causing the listing of the wrong results
  • Better handling of OneNote pasteboard
  • Fixed memory issue with the search Shortcuts action
  • Fixed OCR related crash

New in Bear 2.1.2 (Feb 2, 2024)

  • PDFs and images imported using App extensions or API are no longer ignored by the OCR scan
  • Fixed search result sorting issue
  • Various improvements to the Webclipper image support
  • French localization fixes
  • Minor fixes for the DayOne importer
  • Support for DayOne videos
  • Fixed backlinks related crashes
  • Fixes for sketches coming from sidecar (iPad/iPhone)

New in Bear 2.1.1 (Jan 19, 2024)

  • The DayOne importer is now available in File > Import From…
  • Removed users' toolbar customization from detached windows
  • Fixed search and location widgets
  • QuickOpen can now open encrypted notes in a floating window
  • Fixed occasional code block color flickering
  • Fixed sketches positioning when loading a note
  • Fixed issue related to Widgets rendering and data retrieving
  • Fixed margin issues with the PDF and JPG exporters
  • Fixed table editing crash
  • The Obsidian importer now handles legacy YAML tags
  • Fixed note list bug related to subtags notes hiding

New in Bear 2.1 (Dec 20, 2023)

  • Quick Open! Hit CMD+O to quickly search notes and tags. Hit Enter to open the note and CMD+Enter to open an external window
  • The Quick Open allows to open notes, tags, and sidebar sections
  • Obsidian vault Importer: File > Import From… > Obsidian
  • Importer for markdown files with attachments: File > Import From… > Markdown Folder
  • CMD+left and CMD+Del now follow the behavior of the system for wrapping text
  • Added the ability to end editing on the detached windows via CMD+Enter and start editing with just Enter
  • Restored 'note from selection' right-click menu item
  • Note list Search performances improved for large notes and attachments library
  • Fixed RTL-aligned wikilinks and tags
  • ToDos can now be written as * [ ] along with - [ ]
  • Improved Header text operation for some edge cases
  • Improved list indentation when backspacing
  • Fixed pasteboard management error concerning markdown references
  • Better handling of non-breaking spaces when pasted inside a code block or imported from HTML
  • Fixed Open Tag and Location Shortcuts action for some app states.
  • Pasting a URL will no longer make it titled if the caret is next to a titled link markup
  • Various crash fixes
  • Various localization fixes
  • Fixed some widget glitches
  • Some small theme color fixes

New in Bear 2.0.17 (Nov 8, 2023)

  • 6 new icons:
  • Rasp Bearry
  • Jade
  • Arctic
  • Blues
  • Alfred
  • Basic
  • 2 new themes:
  • Nord Light
  • Atom
  • Other:
  • 'Create new notes with' has 3 new options for starting notes with level 2, 3, and 4 headers.

New in Bear 2.0.16 (Nov 5, 2023)

  • Fix for Preview in Marked 2
  • Fixed small Note List glitch
  • Multiple images dragged from Photos to Bear now produce the correct result
  • CMD+click on wiki links without a target note now shows the note in a new window
  • Widgets localization fix
  • Fixed issue with anchor encoding in links
  • Importer crash fix
  • Fixed crash concerning TOC
  • Fixed an issue with folding and reparsed range
  • JPG and PDF exporters now set the correct creation and modification date on the destination file
  • Fixed issue with link preview causing invite loops or crashes
  • Random Note widgets now update each time they are tapped/clicked
  • Fixed the Remove Tag Shortcut action when used with subtags

New in Bear 2.0.15 (Oct 12, 2023)

  • Fixed widgets padding for macOS 11,12 and 13
  • Fixed crash on note saving
  • Fixed 'add tags' Shortcuts action
  • ToC will now show and scroll to folded headings
  • Copy link to the header will now copy only the header text
  • Japanese localisations fix
  • Improved Rich Text exporter and clipboard management for edge cases
  • Random Note widgets now update their content when tapped
  • Fixed issue with .bear files and some attachment names encoding
  • Improved search and note list rendering performances
  • Fixed bug when folding a heading with no content with a previous heading
  • Is now possible to delete single # characters from the leading edge of a header marker
  • Fixed an issue with mixed tab/spaces indentation after a list
  • New special searches
  • @ctoday Find notes created today
  • @wikilinks Find notes with wikilinks
  • @backlinks Find notes with explicit backlinks (no unlinked mentions)

New in Bear 2.0.14 (Sep 30, 2023)

  • Fixed more macOS 11 startup crashes
  • Some widget fixes concerning Sonoma
  • Fallback on PNG data for sketch data not supported by the iOS/macOS release

New in Bear 2.0.13 (Sep 23, 2023)

  • Fixed crash on macOS 11
  • Improved URL detection inside note text

New in Bear 2.0.12 (Sep 22, 2023)

  • Bug fixes for macOS 14

New in Bear 2.0.11 (Sep 18, 2023)

  • Removed the mandatory empty paragraph to close lists
  • Fixed bug concerning the link button when the caret is next to another link with a preview
  • Improved the quote rendering in various contexts
  • Fixed issue with multiple list elements toggling
  • Improved sorting autocompletion for tags and wiki-links
  • Fixed issue with the autocomplete preference not being respected inside the editor
  • Fixed XCallbackURLs-related crashes when null bytes are used as parameters
  • Fixed issue causing tagcons to not show in the sidebar
  • Various localisations fixes
  • A couple of theme color changes

New in Bear 2.0.9 (Aug 30, 2023)

  • Sorting options disabled for the trash sidebar element
  • Fixed issue related to wiki link navigation
  • Highlighter and code background colors review for some themes
  • Better ordered list spacing
  • Fixed missing header localization
  • Various fixes for indented fenced code
  • Syntax highlighting now works inside code blocks that are nested inside lists
  • Fixed a crash during the drag’n drop of lists items
  • Copy As > HTML now produces an output without BR
  • Better Rich Text Tables to Markdown conversion
  • Fixed bug related to headers wiki links not following the path correctly
  • Fixed HTML exporter link files functionality
  • Fixed HTML exporter edge case concerning MD references
  • Support for legacy ENEX formats
  • Fixed DOCX exporter issue with some Unicode characters

New in Bear 2.0.7 (Aug 11, 2023)

  • Syntax highlighting now works in block code inside lists
  • Improved rendering of indents for some edge cases
  • Fixed WebClipper/HTML importer crash
  • Fixed a crash when using tel:// URLs
  • Improved Richt Text to markdown conversion for some edge cases

New in Bear 2.0.6 (Aug 9, 2023)

  • Added paste from > code on the right-click menu
  • Restore the Share menu inside the ... menu in the editor.
  • Header links to the same note performed on a detached note no longer open the main app
  • Fixes for youtube links imported from web extension and causing crashes
  • Fixed Editor issues with blockquote, code blocks, numbered lists and URLs.
  • Improved support for Asian scripts
  • Fixes for the tel:// URL protocol
  • Fixes for some editor crashes
  • Some German localisation fixes
  • Fix for .bear files importer edge cases
  • Fixes for sync related crashes
  • Fixed Rich Text exporter issue with nested tags
  • Improved the HTML to markdown tables and links conversions
  • Autocompletion panel
  • Solving crash issues with Chinese input in the Notes List search field
  • Various fixes for the ENEX importer
  • Notes generated with the webclipper are now excaped by involuntary tags
  • Fixed preference close button on iOS 14
  • Improved memory usage of single note widgets
  • PDF exports now uses a darker text color more suitable for printing

New in Bear 2.0.5 (Jul 24, 2023)

  • Editing the same note in multiple windows will now preserve the scroll position in the non-active ones
  • Fixed crash concerning the paragraph indentation preferences
  • Fixed notes list bug concerning attachments thumbnails
  • Fixed crashes concerning invalid URLs
  • Fixed crash generated by editor's folding

New in Bear 2.0.3 (Jul 19, 2023)

  • Removed the CommonMark rule for indented code, indenting text is back on the menu!
  • Tags with square parentheses are now migrated correctly
  • Toggling list styles while having a multi-line selection will now toggle only for non-empty paragraphs
  • Improved toggling of double nested inline styles like ****foo****
  • Various migration to v2 fixes
  • The "Last Sync" status in the Sync preferences will display "Syncing…" for the whole duration of a long sync

New in Bear 2.0 (Jul 11, 2023)

  • Bear 2.0 is our biggest release to date, with over 20 new features, a better Bear Pro, six new themes, and a refreshed UI throughout.
  • ​
  • Tables
  • Markdown hiding
  • Nested styles - Use multiple styles on your text
  • The new Info Panel with ToC and Backlinks
  • Backlinks - View a list of notes that link to the current note
  • Table of Contents - An outline of a note based on headings 1-6
  • Folding sections - Click a heading icon to fold sections and hide their content
  • Image resizing and cropping - Scale and crop any image added to Bear notes
  • Footnotes
  • Custom fonts support for Text, Headers, and Code
  • Search now works inside images, PDFs, and other documents (Bear Pro required)
  • GIF support
  • Link previews - A rich media thumbnail view of the linked website
  • PDF previews - A thumbnail view of attached PDFs
  • New widget: Random Note
  • Pin tags in the Sidebar
  • Six new themes: Notes, Dark Notes, Rosé Pine, Rosé Pine Dawn, Tokyo Night, Academia
  • Two new Shortcuts: Export Note and Backup (Mac only)
  • Tagcons search

New in Bear 1.9.6 (Feb 14, 2022)

  • Important update: For users with large backups (over 4GB), please make a new one after this update
  • We found a bug that could accidentally exclude some notes from large backups. The bug has been squashed.
  • To be safe, please download this update and make a new backup as soon as you can.

New in Bear 1.9.5 (Feb 4, 2022)

  • We’ll keep it simple this time: when Danilo fixed a bug with the JPG/PDF exporter in the last update, he accidentally created a nasty crashing bug (when exporting a note with multiple code blocks).
  • We apologize for the trouble in this matter and have taken proper action. If this happens again, we’re cutting off his pizza supply.

New in Bear 1.9.4 (Jan 28, 2022)

  • This is a small update for a handful of bugs that have bugged their last bug.
  • Export to Markdown and HTML: Fixed a bug with image file paths
  • Export to JPG: It should now properly consider device screen resolution (retina or not)
  • Export to PDF and JPG: Fixed a display problem when code blocks are present
  • Fixed a rare data loss bug when copying a piece of text that ended with a pound sign

New in Bear 1.9.3 (Dec 16, 2021)

  • Widgets no longer display notes if Bear Lock is enabled via in-app Preferences
  • Fixed a strange, rare quirk where some list items could get misaligned

New in Bear 1.9.2 (Nov 5, 2021)

  • This update has a handful of fixes and improvements to things like note previews, copying links to notes, the browser extension, and more.
  • FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Fixed a crash when previewing notes with the Marked app
  • The “Note > Copy Link to Note” menu command now does its job properly
  • Bear’s browser extension once again downloads webpage images
  • Fixed a note sync crash on macOS 10.11

New in Bear 1.9 (Oct 20, 2021)

  • Fall is right around the corner in some countries, which means it’s time for major Apple releases! It also means a Bear update is here to keep your notes ready to work with the new hotness.
  • If you like Bear, please take a moment to leave a rating or review—they really do help! Learn more about our updates and how to get the most out of Bear on our blog: https://blog.bear.app
  • SHORTCUTS HAVE ARRIVED ON THE MAC:
  • …and Bear is ready! Our existing shortcuts now work on the Mac and we’ve added a few more for all compatible devices, including:
  • Add text to a note
  • Archive note
  • Pin note
  • Add files to a note
  • Get files from a note
  • And more!
  • Please note: Encrypted notes (Bear Pro required) are excluded from most shortcuts options because of security and privacy concerns.
  • TWO NEW WIDGETS FOR ALL DEVICES:
  • You can now create new notes or quickly search Bear from wherever you can place widgets on your Mac.
  • COM-PAW-TIBLE WITH NEW OSes:
  • With this update, Bear is ready for the latest and greatest OS upgrades this fall.

New in Bear 1.8.5 (Jun 28, 2021)

  • We have a couple small new features and a handful of fixes in this release. If Bear makes you happy, we’d really appreciate a rating or review in the App Store, they really help!
  • Better notes from a #tag search:
  • Now, after searching for a #tag and creating a new note, that #tag will be added to the body of the note instead of the title.
  • Better task toggling on Mac:
  • You can now use undo/redo when toggling a task as complete or incomplete via the shortcut (Command + Shift + T) or menu item (Format > Todo > Toggle).
  • And here’s that handful of fixes:
  • Fixed a crash when exporting notes to ePub
  • Fixed a rare crash with Bear’s widgets
  • Fixed a crash with previewing notes in Marked 2
  • Fixed bug with attachments when exporting multiple notes to Markdown
  • Fixed a crash when exporting notes to HTML
  • Fixed a bug concerning @date and @cdate Special Searches
  • Fixed a bug with the Sidebar in Bear for Mac: In some cases, collapsed tags were not opened if clicked
  • Evernote and HTML importers now handle strikethrough text
  • Localisation improvements for Russian and Simplified Chinese

New in Bear 1.8.4 (Apr 21, 2021)

  • This update includes a variety of under-the-hood additions and fixes for a dozen odd bugs and behaviors. If we made Bear a little better for you, we’d really appreciate a rating or even a review in the store! They help us immensely.
  • [Mac] In-note search is back inside the note window, even when a note is detached from the main app
  • Use the new `OR` search operator to find all notes that contain either one of the search terms. For example: `Bear or panda` will find all notes that have the word “bear” or “panda”
  • Bear now displays thumbnail previews for photos in Google’s WebP image format (iOS 14 or macOS 11 required)
  • The TextBundle importer will now include non-image attachments
  • 2 new Bear Pro themes! Nord and Lighthouse
  • Bugfixes:
  • [Mac + iOS] Fixed a rare crash with Spotlight indexing and a possible cause of some app crashes
  • [iOS] Fixed a bug that was making it impossible to open tags disclosures in some conditions
  • [iOS] Fixed a glitch when managing notes in the Note List while the device is in landscape orientation
  • [Mac + iOS] Fixed a rare widget memory usage bug to avoid sluggish app performance and a possible crash
  • [Mac + iOS] Improved TextBundle export with a more memory-efficient assets generation. This should avoid memory usage spikes and a related crash
  • [Mac] Fixed the browser extension sometimes not using the tag users specified in the “Web Content Preferences” setting
  • [Mac] Fixed a problem with Bear’s window sometimes not closing with the ⌘W shortcut
  • [Mac + iOS] Fixed a rare bug when linking notes and a note titles ends with `]`
  • [Mac] The Quick Look attachment preview now respect the attachment order inside the note
  • [Mac + iOS] Fixed the rendering of nested todo items in Single Note widgets
  • [Mac + iOS] Improved management of many export options. Bear should leave fewer temporary files laying around
  • X-Callback-URLs:
  • ` /add-text` no longer adds a specified tag if it already exists in the target note
  • Added base64 image support for `/create` and `/grab-url`

New in Bear 1.8.2 (Nov 20, 2020)

  • Bear is ready for the new macOS Big Sur, Apple Silicon Macs, and the future of square icons!
  • WIDGETS:
  • Apple completely redesigned the Today sidebar widgets in Big Sur, and Bear is ready. For Bear Pro users, please note that widgets cannot display the contents of password-protected notes for security and privacy reasons.
  • **Single note widget** (small, medium, large): Keep a note always in view, right on your homescreen. Pick your preferred size of widget, then right-click it to pick a note from Bear.
  • **Sidebar widget** (small, medium, large): View recent notes from key sections of the Sidebar, including: Notes, Untagged, Todo, Today, and any of your tags. Tap a note to open it in Bear, tap the label at the bottom to visit that location in Bear.
  • **Search widget** (small, medium, large): View the most recent notes that match a search query in Bear. PLUS, tap the label at the bottom to open that search query in Bear!
  • READY FOR BIG SUR:
  • Icon styles are changing with the Big Sur times. Bear for Mac’s icon is now a rounded square and the shadowing is smoother. Yes, we redesigned all icon theme color variants, including for all Bear Pro themes!
  • We also fixed a handful of UI quirks and a few bugs related to running on Big Sur.
  • READY FOR APPLE SILICON:
  • Apple is now building its own “Apple Silicon” CPUs for blazing fast speed, efficiency, and silent running. Bear is ready for the new Apple Silicon MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini.

New in Bear 1.7.19 (Oct 19, 2020)

  • A couple small features here and there. Please take a moment of silence for a few bugs that are no longer with us.
  • NEW:
  • Wiki link export comes to iOS: Export Bear notes that have links to each other, and they’ll be converted to HTML links
  • The import tool now handles the new Evernote file format
  • Spotlight now indexes only the title of encrypted notes for security reasons
  • FIXED:
  • French localization adjustments
  • MacOS: Opening notes in a new window is smoother, more window-ier
  • Wiki links now behave as links when exporting to PDF and DOCX
  • RTF export fixes

New in Bear 1.7.17 (Sep 29, 2020)

  • Some small adjustments to make Bear better for you on iOS14, iPadOS 14 and WatchOS 7
  • Updated to the latest FlickType framework, an alternative keyboard for Apple Watch (Learn more at FlickType.com)
  • HTML exporter bugfix: Titled links in numbered lists no longer break the list element
  • Improved the Marked 2 integration support for underlined text
  • Improved the Japanese dates localisations
  • Bugfix for the /create x-callback-url: The timestamp no longer appears before the title
  • The custom iPad icons for the new Olive Dunk and D.Boring themes now properly appear on the iPad

New in Bear 1.7.16 (Sep 15, 2020)

  • This is a bug fix update for 1.7.15. Nothing major here, but a number of bugs will bug us no more:
  • Fixed a problem with the / character closing the tag autocomplete panel
  • Fixed a bug with HTML export and wiki links: Notes with non-latin characters like (.;,:)()[]...) were not linked in export
  • Fixed a crash on HTML export when numbered lists have non-standard new line characters
  • Zh-Hans localization improvements to the "new note" preferences
  • Wiki links with /, now behave differently to match notes with / in the title
  • Headers in code blocks no longer appear in the autocomplete panel for headers
  • Fixed Olive Dunk completed todo line color in the Note List
  • German localization improvements

New in Bear 1.7.15 (Sep 3, 2020)

  • :WIKI LINKS FOR NOTE HEADERS:
  • Bear supports linking to other notes, and now you can link directly to headers (H1-H6) in a note! Type [[ to find a note to link, then press / to view available headers.
  • HTML EXPORT FOR NOTE WIKI LINKS:
  • Export multiple notes that have Bear wiki links to each other, and they’ll become proper HTML links.
  • CHOOSE YOUR NOTE ADVENTURE:
  • You can now choose the starting text of new notes: Header, Date, Date and Time, or Empty. Check Bear’s Settings > General.
  • A NEW WAY TO INCLUDE IMAGES IN HTML EXPORT:
  • Use the new Base64 option when exporting a note to HTML with images. This will embed the image _in_ the HTML file for more flexible portability.
  • IOS -> Preferences -> Import & Export
  • MacOS -> Save Panel (⌘⇧S)
  • BETTER MARKDOWN PREVIEW WITH MARKED 2:
  • Marked is a great utility for previewing Markdown files (learn more at Marked2app.com). Now, you no longer need to authorize it to view Markdown previews from Bear.
  • NEW THEMES FOR BEAR PRO:
  • Enjoy the new Olive Dark and D.Boring themes, now available to Bear Pro subscribers.
  • MORE GOODIES AND FIXES:
  • **macOS**: Changed label names in the `Format -> Insert Current Date` menu so you can create keyboard shortcuts
  • Localization improvements in the iOS extension, changed `append/prepend` with `Start of.../End Of...`
  • QLPreviewController export bug workaround
  • QLPreviewController markup tool orientation fix
  • Enex and HTML importer improvements
  • Various fixes for crashes and minor bugs
  • XCallback-URLs improvements:
  • `/open-tag` parameter `name` now takes a tag list as input
  • `/add-text` and `/add-file` takes a new parameter `selected` (current selected note, see `/open-note`)
  • `/add-text` and `/create` takes a new parameter `clipboard` (takes the text input from clipboard instead of passing it as a parameter)
  • `/create` takes a new parameter `float` to making the new note open in a floating window (see `/open-note`)

New in Bear 1.7.13 (May 6, 2020)

  • Improved the editing performance with the Magic Keyboard to solve lag issues.
  • Fixed the issue of crashes occurring within the Titled URL’s panel. In some conditions opening the panel for titled links caused a crash.
  • Other crash fixes

New in Bear 1.7.11 (Apr 20, 2020)

  • IPad trackpad support is here! -> Just in time for the new Apple Magic Keyboard. It also works with any mouse or trackpad compatible with iOS 13.4.
  • You can now use `@date` and `@cdate` to search a specific year and/or month (e.g. `@date(12-2019)` and `@cdate(2019)` )
  • Fixed an import problem with HTML files generated by the Apple Notes export script
  • Fixed an iOS extension problem with videos exported from Photos
  • Fixed an iOS markup problem that caused drawings to change color when in Dark Mode
  • Fixed a word counter bug in Vietnamese scripts
  • Various crash fixes
  • Some updates to x-callback-urls automation:
  • `new_line` parameter for `/add-text` -> append text to a new line
  • `open_note` parameter for `/open-note` -> allow to not open the note in Bear while reading its content
  • `selected` parameter for `/open-note` -> Return the currently selected note (token required)
  • NEW FEATURES FOR iOS 13 & iPadOS:
  • Dark Mode on iOS 13 and iPadOS. Bear will remember the themes you pick in Dark and Light modes.
  • Work in Bear across multiple spaces in iPadOS. Open a note in Split View next to Safari, then work in a different note next Mail. Or open two different notes side-by-side!
  • Annotate photos and PDFs. Circle objects in a photo or highlight important parts of a document. Also, When exporting a note to JPG or PDF, quickly annotate it before sharing to someone or another app.

New in Bear 1.7.10 (Feb 16, 2020)

  • Fixed sketcher problem on iPad which caused the app to freeze
  • Fixed external keyboard problem on iPad which caused the cursor to not stay on the editor.
  • IOS extension fix for Twitter “page contents“ importer
  • HTML export fix for internal header links. Now they present themselves as HTML anchors
  • Note ID is now shared within HTML and Textbundle metadata
  • Minor localisations fixes
  • Fixed some minor app crashes

New in Bear 1.7.9 (Feb 12, 2020)

  • Fixed sketcher problem on iPad which caused the app to freeze
  • Fixed external keyboard problem on iPad which caused the cursor to not stay on the editor.
  • IOS extension fix for Twitter “page contents“ importer
  • HTML export fix for internal header links. Now they present themselves as HTML anchors
  • Note ID is now shared within HTML and Textbundle metadata
  • Minor localisations fixes
  • Fixed some minor app crashes

New in Bear 1.7.8 (Jan 21, 2020)

  • New tagcons for javascript, node js, css, Java, GitHub, git, aws, drupal, wechat and more
  • New procedure for importing from Notes.app on Mac, check our FAQ on our website for the full procedure
  • Improved title auto-fill for pasted URLs
  • Improved HTML importer to support base64 encode images
  • [iOS] Improved background saving of notes when the app is closed following certain conditions
  • [Mac] fixed webloc importer bug which caused the file not to be imported
  • [Mac] preview in Marked now available also for detached windows
  • [Mac] fixed glitch on the info panel when the theme has been changed
  • Word counter improved for the Malayalam script and better handling of zero width Unicode characters
  • [Watch] fixed FlickType preferences issue
  • Various crash fixes

New in Bear 1.7.7 (Dec 20, 2019)

  • Added Dark/Light mode indicator in the theme selection panel
  • Fixed various problems with iPadOS multi-window system
  • Fixed bug issue with sketcher and app locking
  • Fixed bug issue with attachment insertion on iPadOS
  • Fixed web clipper issue which resulted in some images not being downloaded
  • Fixed issue with markdown file importer
  • Fixed note’s title to filename conversion for reserved filesystem characters
  • Fixed orientation bug for images pasted into a note in iOS/iPadOS
  • Fixed URL encoding inside title links
  • Traditional Chinese localization issue fixed
  • Crash fixes

New in Bear 1.7.6 (Oct 28, 2019)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Encrypt individual notes - Set a password to protect a sensitive note, and use Face/Touch ID to unlock it
  • Lock Bear - Require Face/Touch ID to access Bear
  • Spotlight search comes to macOS - Search your Bear notes while working in other apps, even if Bear isn’t open
  • Live Note Links - Links to Bear notes from other notes now update automatically, even if the note title changes
  • Emoji auto-complete - Anywhere in a note, type a colon (:) and a couple of letters to see emoji suggestions (try :smile for example!)
  • New Safari extension - Bear now uses Apple’s latest Safari extension system. On the Mac, Bear automatically adds its extension to Safari (no separate download required), you just need to enable it in Safari preferences. It should now ask for permission only once.
  • Safari extension settings moved into Bear - You can now control extension behavior from Bear’s settings
  • New TagCons - Many by popular request! 33 new tagcons!
  • Improvements to Spotlight search on iOS - Results should be snappier
  • More notes on Apple Watch - Now sync up to 15 notes to your Apple Watch
  • New Flicktype keyboard for faster writing on Apple Watch
  • Two new Bear Pro themes - Gandalf and Ayu Mirage
  • FIXED:
  • Fixed text overflow problem on iOS.
  • Fixed problem which caused CPU and memory spikes on both iOS and macOS devices.
  • Fixed bug, which caused the note history navigation (back/forward) to behave incorrectly, resulting in the previous note not being selected.
  • Fixed bug which caused trashed notes with a [[wiki link]]to be opened.
  • XCallbacksURL calls /open-tag, /create, /tags, /untagged, /todo, /today, /locked, /search and /grab-url now all work when the app is locked.
  • Fixed /create bug when the timestamp parameter is yes.
  • Fixed bug with the external keyboard on iPad, which caused the search field not to show anything when the spacebar is used.
  • Fixed problem with the emoji autocomplete on iOS, which caused the menu not to close correctly.
  • Emoji autocomplete now doesn’t show inside code blocks.
  • Web page importer problem with certain image paths fixed.
  • Web page importer now converts relative paths in links to absolute paths.
  • Web page importer bug with some list configurations fixed.
  • On macOS, popovers (Styles, Links, Info Panel, etc… ) are now kept open when switching to other apps.
  • Fixed HTML export bug concerning unordered and ordered lists.
  • Fixed MD exporter problem with images linked with the MD Image link marker.
  • Apple Watch app back button inside the note detail restored.
  • Fixed problem with iOS extension, which caused Safari to behave incorrectly in certain conditions.
  • Improved PDF imports.

New in Bear 1.7.3 (Sep 30, 2019)

  • NEW FEATURES FOR iOS 13 & iPadOS:
  • Dark Mode on iOS 13 and iPadOS. Bear will remember the themes you pick in Dark and Light modes.
  • Work in Bear across multiple spaces in iPadOS. Open a note in Split View next to Safari, then work in a different note next Mail. Or open two different notes side-by-side!
  • Annotate photos and PDFs. Circle objects in a photo or highlight important parts of a document. Also, When exporting a note to JPG or PDF, quickly annotate it before sharing to someone or another app.

New in Bear 1.7.2 (Sep 17, 2019)

  • More Crash and Sync fixes

New in Bear 1.7.1 (Sep 12, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug with the Action menu (...) inside notes
  • The Editor now properly honors your preferences since they are, after all, your preferences
  • Background sync on iOS is now sync-ier
  • Using a dash (-) in Special Searches should now work properly
  • Theme names should be properly localized now
  • Bear for Mac should handle clipboard content better
  • Detached note windows on Mac should have a functioning share menu
  • The iOS app extension can once again handle images when clipping webpages
  • Other minor crashes are 100% less crashier

New in Bear 1.7 (Sep 6, 2019)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Encrypt individual notes - Set a password to protect a sensitive note, and use Face/Touch ID to unlock it
  • Lock Bear - Require Face/Touch ID to access Bear
  • Spotlight search comes to macOS - Search your Bear notes while working in other apps, even if Bear isn’t open
  • Live Note Links - Links to Bear notes from other notes now update automatically, even if the note title changes
  • Emoji auto-complete - Anywhere in a note, type a colon (:) and a couple of letters to see emoji suggestions (try :smile for example!)
  • New Safari extension - Bear now uses Apple’s latest Safari extension system. On the Mac, Bear automatically adds its extension to Safari (no separate download required), you just need to enable it in Safari preferences. It should now ask for permission only once.
  • Safari extension settings moved into Bear - You can now control extension behavior from Bear’s settings
  • New TagCons - Many by popular request! 33 new tagcons!
  • Improvements to Spotlight search on iOS - Results should be snappier
  • More notes on Apple Watch - Now sync up to 15 notes to your Apple Watch
  • New Flicktype keyboard for faster writing on Apple Watch
  • Two new Bear Pro themes - Gandalf and Ayu Mirage
  • IMPROVED:
  • Background database update on iOS now is more reliable
  • Reading Time & Words Counter improved for asian scripts
  • Better handling of the web page import from iOS extension
  • Localized special searches (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Russia)
  • Now a lot more options are available inside a note through the "..." menu
  • New Bear placeholders! Keep an eye out for our new Bears
  • Header links in detached windows no longer open the main interface if the target is inside the note
  • Sidebar and note list collapsing and expanding animation is now smoother
  • /open-note API call now preserves the tag selection while selecting a note
  • New Special searches - New special searches make it easier to search a tag, a tag without children, by typing #cooking or !#cooking into the search field. Search for notes now is also sorted per title and then per text in the body
  • FIXED:
  • Web page importer was not importing certain types of images
  • Better handling of database corruption and migration cases
  • DOCX Export now handles the Form Feed character correctly
  • DOCX problem which caused some paragraphs to be incorrectly labeled as heading 4
  • Problem with Chinese inputting apps on Mac and markdown quotes has been solved
  • Occasionally UI problems with conflicted notes is now resolved
  • Localisation problems with the app name is now resolved
  • Sometimes the app was closing the editor while editing when a tag was selected or the search was active

New in Bear 1.6.14 (May 3, 2019)

  • Small update with one big new under-the-hood feature: a revamped mobilizer for collecting web pages.

New in Bear 1.6.13 (Apr 12, 2019)

  • Small update with one big new under-the-hood feature: a revamped mobilizer for collecting web pages.

New in Bear 1.6.10 (Feb 17, 2019)

  • Improved syntax highlighting for c, c++, and Swift
  • Corrected HTML export bug regarding code blocks
  • Corrected attachment path management when exporting to Markdown, HTML, and ePub
  • Fixed a bug when parsing for todos
  • Pasting from Firefox and Chrome on Mac now correctly include images
  • Fixed some gitches on the iOS sharing extensions
  • Improved iOS sharing to support Day One
  • Fixed iOS x-URL-callback problems with `edit` and `header` parameters
  • Minor localisations fixes

New in Bear 1.6.8 (Jan 31, 2019)

  • Small update with some of those big little improvements and fixes.

New in Bear 1.6.7 (Dec 17, 2018)

  • Support for those sweet, sweet new iPad Pro sizes
  • Support for Apple Pencil #2 (see what we did there)
  • The Apple Watch app now fills into the new Series 4 screen sizes
  • New Watch complications for Series 4 Infograph faces
  • Solved a pesky bug with creating new notes on Apple Watch
  • A few improvements to performance when writing in Split Screen on iPad
  • Various fixes for export and sharing
  • Improvements to automation when using x-callback-URLs
  • Improved localisations

New in Bear 1.6 (Sep 17, 2018)

  • Siri Shortcuts and Search:
  • Create new notes on iOS with Siri and the beautiful sound of your voice
  • Use Siri any time to search your notes, without opening Bear
  • Go to Settings > Siri & Search > All Shortcuts to create your own custom Siri commands for Bear (and many other apps!)
  • Two new Special Search triggers: use @date and @cdate in the search box to search by modification date and creation date, respectively
  • Enhanced Note Navigation Mega Technology:
  • Tap the Editor with two fingers for our new Quick Nav to get around your notes more quickly:
  • Tap to see a navigation menu to move to the beginning or end of the current note, or to the previous and next notes
  • Two-finger swipe in any of those directions to skip the menu and navigate immediately
  • Enhanced Header Linking Super Technology:
  • Tap or click on any H1-H6 header for a way to link to that specific note’s section from other notes. This is great for working across multiple long notes, creating a personal wiki, and so much more!
  • Sync transparency for Bear Pro:
  • It’s 2018, but sync can still be hard. For Bear Pro users with sync, we’re making Bear more transparent about when it last synced and if there is anything causing trouble.
  • Bear will try to be clearer about what’s going on if there’s an error, whether it’s a Bear Pro registration problem, iCloud is out of space or not set up properly, a poor internet connection, or a good ol’ fashioned error.
  • Finally, if Bear ever runs into a sync conflict, it will now display affected notes in a “Conflicted” section in the Sidebar.
  • Lots of Other Goodies:
  • Bear now saves your scroll and cursor position when switching notes
  • Dark Mode support
  • One new free theme for all users: Dark Graphite
  • One new theme for Bear Pro customers: Duotone Heat, Inspired by Base2Tone Heath Light by Bram de Haan
  • 16 new TagCons! Including world, prize, doctor, and various religions
  • 14 new iMessage stickers from our amazing designer, Vic Bell, a.k.a. @vic_bell on Twitter

New in Bear 1.5.2 (May 11, 2018)

  • Set Your Own TagCons:
  • One of our largest requests ever! You can now set your own TagCons for all tags! Don’t like one of our defaults? Change it! Pick from our library of 169 TagCons (80 of them brand new in 1.5!).
  • Also: When you select a tag on iPhone and iPad, Bear now displays its TagCon (if assigned) in the Notes List header to remind you of the current tag you’re viewing.
  • Hide Notes You Don’t Need:
  • This was another big request. Deleting old notes is sometimes too... delete-ish. But it also feels... analog-y to print them out. Now you can archive them! Archived notes disappear from the Notes List, but are still searchable in the Sidebar’s new Archive section.
  • Find Notes You DO Need:
  • Find notes faster with new Sidebar sections like Untagged, ToDo, Today, and Archive.
  • Export All Notes in a Tag:
  • You can now export all notes from a specific tag. If you have sub-tags, they’ll become subfolders.
  • Publish That Novel:
  • Alongside exporting all notes in a tag, free and Bear Pro users can now export notes into EPUB format—perfect for publishing your next great novel. Just remember us little people when you embark on that international book tour.
  • Pull to Do Stuff:
  • On iPhone and iPad, you can now pull down to search notes and close preferences. We like this gesture, so we’re tinkering with more ways to use it.
  • One and a Half New Themes for Bear Pro users:
  • By popular request, our iPhone-X-optimized theme, Dieci, is now available on the Mac (tip: Dieci is Italian for ‘ten!’). We also have a beautiful new theme for all devices, Ayu, based on the same theme created by Ike Ku.
  • Note that these, and many other themes, are part of Bear Pro. Learn more about Bear Pro at: bear-writer.com/faq
  • Pretty Colors for More Code Languages:
  • We added new syntax coloring support for AppleScript, YAML, Diff, Fountain, Dart, and Clojure.
  • Mac Only: Note Windows Can Float Down Here:
  • Mac users can toggle individual note windows to float on top of all others. (Tip: Double-click a note in the Notes List to open it in a dedicated, floating window!)

New in Bear 1.5.1 (May 1, 2018)

  • Set Your Own TagCons:
  • One of our largest requests ever! You can now set your own TagCons for all tags! Don’t like one of our defaults? Change it! Pick from our library of 169 TagCons (80 of them brand new in 1.5!). Yes, we’ll add more soon. :)
  • Also: When you select a tag on iPhone and iPad, Bear now displays its TagCon (if assigned) in the Notes List header to remind you of the current tag you’re viewing.
  • Hide Notes You Don’t Need:
  • This was another big request. Deleting old notes is sometimes too... delete-ish. But it also feels... analog-y to print them out. Now you can archive them! Archived notes disappear from the Notes List, but are still searchable in the Sidebar’s new Archive section.
  • Find Notes You DO Need:
  • Find notes faster with new Sidebar sections like Untagged, ToDo, Today, and Archive.
  • Export All Notes in a Tag:
  • You can now export all notes from a specific tag. If you have sub-tags, they’ll become subfolders.
  • Publish That Novel:
  • Alongside exporting all notes in a tag, free and Bear Pro users can now export notes into EPUB format—perfect for publishing your next great novel. Just remember us little people when you embark on that international book tour.
  • Pull to Do Stuff:
  • On iPhone and iPad, you can now pull down to search notes and close preferences. We like this gesture, so we’re tinkering with more ways to use it.
  • One and a Half New Themes for Bear Pro users:
  • By popular request, our iPhone-X-optimized theme, Dieci, is now available on the Mac (tip: Dieci is Italian for ‘ten!’). We also have a beautiful new theme for all devices, Ayu, based on the same theme created by Ike Ku.
  • Note that these, and many other themes, are part of Bear Pro. Learn more about Bear Pro at: bear-writer.com/faq
  • Pretty Colors for More Code Languages:
  • We added new syntax coloring support for AppleScript, YAML, Dart, and Clojure.
  • Mac Only: Note Windows Can Float Down Here:
  • Mac users can toggle individual note windows to float on top of all others. (Tip: Double-click a note in the Notes List to open it in a dedicated, floating window!)

New in Bear 1.4.3 (Feb 25, 2018)

  • Took Bear out for a mighty successful bug hunt. Bear’s going to sit back and enjoy the meal, while you can enjoy an even smoother, faster, and bug-freer Bear experience.

New in Bear 1.4 (Dec 14, 2017)

  • We are _delighted_ to release Autocomplete, but we didn’t stop at #tags—it’s for notes and code, too:
  • Start typing a #tag, and Bear will suggest existing tag names.
  • Many popular tags now have icons in the Bear Sidebar so they are more identifiable!
  • Link other notes or build a wiki by typing double brackets: [[ and then the name of a note. Bear will suggest notes for you to instantly link.
  • Start a code block, and Bear now autocompletes commands from over 20 programming languages.
  • A couple final goodies:
  • Effortlessly swipe left and right on the Editor to hide and show the Sidebar and Note List.
  • Two new themes for Bear Pro customers: DuoTone Light and Snow.
  • Printing notes from Bear now uses a darker text color for easier reading.
  • A standard round of bug extermination to help Bear purr even better for you.

New in Bear 1.3.1 (Sep 27, 2017)

  • Fix for 10.10 crash
  • Fix for browser extension

New in Bear 1.3 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • New:
  • A big Bear hug for High Sierra! Bear is now compatible with macOS 10.13
  • If you enable “Always Show Scrollbars” in System Preferences, we now display custom designed scrollbars that are up to our warm and fuzzy standards for Bear

New in Bear 1.2.4 Build 4931 (Aug 21, 2017)

  • Good news, everyone! We just took Bear out for a mighty successful bug hunt. Bear’s going to sit back and enjoy the meal, while you can enjoy an even smoother, faster, and bug-freer Bear experience.

New in Bear 1.2.2 (Jul 22, 2017)

  • Highlighting: Give important parts of your notes that that special neon glow they deserve
  • Quick Time/Date Formatting: We added new shortcuts for inserting the current date/hours in various formats, such as “4 Jul 2017, 10:21” and “4 Jul 2017” and “04/07/2017, 10:21”
  • More Special Searches: Find all notes modified on the current day and the day before with new search modifiers: @today and @yesterday
  • Remove a Tag From a Note: Sometimes you just need to part ways with a tag, though hopefully it’s amicable and you can remain friends on Facebook. Select the tag in the sidebar, then: Right-click the note and choose “Remove tag (X)”
  • Innovative New ‘Open Notes in Their Own Windows’ Technology: Bear continues to blaze UI trails by allowing you to open notes in their own windows. Just double-click ‘em

New in Bear 1.2.1 Build 4747 (Jun 2, 2017)

  • Fixed bugs

New in Bear 1.2 Build 4715 (May 25, 2017)

  • Changing Bear's theme now changes its app icon, and each theme has its own unique icon. This works for the two free themes and all Pro themes (currently 8, with more coming!)
  • Bear has been translated for three new languages: Korean, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese

New in Bear 1.1.2 Build 4569 (Apr 10, 2017)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Bear 1.1.1 Build 4542 (Apr 5, 2017)

  • Smoother, faster, and bug-freer Bear experience.

New in Bear 1.1 Build 4444 (Mar 21, 2017)

  • General:
  • Bulk delete & rename tags - Are your Bear tags starting to outnumber your Pokémon? We’ve made it easier to clean them up.
  • New free theme - Our second free theme for all Bear users is focused on readability. It’s called High Contrast, and it’s good for visually impaired or Dyslexic people.
  • 75% more fonts - Free and Bear Pro users get three more font choices: Georgia, Courier, and Open Dyslexic.
  • Font all the things - Your font choice now also affects the note list.
  • Infinite nested tags - Did you know you can nest tags in Bear? Well, you can. And now you can nest an /infinite number/ of tags. Careful with this one.
  • Exclude search terms - Sometimes, certain words just aren’t invited to a search query. Now you can exclude words by adding a (-) before them. For example: recipes -broccoli
  • Editor:
  • Highlight all the things - Free and Bear Pro users now get syntax highlighting for more languages: Perl, Ruby, Scala, C#, Go, CoffeeScript, SCSS, Tex, R, MatLab.
  • New shortcut to discontinue a list, including checklists.
  • New shortcut to move paragraphs up and down.
  • Undo completed tasks - Yea, the point is to actually complete tasks and feel all warm and fuzzy inside. But sometimes you have to return the warm and fuzzy for a later date. Checkbox actions are now undoable.
  • Exporting:
  • Export to TaskPaper - Ask and ye shall receive.
  • Syntax in exports - JPG, PDF, and HTML exports now include code syntax highlighting (Bear Pro required).
  • Better Word exports - Improvements in the DocX styles. (Bear Pro required)
  • Preserving the time-space continuum - Modification and Creation dates are honoured in export for TXT, MD, DOCX, taskPaper and HTML.
  • Importing:
  • Import from more apps - In addition to Evernote and Vesper, Bear can now import from even more apps and formats:
  • Day One
  • .TaskPaper files
  • .webbloc files
  • Escape tags - If you /don’t/ want to create new tags when importing something, you now have the option to escape any tags that are found. Escaped tags will look like #tag in your imported notes.
  • Mac:
  • TouchBar support - Bear for Mac gets touchy feely. The TouchBar on the new MacBook Pro puts Bear’s formatting options at your fingertips.
  • Drag to tags - Save a lot of tagging time by dragging and dropping one or more notes onto a tag.
  • Voltron all the things - Select multiple notes in the list and merge them to create one super note. Well, it’ll be one big note containing all the previously selected notes, but it won’t save the universe or anything. Or will it?
  • Support for Quadro - Quadro is an amazing new app that turns an iPad or iPhone into a sort of external TouchBar for a Mac (or PC!). You create a visual panel of shortcuts for automating your everyday apps and tasks, the keep them just a tap away on your iOS device while you work on your desktop device.
  • Quicklook support - Quickly preview any note attachments by clicking them and pressing the Space bar
  • New Firefox extension - Firefox joins Safari in the esteemed category of “Browsers for which We Built an Extension.” Select some stuff, click our new Bear extension, and automatically capture it to a new note. You can even set default tags for captured items in the extension’s preferences.
  • Extra:
  • Automate font changes - We added new xcallback url for apps like Workflow and Launch Center Pro to changing Bear’s font.

New in Bear 1.0.6 Build 4033 (Jan 24, 2017)

  • Child tags should now display correctly inside the sidebar
  • All the app themes now have better colors contrast
  • Docx export now has styles for the whole document
  • Removed background color from PDF export
  • UI will now restore more reliable from launch to launch
  • Corrected popup labels alignment for Chinese and Japanese languages
  • Various bug and crash fixes

New in Bear 1.0.5 Build 3957 (Jan 5, 2017)

  • Notes can now be sorted by creation date, modification date or title and tags by title and number of notes
  • Note creation date is now displayed in the Information Panel
  • Improved rendering performances
  • It is now possible to access to the Note List search field from any point of the App
  • Faster and more memory efficient Evernote importer
  • Support for Version 1 TextBundles in import
  • Corrected sync problems with MacOS 10.12 Sierra
  • The main window should always restore its size correctly
  • Various bug fixes

New in Bear 1.0.4 Build 3733 (Nov 24, 2016)

  • Added localizations in Modern and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish, German and Italian
  • Various small Improvements
  • Bug fixes

New in Bear 1.0.3 Build 3660 (Nov 19, 2016)

  • Correct validation of the Pro subscription on all devices
  • Fixed multiple note link paste inside Bear
  • The Vesper importer now uses the imported file dates
  • Fix for a crash caused by java inside code blocks
  • Fix for docx export containing .tiff images
  • RTF export is now included in the free version
  • Dark themes now have matching dark checkboxes
  • The “Open Bear” global hotkey will now toggle the Main Window

New in Bear 1.0.2 Build 3606 (Nov 11, 2016)

  • Purchasing and restoring the PRO subscription is now more reliable
  • Numerical only hashtag are no longer recognised as Bear tags
  • Tags are now always displayed lowercase inside the sidebar
  • Code block is now exported using the CommonMark specs
  • Fixed txt texbundle export
  • x-callback-url /add-text should now work properly
  • Word count is now live