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What's new in Yoink 3.6.90

Apr 8, 2024
  • Fixes a bug where importing photos, documents or sketches from an iOS device didn't work
  • Fixes an issue with the clipboard history in Yoink's contextual menu
  • Improved support for Stage Manager

New in Yoink 3.6.89 (Nov 10, 2023)

  • Fixes a crash that could occur when repeatedly trying to access the Clipboard History menu

New in Yoink 3.6.88 (Oct 17, 2023)

  • Fixes a bug on macOS 14 Sonoma, where screenshots dragged from the Xcode Simulator sometimes disappeared.

New in Yoink 3.6.87 (Sep 30, 2023)

  • Fixes a bug on macOS 14 Sonoma with Yoink's Share extension

New in Yoink 3.6.86 (Sep 14, 2023)

  • Improves the widget on macOS 14 Sonoma

New in Yoink 3.6.85 (Jul 27, 2023)

  • Fixes an issue where screenshots dragged from macOS' screenshot panel would not remain in Yoink over relaunches/restarts
  • Fixes a bug where Quick Look'ing .svg files resulted in a blank page
  • Improves compatibility with an upcoming version of macOS

New in Yoink 3.6.84 (Nov 4, 2022)

  • Improvements:
  • The clipboard history now ignores copied content from SplashID apps
  • Trashed and deleted files are recognized more reliably and now also take into account newly mounted drives
  • The Shortcut.app shortcut "Get Files from Yoink" now allows you to return all files without having to select every single one.
  • Click on Show More, and select Ignore selection and get all files
  • Uses macOS 13 Ventura's new login item mechanism
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixes a bug where Yoink would use an inordinate amount of CPU when emptying the Trash
  • Fixes a UI bug in Clipboard History preferences' Ignored Apps settings
  • Fixes an issue where Finder would say "The application "Yoink Widget.app" is not open anymore."
  • Removes unnecessary Spotlight indexing of snippets placed in Yoink

New in Yoink 3.6.83 (Aug 26, 2022)

  • When making Yoink ignore apps, you can now choose whether you'd like the fn key or the shift key to temporarily invert those settings (or disable inverting entirely).

New in Yoink 3.6.82 (Apr 27, 2022)

  • Improves compatibility with Xcode's Simulator's recordings and screen captures
  • Fixes a bug that would result in part of your Dock being blocked

New in Yoink 3.6.81 (Apr 17, 2022)

  • Fixes a bug that could cause Yoink to interfere when you were rearranging items in your Dock
  • Improves the performance of recognising drags from the Dock

New in Yoink 3.6.8 (Mar 7, 2022)

  • Adds options for optionally providing JPEG and/or PNG data when dragging out TIFF, HEIF and/or WebP files in Preferences > Advanced
  • The Clipboard History in Yoink's contextual menu now presents pinned items more prominently in a dedicated submenu
  • Fixes cut off menu item titles in Yoink's contextual menu
  • Fixes the localization for a submenu in the contextual menu
  • Fixes a bug in Yoink's Clipboard History Widget on macOS 10.12-10.15 where deleting items from it would not be reflected in Yoink itself
  • Fixes a bug that could occur when deleting multiple pinned items from Yoink's Clipboard History Browser
  • Fixes a bug that would cause Yoink not to accept a file that was dropped on its app icon while not launched

New in Yoink 3.6.7 (Feb 23, 2022)

  • v3.6.7 fixes an issue that appeared in v3.6.5:
  • Sometimes dragging a file from Yoink to apps other than the Finder would fail

New in Yoink 3.6.6 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • Fixes two issues that appeared in v3.6.5:
  • Opening a single file directly with Yoink wouldn't work
  • URLs copied from Yoink sometimes couldn't be pasted

New in Yoink 3.6.5 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Clipboard History is back on macOS 11 Big Sur and newer
  • A brand new widget that lets you re-copy previously copied items (click on the item in the widget)
  • Send a copied item to the Yoink shelf (option(⌥)-click it in the widget)
  • Pin copied items so they don't disappear (shift(⇧)-click onto the item in the widget)
  • Reveal an item in Yoink's new clipboard browser (command(⌘)-click it in the widget)
  • A clipboard history browser that lets you organize your previous copies
  • A Siri Shortcut for bringing back previously removed files
  • Improvements:
  • Pasting links copied from Yoink now works better in text fields that are very strict about what they accept
  • Now defaults to PNG data instead of TIFF when pasting images from the clipboard into Yoink
  • Yoink now also provides JPEG and PNG data for image files that are HEIC, HEIF or TIFF to broaden compatibility
  • Improves compatibility with DEVONthink, where, instead of a move-operation for files that were dragged from DEVONthink to Yoink, a copy-operation is now used to provide better data-integrity in DEVONthink's files database
  • Improves opening .webloc, .mailtoloc, ..., files with their default apps
  • The clipboard history menu in Yoink's contextual menu is now subtitled to provide more info
  • Improves the filenames for URLs dragged to Yoink
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixes a bug that caused Yoink to jump to the screen the Dock is invoked on
  • Fixes a bug in the "Add to Yoink" Siri Shortcut, where Yoink wouldn't come to the foreground if it was hidden before
  • Fixes a layout issue that caused the splash screen's text to be cut off on smaller screens (again)
  • Improves memory and resource usage
  • Fixes a bug that caused an executable file to refuse to launch after having been copied with Yoink's clipboard history active, or after having been dragged to Yoink (a sandboxing issue)
  • Fixes a bug that would sometimes cause items in the clipboard history to disappear after a restart of Yoink
  • Fixes a rare crash in the splash screen
  • Fixes an issue where sometimes dragging a stack of files to certain apps, the receiving app would only accept one file
  • Fixes the file number indicator when dragging multiple files or stacks
  • This version of Yoink increases the minimum system requirements from macOS 10.10 Yosemite to macOS 10.12 Sierra.

New in Yoink 3.6 (Oct 25, 2021)

  • [macOS Monterey] Build powerful workflows with Yoink's Shortcuts app integration
  • Fixed a bug where files handed off to Yoink sometimes would have no file path extension
  • Fixed a bug where "Launch at login" wouldn't reflect its state accurately

New in Yoink 3.5.16 (Aug 9, 2021)

  • Version 3.5.16 fixes a bug introduced in v3.5.15, where, if the Dock was positioned at the sides, Yoink would be cut off on the screen.

New in Yoink 3.5.15 (Aug 9, 2021)

  • You're now able to temporarily "un-ignore" apps by holding down the shift- or fn key during drags
  • Makes it easier to see which files are selected
  • When QuickLook'ing a file, Yoink now becomes the frontmost app so you can use gestures and keyboard shortcuts right away
  • Yoink now lets you turn off its once-every-six-months-if-there-was-an-update-in-between rating reminder
  • Improves Yoink's Force Click behavior on macOS Big Sur and later
  • Improves drag recognition from the Dock
  • Improves compatibility with DEVONthink
  • Improves compatibility with Notes
  • Yoink's corners are now a little rounder than before
  • Added a link to Yoink's Usage Tips in its Preferences, under Extensions
  • Fixes a bug that prevented stacks to be Handoff'ed
  • In the Rename/Move dialog, you're now able to use keyboard commands for "Select All", copy, and paste
  • Fixes a bug with screenshots dragged from the macOS' screenshot floating panel
  • Yoink no longer overlaps the permanently displayed menu bar or Dock
  • Fixes a bug that could prevent you from closing the QuickLook panel by pressing space on your keyboard
  • Fixes a bug where, after saving a PDF to Yoink by using its PDF service, it would be lost after a restart of the Mac
  • Works around a bug with file promise drags that have filenames longer than 255 characters
  • Fixes a bug in the Splash Screen where the header was clipped on smaller screens or resolutions
  • Fixes a crash when watching for changes to files using NSProgress
  • Fixes a crash in the splash screen
  • Fixes a crash when closing the Handoff window

New in Yoink 3.5.14 (Feb 1, 2021)

  • Yoink v3.5.14 fixes a few memory leaks.

New in Yoink 3.5.13 (Jan 26, 2021)

  • Improvements:
  • Cleans up temporary files more regularly
  • Fixes:
  • Fixes a bug where sharing a screen recording to Yoink didn't work correctly
  • Fixes a bug where using Apple Script to call Yoink's keyboard shortcut didn't work correctly (thank you for your patience, Alexander - @myapfelworld)

New in Yoink 3.5.12 (Nov 15, 2020)

  • Version 3.5.12 fixes a bug on macOS 10.14 and earlier, where items weren't remembered over relaunches of the app.

New in Yoink 3.5.11 (Nov 9, 2020)

  • Versions 3.5.11 and 3.5.10 fix minor issues when dragging from Music.app, the Dock, and Safari's downloads popover, as well as a bug where Yoink's list could randomly appear cut off.

New in Yoink 3.5.10 (Nov 8, 2020)

  • Fixes minor issues when dragging from Music.app, the Dock, and Safari's downloads popover.

New in Yoink 3.5.9 (Nov 8, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • Improves compatibility with macOS
  • Improves renaming of files (right-click a file and select Rename / Move...)
  • In a file's contextual menu, the full filename is now shown at the top
  • File-status checking has been improved
  • Improves compatibility with Apple Remote Desktop, Screen Sharing, Chrome
  • Slightly improves the "Moved-to-trash" popover's UI
  • Improves the Splash screen for smaller screens / resolutions
  • Improves keyboard navigation in Yoink: lock/unlock selected files (l), split up selected stacks (s)
  • Improves support for not-yet-loaded files dragged from iCloud Drive
  • Improves support for screenshots dragged from macOS' screenshot floating window
  • Improves compatibility with some URLs that could not be processed correctly
  • Improves Yoink's center position if the menu bar is set to automatically hide
  • The "File in Trash" popover now closes automatically when the file is deleted
  • Handoff's progress text is now monospaced
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixes a bug where Yoink would steal keyboard focus unpredictably and unnecessarily, and - mostly - annoyingly!
  • Fixes a bug where right-clicking a bundle / package file would not allow for "Open with..."
  • Fixes a bug where sometimes Yoink's keyboard shortcut would stop working
  • The (optional) fetching of favicons is running in its own XPC service again on macOS Catalina and newer
  • Fixes a bug where Quick Look icon previews were smaller / lower resolution than expected
  • Fixes a regression where Quick Look previews would be cut off on smaller screens
  • Fixes the popover's behavior when more than one file in Yoink is moved to the trash
  • Fixes an issue where Yoink would sometimes not work correctly when handling large amounts of files
  • Fixes a bug where Yoink would mistakenly appear when customizing toolbars
  • Fixes a bug that caused Yoink to beep when cancelling the installation of its PDF Service
  • Fixes a rare crash when adding files to Yoink
  • Updates the Acknowledgements file

New in Yoink 3.5.8 (Feb 2, 2020)

  • Improvements:
  • When copying snippets or weblinks, instead of the file path, the URL or snippet content is copied
  • Option-click an entry in Yoink's Clipboard History Today Widget to send to Yoink instead of copy
  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixes a bug that caused Yoink's Clipboard History Today Widget's file icons to draw incorrectly
  • Fixes a rare crash during Handoff, when Handoff was cancelled before the window was fully loaded on Mac
  • Fixes a bug where tooltips would sometimes show up inappropriately
  • Fixes a bug on macOS Catalina that caused many apps not to appear in the "Ignored apps" UI
  • Ignores the com.apple.drawing file type for now when importing a Sketch from an iOS device
  • Fixes an error message that could appear when importing a photo using Continuity Camera
  • Fixes a minor issue regarding the "File moved to Trash" popover

New in Yoink 3.5.7 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • Version 3.5.7 of Yoink further improves compatibility with macOS Catalina's Photos app.
  • Furthermore, in addition to the fn key, you can also keep the shift key pressed during drags to temporarily keep items in Yoink.

New in Yoink 3.5.6 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • Bugfixes and improvements in Yoink v3.5.6:
  • Compatibility with macOS 10.15 Catalina
  • Uses macOS 10.15 Catalina's LinkPresentation framework to obtain (optional) favicons for links
  • Uses macOS 10.15 Catalina's new Quick Look Thumbnailing framework for file icons
  • Fixes an issue on macOS 10.15 Catalina where Yoink would prompt for "key input observing", when all it actually does is check for the presence of a Force Touch capable trackpad
  • Properly works with macOS 10.15 Catalina's Photos.app
  • To copy something from Yoink's Clipboard History Today Widget, the entire cell can now be clicked, not just the little copy icon at the bottom
  • QuickLook'ed videos and audio now auto-plays
  • Improved the detection of trashed files
  • The font used by Yoink's menu bar icon is now the correct one
  • Fixes a rare issue that occurred when using Handoff to transfer RTFD files to Mac
  • Fixes a crash when using Handoff
  • Fixes a crash when moving files to the trash or deleting files

New in Yoink 3.5.5 (Jul 2, 2019)

  • Improvements:
  • Text items can now be copied in plain text by holding down the shift key in the Clipboard History Today Widget and Yoink's contextual menu
  • Improves handling of volumes being mounted and unmounted
  • Improves reliability of the Share extension
  • Yoink now respects the order in which you selected files in Yoink when dragging out
  • The "Move to..." dialog always originates in the selected file's folder, making it easier and more straight-forward to rename a right-clicked file
  • Yoink no longer tries to mount network volumes
  • Improves handling of URLs / links
  • Improves compatibility with CleanMyMac 3
  • Improves compatibility with macOS Mojave's Photos.app
  • Improves compatibility with Curio
  • Reduces the app's file size
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixes a bug where the contextual menu's "Move to..." or "Copy to..." wouldn't work
  • Fixes a bug that occurred when sharing files to Yoink (when sharing files to Yoink one after another, if they had the same file name, the previously shared file would be overwritten)
  • Fixes a bug that caused Yoink's menu bar icon on macOS High Sierra and earlier not to be drawn correctly when clicked on
  • Fixes a rare crash when setting up Yoink's table
  • Fixes a crash when displaying the "File moved to trash" popover
  • Fixes a crash in the share extension
  • Fixes a potential crash when using Handoff
  • Fixes an issue that caused Yoink to consume a lot of CPU
  • Fixes an issue where tooltips were displayed when they shouldn't appear

New in Yoink 3.5.4 (Apr 30, 2019)

  • Fixes a rare bug that would cause Yoink not to react anymore under certain circumstances
  • Fixes a bug on older versions of macOS where "promise drags" sometimes wouldn't be finished correctly
  • Fixes a bug where a repeated rating request would occur - my apologies

New in Yoink 3.5.3 (Apr 22, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Yoink's position on your screen can now be more easily changed, by dragging the window itself
  • Continuity Camera is now supported by Yoink and lets you save photos or documents from your iPhone or iPad right in Yoink
  • Right-click a file to "Save as" - allowing you to not only move or copy a file this way, but also rename it
  • When Yoink is the active app, you can now use your keyboard to navigate (arrow up, down, select all, Quick Look)
  • If you'd like to keep a file in Yoink when dragging it out, keep the fn key on your keyboard pressed during the drag
  • To temporarily disable Yoink when dragging something, keep the fn key on your keyboard pressed during the drag
  • Double-press the keyboard shortcut (by default, F5) to quickly add your clipboard's contents to Yoink
  • Improvements:
  • Adds a button to the Extensions tab in Yoink's preferences to quickly install its PDF action, which lets you add PDFs to Yoink from print dialogs
  • Yoink's clipboard history widget now ignores nspasteboard.org's declared types
  • Improves drag recognition - control-left-clicks no longer make Yoink do work
  • Long filenames now have extension tooltips
  • Improves CPU usage when checking for drags, saving CPU cycles and battery life
  • Yoink no longer reacts to drags in most games, saving CPU cycles and battery life
  • You're now able to delete individual items in Yoink's Clipboard History Today Widget
  • Improves the way the "File moved to trash in Finder" popover behaves
  • New Intro screen
  • Improved compatibility with Panic, Inc.'s Transmit, where dragging multiple files from the local side of Transmit would result in only one file being added to Yoink
  • Improved compatibility with Apple, Inc.'s Remote Desktop app
  • Improved compatibility with DevonThink
  • Bugfixes:
  • A URL transferred to one Mac from another via Handoff now has the proper title, not the URL itself as a title
  • Files handed off to a Mac no longer sometimes lose their file extensions
  • Fixes an issue where items still being written to disk could be dragged out of Yoink
  • Fixes a bug that made Yoink unnecessarily the foremost app when force-touching
  • Fixes an issue where the Quick Look panel sometimes would be larger than the screen size
  • Fixes an issue where, after an item from Sketch was dragged to Yoink, all subsequent files would get a Sketch icon-badge, too
  • Fixes an issue where Yoink would unnecessarily check for drags when a right-click-drag would occur
  • Fixes an issue where a menu would appear out of place when force-clicking on a stack to show files in Finder
  • Fixes a rare exception when closing the Quick Look popover
  • Fixes an issue where a file received via Handoff would add a superfluous file extension, resulting in something like "filename.zip.zip"
  • Fixes two issues when summoning Yoink to a different screen
  • Fixes an issue where, if a drag would take long, Yoink would stop looking for drags
  • Fixes a bug that made Yoink's menu bar icon's menu change its font size
  • Fixes the Quick Action available to users of macOS Mojave - please re-install it via Yoink's Preferences -> Extensions
  • Fixes an issue where the Alfred action sometimes wouldn't work correctly - please re-install it via Yoink's Preferences -> Extensions
  • Fixes an issue where the Quick Look popup for docx, Pages, Keynote and Numbers documents had the wrong size
  • P.S.:
  • iCloud sync for Mac is coming with the next update :)

New in Yoink 3.5.2 (Nov 11, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Added support for Services (right-click any file or stack and it will show the available services for it)
  • Yoink's optional menu bar icon now can be dragged to
  • A right-click onto Yoink's menu bar icon toggles its window
  • Improvements:
  • Added a Clear History menu item to the contextual menu if Yoink's clipboard history is enabled
  • Yoink does no longer block the Finder's Dock
  • Yoink does not become active anymore when dragging to it
  • Improved support with apps Discord and VSCode
  • Improved Yoink's Share extension to better handle text and other content
  • For text snippets, a new line is appended so that consecutively dragging out snippets from Yoink to a text document is nicer
  • Made favicon loading a bit more efficient
  • Option-click onto the X button of a file in Yoink now removes that file and any selected files
  • Yoink's window now matches the Notification Center's appearance
  • Improved support with dragging videos from Photos.app to Yoink
  • Bug fixes in:
  • Fixed a rare crash when handling URLs
  • Fixed a crash in Yoink's Today Widget
  • Fixed a few, minor memory leaks
  • Fixed the icon for Yoink's Quick Action, especially on the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar
  • Fixed a bug on macOS Yosemite and earlier where after dragging one item to Yoink, subsequently it wouldn't work anymore
  • Fixed issues with Yoink moving around unnecessarily if it's set up to show at the mouse cursor's location and it is being shared to, or previous files are recalled
  • Fixed an issue when pasting content into Yoink from the clipboard
  • Fixed a crash on systems earlier than macOS Yosemite
  • Fixed a bug where sharing an image added from macOS Mojave's screenshot tool would fail because of a wrong file format
  • Fixed a bug where control-clicking onto an item wouldn't work anymore after QuickLooking a file
  • Fixed a bug where, on smaller screens, the QuickLook panel would sometimes be cut off
  • Fixed an issue where when using the keyboard shortcut (by default, F5) to manually hide Yoink, the QuickLook panel, if visible, would not close
  • Made Yoink's preference's Behavior tab nicer to look at, meaning no black flashes in the video when changing preferences
  • Updated some URLs used in the app from http to https
  • Fixed a bug in Yoink's preferences window for some localizations, where selecting the General tab would resize the window unnecessarily

New in Yoink 3.5.1 (Oct 11, 2018)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Crash on macOS Sierra and earlier
  • Issues with preferences on macOS High Sierra and earlier
  • Issues with the new Today Widget on macOS Sierra and earlier
  • An issue with ignored apps

New in Yoink 3.5 (Oct 11, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Handoff
  • Handoff items between Macs, iPads and iPhones (separate iOS app required, available on the App Store)
  • Clipboard History Today Widget
  • Yoink can track your clipboard history in its new Today Widget, so you can re-copy something you need, or send it straight to Yoink
  • MacOS Mojave Quick Action
  • Install an optional Quick Action so you can add files to Yoink right from Finder's file previews
  • MacOS Mojave Dark Mode
  • Yoink supports Dark mode - and light mode
  • Improvements in Yoink v3.5:
  • Share Extension
  • The share extension now supports files other than just web urls
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixes a rare crash when sharing files

New in Yoink 3.4.3 (May 23, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and minor changes:
  • Fixes a rare crash when sharing items
  • After trashing an item or adding a URL via the app's extension, it would a) retrieve previously removed files and b) the keyboard shortcut would always cause a) from then on.
  • When changing screen resolutions, Yoink would not update its position correctly
  • Made minor changes to Yoink's About- and Splash Screen windows (removed newsletter subscription, added privacy policy link)

New in Yoink 3.4.2 (Mar 12, 2018)

  • Improvements:
  • Where available, higher resolution favicons are loaded for webloc files
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug with an upcoming Safari version, where dragging URLs from the address bar didn't work
  • Fixed a crash regarding Sketch layers; they work again now, but can not be persisted over restarts of Yoink. A little Sketch-app-icon indicates whether an item dragged from Sketch contains layer data
  • Works around a Firefox issue, where DuckDuckGo image search-drags didn't work correctly

New in Yoink 3.4.1 (Feb 10, 2018)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved compatibility with Transmit dragging files from the "local" side of the app to Yoink would result in the file being added twice
  • Improved compatibility with Thunderbird attachments now are accepted more readily
  • Improved compatibility with Apple Mail now properly supports multiple mails (thank you, Christopher Atlan)
  • Improved compatibility with Apple Preview dragging a not-yet-saved image from the thumbnails bar to Yoink now works
  • Improved compatibility with Apple Photos accepts photos more reliably
  • Improved compatibility with Sketch layers can now be inserted using Yoink
  • Image files from a "promise drag" now have proper titles again
  • When using a script to add files to Yoink, it's now positioned correctly in case the screen's resolution changed between now and Yoink's last use
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink would stop working in some cases when dragging something off it
  • Fixed a bug that prevented sharing from working
  • Fixed wrongly framed PopClip button
  • Fixed installation of the PopClip extension
  • Fixed a tooltip for the PopClip Extension button
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes kept wiggling lock icons from fading out
  • Fixed a bug that caused Yoink to hang when deleting two files from Finder at once that resided in Yoink
  • Fixed a rare crash when receiving "promised files"
  • Fixed a rare issue that occurred when QuickLooking an already deleted file
  • Fixed a typo in the German localization

New in Yoink 3.3.2 (Sep 22, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved favicon-fetching to support more websites
  • QuickLook previews for lower-resolution screens are no longer cut off because they were too big
  • Improved support for the app Capto
  • Bug fixes:
  • Force Touch working on a "higher" version of macOS Sierra
  • The menu bar icon's "Bring back previously removed files" now behaves correctly
  • Yoink doesn't fade out anymore when "Bring back..." is called from an empty window
  • The About window's title bar is no longer black on a "higher" version of macOS Sierra
  • Fixed a regression concerning the app Default Folder X
  • Fixes a rare crash when revealing a file in Finder
  • Fixes a rare crash when dragging something to Yoink

New in Yoink 3.3.1 (Jul 31, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • The amount of files you drag out of Yoink are now shown next to your cursor
  • Two options for automatically adjusting Yoink's window size: 3 items minimum, and 1 item minimum
  • In most cases, images dragged from applications (like Safari) are now available for dragging right away, instead of being greyed out for a little while
  • Large drag previews are now resized so they don't cover Yoink's window anymore
  • Nicer drag previews when dragging to Yoink
  • On macOS Sierra 10.12 and "higher", Yoink now uses "responsive scrolling" (for a smoother scrolling experience)
  • Improved fetching of favicons
  • When dragging a URL as plain text, it's now turned into a webloc file instead of a text clipping
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixes a rare bug where URLs with umlauts in them would turn into folders instead of webloc files
  • Fixes an issue where the window's background image would be cached the wrong way
  • Fixes a bug where some webloc files would not have a proper filename
  • Fixes an issue with a "higher" version of macOS Sierra where files would be in Yoink, but invisible
  • Fixes another issue with a "higher" version macOS Sierra where selected files would have a darker, and harder to see, file icon

New in Yoink 3.3 (Jun 29, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Bring back Yoink's last removed files (by press-holding its keyboard shortcut pressed or right-clicking onto Yoink's window)
  • More easily add links from your browser to Yoink by right-clicking onto it in your browser and selecting Share -> Yoink
  • Share files right from within Yoink
  • Webloc files can now optionally show favicons for quicker identification
  • A new Alfred File Action allows you to quickly send files from Alfred to Yoink (activate it in Yoink's "Advanced" preferences)
  • Improvements:
  • Yoink's menu bar icon can now be dragged off like other system menu bar icons (on macOS Sierra 10.12 and newer)
  • Improved "Open With..." menu which lets you launch the Mac App Store with an extension search right away, just like in Finder
  • Improves compatibility with Safari's bookmarks list (i.e., moving items)
  • Works around Firefox's promised-drag issues, reinstating compatibility with it
  • Improved and more efficient background drawing of Yoink's window
  • When trying to remove a pinned file, the file's lock icon now shakes from the center, not the lower left corner (finally!)
  • Improved drag recognition: My huge thanks goes to Nick Moore of Pilotmoon Software for his help and insights in the matter
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes a bug where Yoink wouldn't appear in some Spaces after rearranging them
  • Fixed a bug that caused "Open With..." not to work in certain cases
  • Fixes a bug when receiving promised file drags
  • Fixes a bug where, if HTML code was dragged as a text snippet to Yoink, dragging it out again would result in the code to be trimmed
  • Fixes a typo in the German localization of Yoink - and that's my native language...
  • The window size setting "Adjust automatically" now defaults to three items instead of one
  • As part of the improved drag recognition, the red rectangle some users experienced is now a thing of the past
  • Fixes memory leaks

New in Yoink 3.2.6 (Nov 7, 2016)

  • Improvements and bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink wouldn't appear when dragging from the Dock or Microsoft Outlook in certain cases
  • Yoink now reacts to memory pressure events and cleans up things it doesn't currently need
  • Fixed a bug where, if preferences were closed, the "Behavior" video would keep on playing in the background
  • Fixed a typo in the German version

New in Yoink 3.2.5 (Oct 27, 2016)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved support for Photos.app on macOS Sierra
  • Reduced Yoink's energy footprint and improved its CPU usage during drag-recognition in general and in particular during "empty drags" (like moving windows around)
  • Improved Yoink's behavior if recognition of drags is turned off
  • Made the force-touch-to-select-all-then-drag-out a more pleasant experience
  • Nicer and clearer user experience during Yoink's behavior-selection in Preference
  • At first launch, Yoink now respects and reflects macOS Sierra's "Reduce Motion" setting
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where buttons wouldn't appear after force touching in Yoink
  • Fixed a bug regarding QuickLooking files
  • Fixed a rare bug where sometimes Yoink wouldn't accept new files if it contained files already
  • Fixed a bug where temporary webloc files weren't removed from disk properly when no longer used
  • Fixed a bug where, after QuickLooking, a file couldn't be right-clicked through its icon or title

New in Yoink 3.2.1 (Aug 15, 2016)

  • Improvements:
  • Yoink can now properly QuickLook web files, emails, Microsoft Word documents and more
  • Minor improvement in the user experience of Yoink's preferences
  • "Reduce Motion" setting now also affects switching preference panes
  • Fixed a couple of strings in German
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed several bugs concerning alias files
  • Fixed a delay when physically click-dragging a file out of Yoink using a Force Touch-capable trackpad
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when stepping back in the splash screen
  • Fixed a bug where more devices were queried regarding Force Touch-capability than necessary
  • Fixed a bug where, after querying for Force Touch-capability, devices weren't released and cleaned up properly

New in Yoink 3.2 (Apr 27, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Use Force Touch to:
  • Select all files in Yoink,
  • Show selected files in Finder,
  • QuickLook a file (or split up a Stack),
  • Pin the file in Yoink,
  • Optional Haptic Feedback when entering Yoink's window with files
  • See Yoink's Preferences to set it up the way you like it.
  • For a technical look at how Force Touch in Yoink works, please see these blog posts:
  • https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2015/10/24/how-to-receive-force-touch-events-from-an-nstableview/
  • https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/how-to-detect-force-touch-capable-devices-on-the-mac/
  • Shows a warning when files in Yoink are moved to the Trash in Finder
  • Reduce Motion setting
  • "Show in Finder" now supports more than one file, reflects selected files and files in Stacks
  • QuickLook Previews now remember their last position (i.e. the page in a PDF, or the playback position of a video)
  • Text snippets dragged to Yoink can now contain images (thanks, Joseph O'L. for bringing this to my attention)
  • Filepaths of files in Stacks or selected items can now be all copied to the clipboard
  • Improvements:
  • Performance and Resource Management Improvements:
  • Accepting files,
  • Dragging out items,
  • Clear All items,
  • Splitting up Stacks,
  • Opening the "Open With" menu,
  • less memory when watching for filename changes and deletions in Finder,
  • many minor ones
  • For a technical look at some of these improvements, please see this blog post:
  • https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/under-the-hood-improvements-in-yoink-3-2/
  • Yoink now reflects changes in the Finder's "Show all filename extensions" setting
  • Mails dragged from Yoink work again with all applications. To create an event in Calendar from a mail message, keep the option-key pressed as you drag the mail out of Yoink
  • When Yoink is shown on a different screen than the mouse cursor, the keyboard shortcut (by default, F5) summons Yoink to the screen of the cursor
  • UI Improvements:
  • When a file is pinned to Yoink, the lock button whiggles when trying to remove it
  • When locking all files at once (by holding down the option key), all lock buttons show to indicate that all have been locked
  • Cleaned up contextual menu (instead of having another submenu, "Show in Finder" has a submenu for multiple files in a Stack)
  • Updated Lock button icon to make it easier to see if a file is pinned or not pinned
  • Uses proper font for Asian text, updated localizations
  • Buttons now don't animate from the side and the icon doesn't animate away when the mouse enters so we don't have a moving target (thanks for your input, walkie1984)
  • Improved efficiency for QuickLook
  • When a file is re-saved in Finder, Yoink updates its QuickLook icon preview
  • When a snippet is added to Yoink, it has a proper filename instead of "Snippet"
  • Better handling of text clippings from Finder
  • "Combine multiple files into a Stack" now also works with files added from the Terminal.app
  • Accepts drags from the Mac App Store on OS X El Capitan and newer
  • The preferences window, About window and Splash Screen now all open on the screen the cursor is on
  • When editing the list of ignored apps, each row can now be clicked anywhere to select/deselect, not only the checkbox
  • Yoink's window is a little wider to allow for a little more text to be shown
  • Instead of file paths, Yoink now writes fileReferenceURLs to the pasteboard (like the Finder does)
  • Added newsletter signup to the About and Splash windows
  • Numerous bug fixes.

New in Yoink 3.1 (Sep 3, 2015)

  • New Features and Improvements:
  • New Languages: Chinese (Simplified) by Peter Kang (ICanLocalize), French (updated) by 'Lazuly' (ICanLocalize), Italian by Damiano Doria, Japanese by Koichi Matsumoto, Korean by 박우석, Portuguese (Brazil) by Victor Figueiredo (brlingo.com) and Portuguese (Portugal) by Ana Vale Pereira and updated by keytranslations (ICanLocalize)
  • To provide a cleaner and nicer interface, Yoink now shows some interface elements only when they're needed (when the mouse is near)
  • Improved support for mails from Mail.app an email can now be dragged from Mail.app to Yoink and then to Calendar.app to create events from it, with a reference to the email
  • Improved support for Photos.app
  • Reduced CPU cycles and power usage when waiting for "promised files"
  • In order to use less power and CPU cycles further, Yoink now does not try to generate QuickLook Preview icons for files like apps, folders and volumes those are just icons anyway
  • Improved handling of webloc files and different url schemes (like afp or ftp)
  • When several files are picked in Finder to be dragged to Yoink, Yoink now remembers the order of the files
  • Added a new Quick Tour and About window
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug regarding displaying QuickLook Preview Icons during launch of the app
  • Fixed a bug concerning webarchives that couldn't be opened after being added to Yoink (for more details, please see this blog post: https://eternalstorms.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/security-scoped-nsurl-bookmarks-and-safaris-webarchive-files/)
  • Fixed a bug in the German localization where the "Clean All" button would be placed inappropriately when resizing Yoink's window
  • Fixed a cosmetic issue where Yoink's window would animate at launch from default size to the user's preferred size
  • Fixed a bug where a very, very short drag would show Yoink without hiding it afterwards

New in Yoink 3.0.5 (Feb 27, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • Portuguese Translation
  • Double-click onto a file with the option key pressed to instantly select all files of the same type in Yoink
  • Improvements:
  • List of ignored apps now includes Finder and Dock
  • List of ignored apps is now sorted alphabetically
  • Yoink reacts to renaming or deleting of files in Finder
  • Performance improvements when watching for drags (less load on the system, less battery drain)
  • Drag recognition improved in general
  • When the keyboard shortcut is pressed to show Yoink manually, there's no delay anymore to show files in it
  • Improved support for Microsoft Word, SketchBook, Adobe Bridge and Lightroom
  • If Yoink is set up to show at the mouse location, it now shows always below the mouse cursor, not at what appeared to be random locations around the mouse cursor
  • Performance improvements regarding QuickLook (icon) Previews
  • Files don't disappear for a short period of time anymore when Yoink's window position or size is changed
  • If a stack is selected and then split up, the resulting files are now selected, too
  • Color Swatches now work with iWork Apps
  • Yoink now puts less stress on the CPU when waiting for larger file drags to be fully created
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug that caused Yoink's window to disappear even though something was dropped on it
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink would fade out when dragging from an ignored app even though it was forced to show by its keyboard shortcut
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink would fade in again even though it was manually hidden by its keyboard shortcut
  • Fixed a bug where, when shown at the mouse location, the arrow in Yoink's window would animate
  • Fixed a bug where, if Yoink is set up to show if the mouse is at the edge of the screen, Yoink would show up immediately at drag start if files were already in it
  • Fixed a cosmetic bug where Yoink would blink once after dragging out all files
  • Fixed a cosmetic bug where Yoink wouldn't show the drag area if files were already in it
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink would show up if a drag happened in the Mac App Store app
  • Fixed a bug where, after changing the setting for Yoink to show up at the mouse location, Yoink's window would revert to leftor right center
  • Fixed a bug where the app could be launched twice
  • Fixed a bug regarding QuickLook Previews during launch time
  • Fixed a bug where sometimes Yoink's buttons wouldn't work after a restart of the app
  • Fixed a bug where color swatches didn't work when dragged to Yoink
  • Fixed a couple of bugs regarding files and the OS X sandbox
  • Some fixes regarding memory / resource management

New in Yoink 3.0.2 (Dec 9, 2014)

  • Fresh, new look that fits in perfectly with Yosemite
  • New, hand-crafted app icon and interface elements throughout the app

New in Yoink 3.0.1 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Yoink is ready for OS X Yosemite!
  • Fresh, new look that fits in perfectly with Yosemite
  • New, hand-crafted app icon and interface elements throughout the app

New in Yoink 3.0 (Nov 18, 2014)

  • Yoink is ready for OS X Yosemite!
  • Fresh, new look that fits in perfectly with Yosemite
  • New, hand-crafted app icon and interface elements throughout the app
  • New Features:
  • The window can now be resized or automatically adjusted
  • Right-click onto a file-stack to show its contents
  • Improvements:
  • File names and paths are localized
  • Improved Yoink's advanced menu for easy access to certain preferences
  • QuickLook Preview now better fits the content's size
  • QuickLook preview icons can be turned off for more privacy
  • QuickLook preview icons generate a little faster and use less memory
  • Now shows on the screen of the drag by default
  • Items can now all be removed at once by option-clicking onto X, additional to the Clear button
  • Improved Mini-Window
  • De-cluttered preferences
  • Added support for Sketch
  • Better memory footprint
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Fixed a bug where files in Yoink sometimes couldn't be accessed after a relaunch of the app
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink's preferences window would show when launched
  • Fixed a bug where drags from Mail.app on Yosemite didn't work
  • Fixed localization in some parts of the app

New in Yoink 2.5.2 (Apr 4, 2014)

  • Fixes the following nasty bugs:
  • Fixed a bug with color palettes
  • Fixed a bug where some applications (e.g. CleanMyMac, calibre) would not recognize drags from Yoink)
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink would fade in/out inappropriately
  • Fixed a bug where items appeared greyed out when they shouldn't have been

New in Yoink 2.5.1 (Jan 9, 2014)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where dragging files from Yoink wouldn't work
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink's window would show when it shouldn't
  • Fixed a bug where files that were created by Yoink but no longer needed weren't deleted
  • Fixed a bug with Yoink's menu bar icon
  • Fixed a bug where preferences wouldn't show for users of OS X Lion

New in Yoink 2.5 (Dec 30, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Items can now be pinned in Yoink so they don't disappear when dragged out
  • The list of "ignored apps" can now be inverted to a list of "allowed apps"
  • Improvements:
  • Instead of a timeout, Yoink now shows up as long as an item is dragged and disappears when the drag ends
  • Better handling of drags from the Dock
  • Improved general handling of drag and drop of files from/to Yoink
  • Yoink can now be added to "PDF Services" for "Print to PDF" functionality
  • Items can now be "Opened With" via contextual menu
  • Items can now be revealed in Finder via contextual menu
  • Yoink's window doesn't jump to a different monitor anymore if it's already shown
  • No more linen!
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed a bug where shortcuts with only option didn't work
  • Fixed a critical bug with Spotlight where, when files were dragged from the Spotlight search to Yoink, they would end up in the trash

New in Yoink 2.4.1 (Sep 23, 2013)

  • Compatibility with OS X 10.9
  • Minor improvements and fixes

New in Yoink 2.4 (May 29, 2013)

  • Now recognizes drags from the Dock's stacks and iTunes 11
  • Improved recognition of drags overall
  • Fixed a few hangups when dragging particular files of particular apps to Yoink
  • Fixed an issue where Yoink, when moved to the mouse cursor's position, would be off screen

New in Yoink 2.3.5 (Apr 18, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • Performance improvements when recognizing drags
  • General memory and performance optimizations
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed order in which items in stacks are split up
  • Fixed an issue when double-clicking on items and QuickLook preview icons
  • Fixed a bug with promised files from Firefox (and a few other apps)

New in Yoink 2.3 (Mar 15, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • In Finder, selected files and folders can now be added to Yoink with a keyboard shortcut (by default: cmd-option-ctrl-x) via a System Service
  • Improvements:
  • "File promise" drags now more reliable
  • Improved support for Image Capture, Spotify and more
  • Positioning of the QuickLook popover improved
  • Abandoned temporary files are now deleted when Yoink is launched
  • Cleaned up preferences
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a rare bug where dropping files would cause Yoink to behave weirdly
  • Fixed a rare crash on launch
  • Removed unnecessary positioning code
  • Fixed a bug when dragging items out of Yoink and "remove when dragged out" was disabled
  • Minor fixes and improvements regarding row animations
  • Fixed a memory leak
  • Fixed a bug where movies or audio would keep playing even though the QuickLook panel was closed
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink's window would show when switching spaces (now for real)
  • Fixed a rare crash when QuickLooking items
  • Fixed a display-bug when editing ignored apps
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink's window wouldn't show on launch even though it should
  • Fixed a bug with persistent URLs over relaunches

New in Yoink 2.2.2 (Sep 27, 2012)

  • Retina Display ready
  • Yoink can now be launched at login
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink's window would appear when switching between desktop-spaces

New in Yoink 2.2.1 (Aug 10, 2012)

  • Compatibility to OS X Mountain Lion
  • Yoink now remembers files over restarts and relaunches for users on OS X Lion 10.7.3 or later

New in Yoink 2.1.1 (May 19, 2012)

  • Improvements:
  • Yoink's window won't fade out if the mouse is over it
  • Command-W now works for closing the preferences window
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a rare crash when displaying preview icons
  • Fixed a bug where dragging files out of Yoink sometimes didn't work when modifiers were pressed when dropping onto Yoink
  • Fixed a rare crash when moving not yet existing files (aka file promise drags drags where files are promised to the system but are not yet really existent in the file system) to Yoink
  • Improved way how promised files are handled
  • Fixed a minor bug related to Mail.app
  • Fixed a bug where icons would sometimes disappear
  • Fixed a rare issue with moving files from Xcode to Yoink

New in Yoink 2.1 (Mar 27, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Instead of file icons, Yoink now shows preview of content
  • Automatic showing of Yoink's window can be turned off
  • Apps can be specified that, if active and frontmost, should not trigger Yoink with drags
  • Yoink now recognizes color drags from color wells
  • Improvements:
  • Fixed a bug where files could not be dragged out of Yoink
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink could be hidden as an application, thus not showing up anymore when drags occurred
  • Modifier keys for the hotkey are now recognized and used
  • Fixed positioning of Yoink's window where in some cases it would show up too far up
  • Increased size of Yoink's window if shown at mouse location
  • Yoink doesn't take focus from other apps anymore (important for keyboard events)
  • Minor Changes:
  • Slightly increased offset of Yoink's window when it's shown at the mouse location
  • Fixed a bug that occurred when dragging objects from Firefox
  • Defined clearer rules for Yoink when to and when not to show

New in Yoink 2.0 (Jan 18, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Yoink now accepts content from apps like images from webpages, text from text documents, etc.
  • File Stacks: if several files are dropped onto Yoink in one drag, Yoink optionally combines them to one item to make dragging them out all at once easier
  • Yoink's window now can be shown with a hotkey to make dragging files from the Dock's Stacks possible
  • Improvements:
  • Yoink doesn't lose items anymore if they are moved
  • Added more positions for Yoink's window
  • Yoink's window can now be shown on the screen on which the drag was initiated
  • Nicer graphics and UI elements
  • Resolved startup issues
  • Minor Changes:
  • New menu bar icon
  • QuickLook preview panel doubled up in size

New in Yoink 1.0.1 (Sep 14, 2011)

  • The menu bar icon can now be hidden
  • Added (experimental) resolving of alias files
  • Added "Clear all" button to Yoink's window
  • Fixed a bug where the menu bar icon's menu wouldn't be updated when sending Yoink's window from one edge to another
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink wouldn't remember the number of seconds for how long to show its window
  • Fixed a rare crash when QuickLook'ing items
  • If Yoink is double-clicked in Finder if it's already running, it'll show its preferences
  • Fixed a bug where Yoink's splash screen, preferences or about windows would not come to forefront when selected
  • Fixed a few graphic glitches
  • If Yoink's window is set to show up at the mouse location when a drag is initiated, it doesn't slide back and then fade out if the drag does not happen, but fades out right away
  • Made Yoink's preferences layout more structured