Short Menu Changelog

What's new in Short Menu 3.0.4 Build 589

Nov 29, 2017
  • Short Menu will now recognize non-standard URLs.

New in Short Menu 3.0.3 (Oct 28, 2017)

  • You can now add eBay Affiliate Accounts
  • Fixed crash when repeatedly activating/deactivating accounts

New in Short Menu 3.0.2 (Sep 24, 2017)

  • This update gets Short Menu ready for macOS High Sierra.

New in Short Menu 3.0.1 (Sep 13, 2017)

  • 'Launch at Login' will now work again

New in Short Menu 3.0 (Sep 12, 2017)

  • After redesigning Short Menu for iOS earlier this year, we received incredible feedback from all our users. This proved to us that the new design language was the way to go and had to be brought to the Mac too.
  • Today we're proud to present the all new Short Menu 3.0! It's more intuitive, easier to use and provides a much cleaner interface, yet everything will be totally familiar to you.

New in Short Menu 2.4.3 (Jul 19, 2017)

  • Fixed error when using t.cn some users in China encountered recently
  • Removed 2ty.cc (shutdown by owner)

New in Short Menu 2.4.1 (May 10, 2017)

  • Includes a brand new Safari Extension! After enabling the extension in Safari's preferences, a new button will appear in Safari's toolbar which enables you to instantly shorten the current website's URL.

New in Short Menu 2.4 (Feb 25, 2017)

  • Adds support for affiliate URLs. You can now configure accounts in the preferences with your own affiliate tokens and campaigns. Before shortening, your accounts will be used affiliate all matching URLs.

New in Short Menu 2.3.2 (Dec 24, 2016)

  • This update fixes a crash which could occur when popover history was hidden.

New in Short Menu 2.3.1 (Dec 14, 2016)

  • This update contains small bug fixes and improvements.

New in Short Menu 2.3 (Sep 5, 2016)

  • Added native URL shorteners (advanced preferences)
  • You can now use your own Hive account with Short Menu
  • tiny.cc (free and branded) are now supported
  • Your meta blacklist can now be ignored for URLs containing a long path or query (advanced preferences)
  • You can now toggle Auto Short using a shortcut
  • Auto Short can now be disabled for root URLs
  • You can now search your history
  • Minor improvements and bug fixes

New in Short Menu 2.2.3 (Jul 15, 2016)

  • Added Weibo URL shortener (t.cn)
  • Custom services now support more response formats (see documentation)
  • Fixed minor UI issues and rare crashes

New in Short Menu 2.2.2 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • Added Weibo URL shortener (t.cn)
  • Custom services now support more response formats (see documentation)
  • Fixed minor UI issues and rare crashes

New in Short Menu 2.2.1 (Jun 19, 2016)

  • This update fixes all issues when using Short Menu and the dark menu bar.

New in Short Menu 2.1 (Apr 20, 2015)

  • Everything has been improved and redesigned.
  • New look: beautiful new app icon and preferences icons
  • Redesigned Short Menu's popover: it's now easier than ever to use and you can enter custom suffixes for short URLs
  • Mini history: you can now always see your last three shortened URLs right in Short Menu's popover
  • Auto Short rules: you can now apply a blacklist or whitelist to Auto Short
  • New system for custom services: you can now entirely control the requests Short Menu sends to your custom services
  • iCloud sync: Short Menu will sync your history and custom services with iCloud (also works with the iOS version of Short Menu!)
  • Improved accessibility
  • You can now resize the history window
  • goo.gl does now work again

New in Short Menu 2.0.4 (Feb 17, 2014)

  • Fixed crash after first launch

New in Short Menu 2.0.3 (Nov 1, 2013)

  • New:
  • Better error messages for custom services
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Fixed OS X Mavericks compatibility
  • "own.li" does now work again

New in Short Menu 2.0.2 (Sep 19, 2013)

  • "own.li" does now work again

New in Short Menu 2.0.1 (Aug 22, 2013)

  • Removed service "ou.gd"
  • Added service "spadow.net"
  • You can now reorder custom services
  • Removed whitespace from bit.ly links

New in Short Menu 2.0 (Apr 24, 2013)

  • Redesigned interface
  • Improved performance
  • Short Menu now has its own service: shrtm.nu
  • Added history of shortened URLs
  • Re-added option to add Short Menu as login item directly in Short Menu's preferences
  • You can now right-click Short Menu's menubar icon to shorten the URL from your clipboard
  • You can now enter a shortcut to open Short Menu's popup
  • You can now select between 5 different menubar icons
  • Added support for Droplr and CloudApp
  • You can now use multiple bit.ly, Droplr and CloudApp accounts in Short Menu
  • Added support for 9 new services: shrtm.nu, Droplr, CloudApp, goo.gl, dlvr.it, own.li, url9.de, mcaf.ee, to.ly
  • Removed service hop.me
  • Added option to turn off all notifications and sounds of Short Menu
  • You can now select which sounds Short Menu uses
  • You can now create as many custom services as you want
  • Added an OS X Service of Short Menu to shorten your selected URL (Services > Shorten with Short Menu)
  • Added PopClip support

New in Short Menu 1.3.1 (Sep 20, 2012)

  • Bug fixes

New in Short Menu 1.3 (Aug 17, 2012)

  • New feature: Auto Short - With Auto Short you can automatically let shorten every URL you copy
  • New feature: Notifications - Select one of three different notification styles
  • New feature: Sharing - Share your shortened URL
  • New feature: Appearance - Completely customize Short Menu's popup
  • Completely redesigned preferences
  • Improved bit.ly account settings
  • Improved animations
  • Added internet connection check
  • Information panels for Quick Short and Auto Short
  • Introduction to discover Short Menu
  • Optimized graphics for Retina Displays
  • Including exclusive OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion features
  • Ready for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Fixed bugs when on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
  • Removed services "te.tl" and "uCut.it" because they were shut down
  • Added sandboxing

New in Short Menu 1.2.1 (May 18, 2012)

  • Improved bit.ly and j.mp performance
  • Other performance improvements

New in Short Menu 1.2 (May 9, 2012)

  • New:
  • Added services: bit.ly and j.mp
  • Use own bit.ly account
  • Configure user-defined services
  • Short Menu warns at invalid URLs
  • Added sounds
  • German Growl Notifications and shortcut field
  • Performance improvements
  • Fixed:
  • Short Menu now saves which services were deleted

New in Short Menu 1.1 (Mar 24, 2012)

  • New Feature: "Quick Short": Now you can shorten URLs with a global shortcut
  • Now you can visit the shortened URLs instantly