ActionClip 2.3.6
What’s new
- Ask AI: Select text, type what you want, and get an answer. Ask follow-up questions from the result popup.
- Custom AI prompts: Create actions that ask for your instructions each time you use them, with an optional starting prompt.
- Translate & Reply: Write a reply and automatically translate it back into the other language. Choose languages and copy the translated reply directly.
- Press Shortcut: Send a keyboard shortcut to the app you’re working in. Create multiple custom actions for different shortcuts.
- Say word highlighting: Follow along as Say highlights each spoken word and scrolls through the text.
- Screenshot OCR: Choose on-device recognition or Microsoft online OCR. On-device recognition also improves handling of small text. When translating a capture, see the original and translated text together.
- Terminal choices: Choose Apple Terminal, iTerm or Otty for Run in Terminal, or let ActionClip choose automatically.
- Perplexity app search: Send selected text to a new search in the Perplexity desktop app, with automatic submission when available.
- Copy with Source: Copy text with its source app, title, available page link or file location, and capture time.
- Sequence Paste controls: Choose whether to collect every copy or only items you add deliberately. Use an optional shortcut to paste all remaining items together.
- Text-file actions: Add New Text File and Append to Text File from Marketplace to save selections in a chosen folder or existing text file.
- Apple Notes destinations: Choose a specific note to append to, or use the currently selected note. Customize separators for Notes and text files with new lines, tabs, dates and times.
- Result popup controls: Enable ⇧⌘C to copy a result and ⇧⌘Return to replace the source selection. Supported results also have a Refresh button in the header.
- AI model lists: Hide models you don’t use and restore them later. OpenAI model lists prioritize models suitable for text actions.
- Script actions: Script editors preserve code punctuation. Command scripts receive selected text as input, with safer handling of quotes, special characters and line breaks.
- Widget positioning: Optionally position the widget at a custom horizontal and vertical offset from the cursor.
- Permission setup: Check Accessibility and Screen Recording access and set up Apple Notes automation from Settings.
- Translation provider selection: Improved provider selection to account for supported languages before translation starts.
Fixes
- Fixed a crash that could occur during Screenshot OCR.
ActionClip 2.3.5
What’s new
- Native widget: Enjoy a refreshed floating widget with smoother dropdown animations and clearer Liquid Glass transparency.
- New action placement: Choose whether newly created, imported and Marketplace actions appear at the top or bottom of the widget.
- Privacy controls: Control anonymous usage and diagnostics sharing in Settings. Public Marketplace installation counts are still sent. Usage reporting remains enabled for copies identified as MacKed.
- HyperKey shortcuts: Use HyperKey + Space when assigning a keyboard shortcut.
- Searchable action lists: See action icons in More and action search, even when the widget displays those actions as text only.
- Recognized commands: Customize the command names that trigger Run in Terminal suggestions.
- Terminal command review: Send a single-line command to Terminal without running it, then review and press Return when ready.
Fixes
- Fixed the widget not opening after taking a macOS screenshot while the thumbnail remains visible.
- Fixed lowercase replacement for mixed-format text in Google Docs.
- Fixed the Screenshot OCR result popup jumping when loading finishes.
ActionClip 2.3.4
What’s new
- More translation options: Use Apple’s on-device translation or Youdao, with improved Automatic translation.
- More AI providers: Connect DeepSeek, Groq and MiniMax with your own keys, choose their models and use them for AI actions and translation.
- Claude Code CLI: Use your installed, signed-in Claude Code CLI for AI actions and translation, with tools disabled.
Fixes
- Fixed missed widget clicks and More search focus.
- Improved text selection and Google Sheets responsiveness.
- Fixed Edge speech and Perplexity connection issues.
- Improved diagnostic privacy and API-key redaction.
- General UX fixes and improvements.
ActionClip 2.3.3
What’s new
- Connect multiple AI providers: Configure your providers in one place, choose a default provider and model, and override both for each AI Prompt action.
- Review AI changes: Turn on Show as corrections for any AI Prompt action to see removed and added text. Copy and Replace use the clean result.
- Rich snippets: Save and paste formatted text and clickable links. Edit snippets with Bold, Italic, Underline and Link tools.
- Two spreadsheet actions: Use Table to Spreadsheet to turn selected tables into cells, or Cells to Commas to convert selected spreadsheet cells to CSV. Relevant selections can suggest these actions automatically.
- Bilingual spelling: Enable an optional secondary language to accept words in either dictionary. Misspellings can offer up to three corrections before your regular actions.
- Liquid Glass theme: Choose a fourth widget appearance with adjustable transparency.
- Keep Sequence Paste sources: Optionally include each item's source and capture time. Cards show the source app, and Clear all starts a new sequence.
- Clean up screenshot text: Join OCR line breaks while retaining paragraphs, with Restore original text available afterward.
- Hyperkey shortcuts: Assign shortcuts using all four modifiers, including combinations from Hyperkey remappers.
- Choose where new actions go: Place a newly created custom action at the top or bottom of your widget.
- More Community action types: Install reviewed AppleScript, command, JavaScript, AI Prompt and Shortcut actions. Shared Marketplace links open an action for review before installation.
- New license management dashboard: Recover your license key, view activated Macs, and remove a Mac to free a slot—all with email verification.
Fixes
- Improved text selection, Cut and Replace in Adobe InDesign, and cell-range selection in Google Sheets.
- Improved double-click and triple-click selection handling, widget responsiveness and menu hover behavior.
- Fixed Apple Notes append handling to preserve the existing note content.
- Improved formatting shortcuts on non-US keyboard layouts.
ActionClip 2.3.2
What’s new
- Connect your own AI service: Use API (OpenAI compatible) to connect an OpenAI-compatible service with your own API URL and model. Choose a discovered model or enter one manually.
- Translate screenshots in one step: Turn on Auto translate for Screenshot OCR, choose a target language, and send the translated text to a result popup or your clipboard.
- Translate result text: Translate text directly from a result popup, including your edits. Right-click Translate to choose another language for that translation.
- Customize search destinations: Edit installed URL actions to use your preferred website or regional domain, such as your local Amazon store.
- Organize without group limits: Create as many groups as you need. Each group can contain one or more actions, with no maximum; larger icon-only groups scroll to show every action.
Fixes
- Fixed Japanese yen amounts ending in 円 not being recognized for currency conversion.
- Fixed valid Fluent action packages with translated names failing to import.
- Multiple UI enhancements.
ActionClip 2.3.1
What’s new
- Submit and use Community Marketplace actions: Submit custom actions for review and install published community actions. Search by action or creator, with category counts for easier browsing.
- Sequence Paste: Added a way to copy several pieces of text with ⌘C and paste them one by one with ⌘V. Reorder the cards, skip an item, or replay the sequence.
- Search without the widget: Select text and press Control–Option–K (⌃⌥K) to open a larger action search bar, ready for typing. Change the shortcut in Settings.
- Horizontal group menus: Icon-only groups now show their actions in a horizontal bar without a scrollbar. Each group supports up to 12 actions.
- Organize your widget: Added movable Gap and Line dividers to the selection and Paste widgets. Gap is the default divider style.
- Five link shorteners: Added is.gd, v.gd, Bitly, Short Menu, and Droplr. Shorten links in selected text while keeping the surrounding text.
- Smarter currency conversion: Improved currency detection using the website you are viewing. Correct the source currency and remember your choice for that website.
- Open several links at once: Open links from one selection in separate browser tabs, in their original order, with duplicates removed.
- Easier troubleshooting: Added diagnostic log sharing from Debug Console to help the developer investigate a problem. You choose whether to send the logs.
- Easier-to-read definitions: Improved Dictionary results with clearer paragraphs and numbered definitions.
Fixes
- Improved selected-text detection and paste/replace handling in Visual Studio Code.
- Fixed arrow-key skips and shortcut flashes.
- Fixed Add to note dropdown clicks.
- Reduced CPU usage in shortcut previews.
- Improved popup dragging and text-area expansion, with clearer note destinations.
- Improved loading feedback and replacement cancellation; fewer unnecessary popups.
- Sharper selection and Paste widget icons, plus ActionClip-branded action files.
ActionClip 2.3.0
What’s new
- Marketplace submissions: Added submission and review-status tools for paid plans. Actions require approval before publication.
- 9 new Marketplace actions: Create QR Code, Raindrop.io, Instapaper, Readwise, Readwise Reader, GoodLinks, Anybox, Pinboard, Stash.
- Dictionary, without switching apps: Look up words and hear pronunciations or full definitions in a popup.
- New voices for Say: Listen with Microsoft Edge voices, with pause, resume, and local fallback.
- Edit and reuse results: Correct supported output before copying, replacing, listening, or saving to notes.
- Your result, your choice: Choose popup, replace, or direct copy for supported actions. Non-editable selections fall back to a popup.
- Share custom actions: Export your actions or import shared files, with a review before installation.
- Richer custom actions: JavaScript actions can return formatted results with headings, lists, links, and code.
- Safer, more flexible OCR: Added More Accurate recognition, editable output, and direct copy. A key-combination screenshot mode replaces hold-and-drag. Set your new OCR shortcut; Escape cancels capture.
- Find actions faster: Search saved actions and all Marketplace directories without switching tabs.
- Icon search: Find Iconify icons by keyword or exact name.
- Flexible shortcuts: Use key combinations or double/triple modifier presses for Show widget and Reopen last result. Control mouse, keyboard, and auto-suggestion triggers separately.
- Enhanced UI: Cleaner layouts, resizable result popups, and smoother text animations.
Fixes
- Fixed OCR interfering with dragging in other apps. Disabling OCR takes effect immediately.
- Improved Adobe app support: Illustrator selection, dragging, and paused-app handling.
- Fixed ignored result options and unnecessary replacement popups.
- Fixed AppleScript popup flashes and improved custom app-link handling.
- Fixed keyboard-opened group menu positioning.
- Improved ChatGPT/Codex detection and spelling capitalization suggestions.
- Fixed currency results to consistently show two decimal places.
ActionClip 2.2.2
What’s new
- Screenshot OCR action: Capture a screen region and recognize text entirely on-device, including lists and tables, then copy or hear the result.
- Keyboard navigation of the widget: Move between actions with the arrow keys, press Return to run, and type to search in More.
- Hotkeys and shortcuts for all actions: Assign a global shortcut to any action and reopen the last result from the current session.
- Added process-level pause rules alongside app and website exclusions.
- Added System, Light, and Dark themes, nine accent colors, and result text size controls.
- New Actions page with better organization, sortable groups, nested More menus, and smoother drag and drop.
- Redesigned the Marketplace with Official, Built-in, and Community Built tabs, larger faster cards, built-in action restoration, new app integrations, and official brand artwork.
- Improved everyday controls with per-item Recent cleanup, Command-F search, larger widget icons, and a separate startup notification setting.
Fixes
- Fixed currency conversion ignoring the selected primary currency, using ambiguous symbols, missing currencies, or interpreting URL-like text as money.
- Fixed Markdown results collapsing lists, headings, quotes, code blocks, and tables.
- Fixed Paste suggestions appearing in non-editable areas and improved Paste detection in newly focused editors and browser address fields.
- Fixed triple-click and embedded Safari or WebKit PDF selections reaching the widget incorrectly.
- Improved first-use widget responsiveness and fixed Group and More menus blinking, closing unexpectedly, trapping keyboard navigation, or opening in the wrong position.
- Improved language and link detection, preserved product names in localized Marketplace titles, and sharpened icons on 1× displays.
ActionClip 2.2.1
What’s new
- Added AirDrop Action to share text and links with nearby Apple devices.
- Grouped actions now open on hover instead of a click for quicker access to folder and More actions.
- Added Message Contact for one-click sending to a saved recipient.
- Improved browser actions to keep links and searches in your current browser.
- Added drag-and-drop ordering to put your go-to group actions first.
- Improved folder icon choices to make your groups easier to recognize.
- Added a snippet manager to organize saved text and put favorites first.
Fixes
- Fixed missed drag selections in BBEdit and Safari, including small selections incorrectly treated as too large.
- Fixed Copy replacing selected text with “c” in SnippetsLab.
- Fixed AppleScript clipboard commands timing out.
- Fixed Title Case capitalization for minor words and sentence beginnings.
- Fixed missing icons in group menus. Grouped actions now always show their icon and title.
- Fixed sidebar separation and overlapping Debug Console titles on macOS 27.
ActionClip 2.2.0
What’s new
- Added Snippets: save selected text with an optional title, then find and insert it from the Paste widget. Manage snippets and paste options in the dedicated Paste widget settings.
- Added ChatGPT and other configured AI providers as translation options.
- Added Bulgarian translation support.
- Added optional original-text display and audio playback for translation results. Choose and preview macOS voices for Speak and translated audio, with access to voice downloads.
- Added SideNotes, Soulver, and eM Client integrations, plus dictionary search for Antidote.
- Added search to the widget’s More menu, including actions inside folders.
- Added Iconify support for customizing action and folder icons.
- Added custom-action duplication and support for AI prompts up to 50,000 characters.
- Added a shortcut to reopen the last result and an option to close result popups by clicking outside.
Fixes
- Fixed AI model picker resets.
- Fixed Arabic and right-to-left result layout.
- Fixed missing icon-only widget tooltips.
- Fixed saved custom icons being overwritten after relaunch.
ActionClip 2.1.1
What’s new
- Added Discord and Guides links to the Support sidebar.
- Significantly improved French translations for actions, Markdown tools, CriticMarkup, and the Personalized Actions page.
- Improved iCloud Sync eligibility handling for legacy plans.
Fixes
- Fixed the onboarding screen appearing too dark in Light Mode.
- Improved sidebar UX.
- Small bug fixes in pricing.
Apple Shortcuts, more local actions, and a more flexible widget
Run more local actions, shape the widget around your workflow, and enjoy more reliable text selection across macOS.
What's new
- Run your Apple Shortcuts from ActionClip, with selected-text or no-input modes and a configurable time limit.
- Add local actions for Reminders, Calendar, Notes, Mail, Messages, Music, Finder, Contacts, Maps, and Safari from the new Apple Apps Marketplace category.
- Connect 45 new third-party apps with 47 local integration actions, plus a new action for calling a selected phone number with your Mac's default calling app.
- Browse an expanded catalogue of 225 official Marketplace actions, with richer app integrations and recognizable app icons.
- Use ActionClip in 19 languages, including 14 newly added languages across Europe and Asia.
- Choose a widget length from 3 to 15 action slots and preview the result directly on the Actions page.
- Place the widget automatically, above, or below selected text, and turn ActionClip confirmation sounds on or off.
16 Apple Apps actions
- Reminders: New Reminder.
- Calendar: New Event.
- Notes: New Note and Append to Selected Note.
- Mail: New Draft.
- Messages: Compose Message.
- Music: Search, Play or Pause, Next Track, and Previous Track.
- Finder: Reveal Path and Search Files.
- Contacts: Add Contact.
- Maps: Search.
- Safari: Open Link and Add to Reading List.
48 new App Integration actions
- Calendar 366: Calendar 366 - New Event and Calendar 366 - New Task.
- BusyCal: BusyCal.
- Things: Things - New Task.
- Due: Due - New Reminder.
- Day One: Day One - New Entry.
- Ulysses: Ulysses - New Sheet.
- BusyContacts: BusyContacts - New Contact.
- Gladys: Gladys - New Item.
- ScreenFloat: ScreenFloat - Capture Text.
- Parcel: Parcel - Add Delivery.
- Spotify: Spotify - Search.
- Phone Amego: Phone Amego - Call.
- Notefile: Notefile - New Note.
- MiniNote Pro: MiniNote Pro - New Note.
- Find Any File: Find Any File - Search Name.
- Lexibird: Lexibird - Translate.
- Antinote: Antinote - New Note.
- Remarc: Remarc.
- ClariRec: ClariRec - Translate.
- 2Do: 2Do - New Task.
- Bear: Bear - New Note.
- Cardhop: Cardhop - New Contact.
- Doit.im: Doit.im - New Task.
- Drafts: Drafts - Capture.
- Dropshelf: Dropshelf - Add.
- EagleFiler: EagleFiler - Import.
- Fantastical: Fantastical - New Event.
- HoudahSpot: HoudahSpot - Search.
- Leap: Leap - Search.
- Mate Translate: Mate Translate.
- NoteAway: NoteAway - Add.
- Paper: Paper - New Note.
- Reverso: Reverso - Translate.
- Skype: Skype - Call.
- SnippetsLab: SnippetsLab - Add.
- TickTick: TickTick - New Task.
- Todo: Todo - New Task.
- Translate Tab: Translate Tab.
- Unclutter: Unclutter - New Note.
- Yojimbo: Yojimbo - New Note and Yojimbo - New Bookmark.
- Antidote: Antidote - Correct.
- Dockside: Dockside - Add.
- Dropover: Dropover - Add.
- PopDo: PopDo - New Task.
- Yoink: Yoink - Add Text.
- Default calling app: Call Phone Number.
Improvements
- Made text selection and widget placement more reliable for keyboard selections, Select All, web editors, Apple Notes, Bear, and other rich-text apps.
- Prevented unnecessary Copy commands when no valid selection exists, reducing unwanted macOS alert sounds and protecting clipboard history.
- Improved clipboard recovery so ActionClip verifies the source app and its Copy command before interacting with the pasteboard.
- Localized Marketplace browsing, search, installed action names, settings, menus, and other ActionClip surfaces.
- Refined iCloud Sync status handling, Upgrade and license management, and access to gifting ActionClip.
Meet the Action Marketplace
Add more useful actions, work across languages, and enjoy a faster, more polished ActionClip.
What's new
- Browse 83 official Marketplace actions across text tools, Markdown, extraction, clipboard tools, developer tools, productivity, and app integrations.
- Preview and convert selected color codes with the new Color Preview action, including HEX, RGB, HSL, and OKLCH.
- Translate to one chosen language or automatically switch between two preferred languages, with a quick Translate Back option.
- Connect Perplexity with your own API key and supported Sonar models.
- Choose currencies more easily in ISO-code order, now including the Guatemalan quetzal (GTQ).
- Connect Fluent, Refine, RewriteBar, Highlight, DEVONthink, UpNote, Tot, Tembo, Scrivener, and Safari Reading List.
27 App Integration actions
- Fluent: Fluent - Smart Panel, Fluent - Translate, Fluent - Magic Refine, Fluent - Fix Grammar, Fluent - Make Concise, Fluent - Summarize, Fluent - Paraphrase Text, Fluent - Explain Like I'm 5, and Fluent - Continue Writing.
- Refine: Refine.
- RewriteBar: RewriteBar.
- Highlight: Highlight.
- DEVONthink: DEVONthink - Clip Plain Note and DEVONthink - Search.
- UpNote: UpNote.
- Tot: Tot - Dot 1, Tot - Dot 2, Tot - Dot 3, Tot - Dot 4, Tot - Dot 5, Tot - Dot 6, and Tot - Dot 7.
- Tembo: Tembo Search.
- Scrivener: Scrivener - New Clipping, Scrivener - Append to Text, and Scrivener - Append to Notes.
- Safari: Safari Reading List.
Improvements
- Widget UI enhancements.
- Small bug fixes.
Sync across Macs, more AI choices, and a more native feel
Keep ActionClip consistent across your Macs, connect more AI services, and work with a smoother, more polished interface.
What's new
- Sync actions, settings, and optional API keys across Macs with the multi-Mac plan introduced as Team in this release.
- Connect OpenAI with either a ChatGPT / Codex account or an OpenAI API key.
- Use downloaded Ollama models locally or connect Ollama Cloud as an external AI provider.
- Open selected text directly in Refine's Floating Editor.
- Use ActionClip in English, French, Italian, Japanese, or Russian.
- Convert CSS units including px, pt, and em, with customizable em and PPI values.
- Choose a secondary currency for faster conversions when selected text already uses your primary currency.
- Change icons for built-in and custom actions directly from the Actions page, including uploaded images and HTTPS image links.
Improvements
- Refined the Native Menu theme with macOS system typography, adaptive colors, better contrast, and a clearer result chip.
- Result windows now stay open until you close them and can be moved by dragging the header.
- Made action and group reordering smoother, with faster drop animations and clearer drag feedback.
- Fixed selection and quick-paste support in Calibre's metadata editor.
- Improved AI provider setup, model selection, API-key handling, and Ollama server configuration.
- Standardized buttons, inputs, dropdowns, notes, and click feedback throughout Settings.
- Added automatic update notifications while keeping download and installation choices under your control.
More control and smoother workflows
New widget customization, app integrations, and reliability improvements.
What's new
- Create multiple action groups and reorder them in the widget.
- Reopen ActionClip on selected text with a customizable shortcut.
- Choose action font sizes.
- Pause ActionClip for specific apps or websites.
- Add custom action icons.
- New built-in Sentence case action.
- Added native Apple Calendar and Apple Contacts support.
- Added UpNote support with rich-text note creation and appending.
Improvements
- More reliable text selection in Google Docs, PowerPoint, Apple Notes, Bear, Trello, browsers, and other editors.
- Better clipboard handling to reduce interference with PastePal and other clipboard managers.
- Improved widget placement.
- Refined Native Menu, ActionClip, light, and dark themes.
- Fixed false widget triggers on Finder files, folders, Calendar events, and other non-text elements.
- Fixed widget dropdown alignment, shadows, button contrast, and suggestion-chip appearance.
More actions, more apps, more reliable
New formatting and AI options, broader app support, and a smoother selected-text workflow.
What's new
- Added OpenRouter as an AI provider, with model search.
- Added Underline, Strikethrough, and Clear Formatting actions.
- Added support for Bear and Antinote.
- Improved text selection in Google Docs, PowerPoint, and other editors.
- Made live currency conversion rates more reliable.
- Fixed quick copy and paste sometimes using older clipboard content.
- Improved widget layout so suggestions no longer hide regular actions.
- Added a startup message confirming that ActionClip is running.
- Included general reliability, small bug-fixes and interface improvements.
Permission fix
Fixed Automation permission for AppleScript actions.
Fixed
- macOS can now ask for permission when an AppleScript action controls another app, such as Terminal.
First launch version
ActionClip brings a compact selected-text action menu to Mac, with built-in actions, smart suggestions, custom workflows, and user-controlled AI.
Selected-text menu
- ActionClip appears beside selected text across Mac apps.
- Run copy, paste, rewrite, translate, convert, and search actions without switching tools.
- Paste results back into the active app when an action produces output.
Built-in actions
- 32 built-in actions for text cleanup, case changes, translations, currency, units, dates, time, links, notes, and more.
- Character count and word count appear directly in the widget for selected text.
- Multiple paste actions help you run repeated paste workflows faster.
Smart suggestions
- ActionClip detects dates, times, currencies, links, foreign text, and rough replies.
- The most relevant next action is surfaced first.
Custom actions
- Create reusable actions for JavaScript text transformations, AI prompts, terminal commands, Apple Scripts, and link creation.
- Pin, reorder, group, enable, or disable actions to keep the widget focused.
- Choose from the original ActionClip widget themes.
AI action builder
- Tell ActionClip what action you want in simple words.
- Test the generated action before saving it.
- Run saved AI-created actions from the selected-text menu.
AI control and privacy
- Use on-device Apple Intelligence when available.
- Use external AI API keys only for actions you configure and allow.
- No account is required for local actions.