NextIn the works
PowerPoint and Word, with the same Alt keys
- Coming in a later version: Windows Alt sequences and key tips in PowerPoint and Word for Mac, the way Excel has them now
Changelog
Every update, as it shipped
19 releases since launch on 9 October. AltBridge checks once a day and installs each update on its own, signed and checked first.
- Releases
- 19
- Fixes
- 7
- Latest
- 1.3.13
Free for 30 daysmacOS 14 or later
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Bug fixes and improvements
- Bug fixes and improvements
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1.3.12New
Help and the changelog move to altbridge.app
- Report a Problem now goes to support@altbridge.app
- The Changelog button in Settings › About, and the note after an update, open altbridge.app/changelog
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1.3.11New
Everything in the menu-bar panel, keyboard included
- The menu-bar panel now has everything in one place, Report a Problem included, with a status line that turns orange or red when something needs a look
- Use the panel from the keyboard: ↑ and ↓ to move, Return to choose, Esc to close, plus ⌘, ⌘L and ⌘Q
- ⌥-click the menu-bar icon to open Settings
- Settings: a new Menu Bar page, a tidier About page (the welcome guide is now in Troubleshooting), and lighter cards
- PowerPoint and Word share one "coming soon" row with their own icon
- The Licence page and window show shorter Mac names, and removing a Mac when your key is full activates it straight away
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1.3.10Design
Settings fits every page, no scrolling
- Settings is one steady size that fits every page, so there's nothing to scroll
- What's New has moved online: Settings › About › Changelog opens every version's changes, and so does the note after an update
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1.3.9Design
Frosted glass and smoother scrolling in Settings
- Settings: pages and the sidebar now scroll under frosted glass at the top, instead of sliding under the window buttons and page title
- Smoother scrolling in Settings, and short pages no longer bounce
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1.3.8New
A Licence page, and a menu-bar icon that does what you choose
- A new Licence page in Settings: who AltBridge is licensed to, and the Macs your key is used on
- A licence key works on 2 Macs. Remove a Mac you no longer use right from the list, or deactivate this one to free its place
- Choose what clicking the menu-bar icon does: show the panel, or turn the shortcuts on and off. A right-click does the other one, and ⌥-click opens the full menu
- Turning the shortcuts on or off from the icon gives a small tap on the trackpad and a note under the icon, and the icon fades while they're off
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1.3.7Design
A new icon: cars crossing the Alt and ⌥ bridge
- A new icon: cars crossing a bridge that stands on the Alt and ⌥ keys, with a simpler version for small sizes
- The cars drive across the logo in the menu-bar panel, Settings › About and the welcome window
- A new menu-bar icon to match: its keys fill while you type a sequence in Excel, and a little car crosses when the shortcut runs
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1.3.6Faster
Lighter on Excel, tidier notices
- Notices fit their whole message and sit just above the sheet tabs of the Excel window you're using, wherever it is
- Settings no longer shifts sideways when you open Learning Hints
- Lighter on Excel: clicking in your sheet no longer makes AltBridge ask Excel anything (learning hints only look at ribbon and menu clicks)
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1.3.5Fix
Still hears your keys after hours of sleep or lock
- AltBridge keeps hearing your keys after your Mac has sat idle, slept or locked for hours: it no longer naps, and it restarts its keyboard listener after wake and unlock
- If macOS Secure Input is hiding your keys (often left on after unlocking), AltBridge now says so and how to clear it
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1.3.4Fix
Works over Excel in full screen and Stage Manager
- Key tips, learning hints and notices now show over Excel in full screen, also with Stage Manager and two displays
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1.3.3Fix
Tips land on the workbook you're using, with many windows
- Key tips always appear on the workbook you're working in, even with several Excel windows, two screens or one in full screen
- What's New: every version's changes in Settings, and a note after each update with a See What's New button
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1.3.2Fix
No keychain prompts after updating
- No more keychain password prompts about "app.altbridge.trial" after updating
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1.3.1Fix
Key tips show on every display
- Key tips now show on every screen: with more than one display, the badges were drawn on the wrong screen and stayed invisible
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1.3New
Report a Problem goes straight to support
- Report a Problem now goes to altbridge.support@gmail.com
- Anonymous usage counts (a random ID, the version, trial or licensed), with an off switch in Settings › About
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1.2New
A 30-day free trial, no key needed
- A 30-day free trial: AltBridge works straight away, then asks for a licence key
- Report a Problem now goes straight to the developer's email
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1.1.1New
Lifetime licences
- Lifetime licences: keys that never end show as "Lifetime" in Settings › About
- The read-me in the download now covers entering your licence key
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1.1New
Licence keys, shown in the menu-bar panel
- Licence keys: AltBridge asks for the key from your invite, and beta keys show how many days are left
- Your licence is in the menu-bar panel and in Settings › About
- A gentle reminder in a beta's last week
- If a shortcut needs a key, AltBridge says so where you pressed it, with an Enter Key button
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1.0.1Fix
⌥ H V V and ⌥ H B A work every time
- ⌥ H V V (paste values) works again
- ⌥ H B A (all borders) and other menu shortcuts no longer report success when nothing happened
- Shortcuts that open a menu find it straight away, without a one-second pause
- If a menu step fails, AltBridge's backup route now runs properly
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1.0New
Windows Alt sequences and key tips on your Mac
- AltBridge 1.0: the first official release
- Windows Excel Alt key sequences and key tips, on your Mac
- Updates arrive by themselves, signed and checked before they install
- Report a Problem: send what happened, with your versions and (if you choose) the activity log
- Learning hints show next to Excel's Share button and teach items inside ribbon menus