September 17, 2026
Version 0.7.19Rewrites stay put in Messages.
Accepting a rewrite in Messages could highlight your draft, paste the new version, and then snap right back to the original. Messages takes its time with the keystrokes Rewrite uses to select your text, and Rewrite wasn’t waiting for them — so the replacement landed in the wrong place and its own safety net undid it. Rewrite now watches the selection actually happen, switches to a faster route the moment a composer is slow, and never fires the paste into a queue it hasn’t drained. Same fix applies to any other app that handles keystrokes at a leisurely pace.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 12 or later — Apple silicon or Intel.
September 16, 2026
Version 0.7.18Claude stays connected.
Claude’s login refreshes itself every few hours, and when that refresh stumbled — usually because another Claude app refreshed at the same moment — Rewrite showed “Connect Claude” and moved you to ChatGPT until you signed in again, even though your login was fine. Rewrite now re-checks on its own: a few seconds after any failed call, once when it launches, and before it ever sends you to Terminal.
When a fresh sign-in really is needed, Rewrite watches for it to finish, verifies it with a real request, and switches back to Claude for you. The same goes for ChatGPT.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 12 or later — Apple silicon or Intel.
August 24, 2026
Version 0.7.17Setup that tells the truth.
After a reinstall, macOS sometimes claims the Accessibility permission is granted while the grant is actually dead — checkbox on, nothing works. Setup now verifies the permission by testing the real thing, so a stale grant shows the Grant button with honest instructions (switch Rewrite off and back on) instead of a green check over an app that can't hear your keys.
The setup cards now say how each action actually works — and what you get. Highlight a passage (or just leave your cursor in one) and press the shortcut: the rewrite lands right in place. Highlight a message you've received: your reply is drafted and copied, ready to paste. Press with nothing selected: jot what you want to say and Rewrite writes the message. The double-tap and combo keys sit side by side, and every key is click-to-change.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 12 or later — Apple silicon or Intel.
August 22, 2026
Version 0.7.16First-run setup now asks for its one permission properly.
On a fresh Mac, the permission step now brings up macOS's own Accessibility dialog — the familiar one every trusted app uses — with Rewrite already listed in System Settings, ready to switch on. Previously, some fresh installs were sent to an Accessibility list that didn't have Rewrite in it yet, with no way to add it and no way past a greyed-out Continue. If your setup stalled there: download this build and run it again — it asks properly now.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 12 or later — Apple silicon or Intel.
August 21, 2026
Version 0.7.15You highlighted it, so Rewrite rewrites it.
Rewrite used to guess whether your highlight was really prose, and ordinary writing could trip the guess — a letter mentioning a class coordinator and "let me know" read as code to the detector, and Rewrite refused it. No more guessing: if you highlight it and press the shortcut, Rewrite rewrites it. That includes text with links or snippets in it, which previously could be turned away.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 12 or later — Apple silicon or Intel.
August 19, 2026
Version 0.7.14Ask the time, get the time.
Replies that need today's date, the day of the week, or the current time now answer with the real thing — no more "[current day and time]" slot to fill in yourself. The fill-in slots still do their job everywhere they should: anything only you can answer — your availability, your decisions, your commitments — stays yours to fill, never guessed.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 12 or later — Apple silicon or Intel.
August 19, 2026
Version 0.7.13Same Rewrite, a lot more Macs: Intel machines and macOS 12 join in.
Every download is now a universal app — native on Apple Silicon and native on Intel, one file for both. If your Mac (or a friend's) was turned away with "Apple Silicon only," that's over: any Intel Mac that can run macOS 12 runs Rewrite.
Rewrite previously required macOS 14. It now runs on macOS 12 and 13 too — same shortcuts, same panel, same privacy masking. On those older systems a couple of surfaces use simpler system styling; everything works the same. Macs on macOS 14 and later are completely unaffected.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 12 or later — Apple silicon or Intel.
August 12, 2026
Version 0.7.12Type ahead of the rewrite — accepting now keeps up with you.
If you pressed the shortcut and kept typing while the rewrite streamed — finishing the sentence, the way anyone would — accepting could replace only what was there at the moment you pressed it, leaving a stray fragment of the old sentence stuck to the end ("…a modest first step.t's not much, but it's a start."). Accepting now replaces the paragraph as it reads at that moment, typed tail included. A fresh paragraph you started underneath stays untouched, and revert (⌥⇧Z) still brings back every word you typed.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
August 12, 2026
Version 0.7.11Setup finishes itself — and when a plan runs out, you hear it straight.
The "Connect your AI" step could hit a wall: on a Mac without Homebrew or npm, "Install for me" for ChatGPT gave up and handed you a Terminal command — the exact chore the button exists to absorb. Now Rewrite downloads the official CLI directly from its signed release, shows live progress, and verifies the signature before installing. One click, no Terminal, no package manager required.
When your Claude or ChatGPT plan hits its usage window, Rewrite now tells you which plan ran out and when it comes back — "Claude hit its usage limit (resets 6:12 PM) — switched to ChatGPT" — and switches immediately instead of burning fifteen seconds retrying a plan that's already exhausted. If both plans are out, the panel says exactly when to come back, down to "tomorrow at 9:00 AM".
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
July 31, 2026
Version 0.7.10Sharper rewrites from smarter models — and your best lines now survive them.
Claude rewrites now run on a stronger model, and ChatGPT rewrites think harder before answering. In our test suite the difference shows up exactly where it matters: no more invented details (like a payment deadline your draft never mentioned), no more meaning drift on heads-ups, better word choices throughout. Rewrites take a moment longer; they're worth it.
The rewrite now protects what's alive in your draft. "You seriously saved me" stays exactly that — never flattened into "I really appreciate it." Apologies keep their warmth and their ownership ("sorry… that was out of line" no longer stiffens into "I apologize… that wasn't fair"). Thank-yous, apologies, and condolences get the lightest touch of all: your own words are the message.
The change chips under each rewrite now name the communication principle applied — heat → evidence, led with the ask, kept your leverage, cut the hedging — from a fixed vocabulary you'll start to recognize. See the same principles often enough on your own messages and you'll start applying them before you ever press the shortcut. That's the point.
Rewrite now knows when you're in Slack, Telegram, Messages, or another chat app: replies come back compact and conversational — no "Hi there" greeting lines or email sign-offs in the middle of a thread. Email drafts keep their fuller shape.
When your draft doesn't need work, the pill now says what's working — "clear ask, no hedging." That's a verdict on your writing, and it's the app's way of keeping score for you, not for itself.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
July 30, 2026
Version 0.7.9Inserting into chats that start with an @mention now just works.
Some chat composers — Telegram on the web among them — quietly refuse the text replacement every Mac app relies on when the message starts with an @mention pill, which is why 0.7.8 had to fall back to copying the rewrite for you to paste. Rewrite now does what you would do: it selects your message right there in the composer and pastes over the selection. You'll see your text highlight for a blink before the rewrite lands — mention intact, nothing duplicated, nothing to paste by hand.
Apps where replacement already works are untouched — the highlight step only engages in composers that ignore the standard route, and if a composer blocks even that, Rewrite still falls back to copying the result rather than ever leaving a duplicate message behind.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
July 30, 2026
Version 0.7.8Switching between ChatGPT and Claude now gives you a real second opinion — on what you wrote, not on the other AI's rewrite.
Switching AI used to hand the new model the previous model's output, so you got a rewrite of a rewrite — each pass drifting further from what you actually wrote. Now switching always re-runs on your original message, keeping whatever tone you'd asked for, and the panel shows that original while the new AI works so you can see exactly what it's starting from. Replies work the same way: switching re-reads the message you received instead of editing the first draft.
When a draft left something unsaid — “kind of need it”, with no reason given — Rewrite would sometimes invent a slot for it and hand back “I need it for [purpose]” for you to fill in. It now writes the message with what you gave it, and nothing else.
In apps like Telegram, rewriting a message that begins with an @mention could leave you with two copies of it. Rewrite now recognizes when a composer won't let it replace your text cleanly: it puts the rewrite on your clipboard to paste yourself, and leaves your message exactly as you had it.
The ChatGPT/Claude switcher sometimes didn't appear until you closed and reopened the panel, or drifted away from the panel entirely. It's now anchored in the header for good.
Holding a modifier key no longer flips the panel back to your original text mid-copy. To see what the AI received, use the “What the AI sees” tab.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
July 23, 2026
Version 0.7.7Your message keeps its intent — a heads-up stays a heads-up.
Previously, Rewrite phrased nearly everything as a polite question — so a simple heads-up (“the config still points at the old DB, switch it before you migrate”) came out as “Could you switch it…?”, turning information into a favor you were now requesting. That's fixed: notes and pointers stay informational, instructions stay direct (and courteous — “please send me the numbers by Friday”), and only genuine favors are asked as questions. Rewrite no longer invents a request your draft didn't make.
Chasing an overdue invoice or disputing a wrong charge no longer reads like asking for a favor. The rewrite keeps your standing, your deadline, and your stated next step — it removes the heat, never the leverage.
This change was validated with blind side-by-side evaluations across twenty message types — from angry escalations to thank-you notes — to make sure the sharper asks didn't cost the calm, objective tone Rewrite is built for.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
July 16, 2026
Version 0.7.6Rewrite now knows when you're offline — and says so instead of pretending.
Previously, ChatGPT and Claude kept their green “connected” dots even with the Wi-Fi off — you'd only find out when a rewrite failed. Now the moment your Mac loses its connection, the status dots turn amber everywhere (the panel, the AI switcher, Settings) and a small notice tells you the AIs are unreachable. When the connection comes back, everything flips green again on its own — and tells you that too.
Triggering a rewrite while offline now shows “You're offline” immediately, instead of spinning for several seconds before failing. Your login status is untouched — amber means the network is down, not that anything needs signing in again.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
July 14, 2026
Version 0.7.4You decide what stays private — and the app tells you the truth about your AI connections.
See a company name, project codename, or acronym in the panel that the AI shouldn't know? Right-click it — or select a whole phrase — and choose Always Hide … from the AI. From then on it's swapped for a placeholder before anything leaves your Mac, in this rewrite and every future one. Works everywhere in the panel, including while you're editing the result and on the “What the AI sees” tab.
Settings has a new Privacy tab: the “hide sensitive data” switch now lives there alongside the full list of terms you've chosen to always hide — add and remove them anytime. Terms match whole words in any capitalization.
The privacy layer now also masks reference and account numbers (an Instrument No., a Case No., a bare confirmation number), plus county and parish names — details that identify a deal or a filing just as surely as a name does.
Previously, a stored login could expire and the app would still show Claude or ChatGPT as “Connected.” Now, the moment a real request fails to authenticate, the status flips to a red Connect state everywhere — and clicking it takes you straight to the fix: the sign-in, not a settings page. Once you're signed back in, it turns green again on its own.
The provider chip on the panel is redesigned: it unfolds in place into the switcher — with the real ChatGPT and Claude icons, the active AI on top, and live status dots — instead of popping a separate menu.
Rewrite already downloaded updates in the background, but a menu-bar app can run for weeks without a restart. New versions now install overnight (or after a long idle stretch) — never while you're mid-rewrite — so you're always on the latest without doing anything.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
July 9, 2026
Version 0.7.1Now with Claude — bring ChatGPT, Claude, or both.
Rewrite now runs on Claude too. Sign in with a Claude Pro or Max plan through the Claude Code CLI — no API key, billed to the plan you already have — right next to ChatGPT.
The backend badge on the rewrite panel is now a picker: tap it to switch between ChatGPT and Claude anytime — even mid-rewrite, which re-runs your request on the other model for an instant second opinion.
If the AI you're using hits its usage limit, Rewrite switches to the other connected one, finishes the rewrite, and tells you why.
Settings now manages both backends. Disconnecting only stops Rewrite from using that AI — you stay signed in for Claude Code, the Claude app, or Codex.
After you drag Rewrite to Applications and open it, Rewrite offers to eject the installer disk image and move the downloaded .dmg to the Trash — one click and the install is spotless. And if you open Rewrite straight from the installer window, it offers to move itself to Applications and reopen, since running from the disk image would quietly break updates and the accessibility permission.
The app now has its own icon — a clean purple mark with a blinking cursor — in the Dock, Launchpad, and Finder.
Rewrite is notarized, so it opens straight away — no “unidentified developer” warning or right-click-to-open on first launch.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
July 9, 2026
Version 0.6.0A smoother start — and simpler settings.
A rebuilt welcome flow gets you writing faster: grant one permission, connect ChatGPT, set your shortcuts — with live previews of how each shortcut is pressed. Rewrite now needs just a single Accessibility permission (previously two), and the window follows along automatically as you grant access and sign in.
Settings now shows your ChatGPT connection under AI Backend — a green dot when you're connected, red when you're not — with one-click Connect and Disconnect.
Rewrite runs on your own ChatGPT plan — so we removed the experimental backends and the API-key field, and trimmed the menu-bar dropdown to the essentials (connection and blocked apps now live in Settings).
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.
July 8, 2026
Version 0.5.0Two new ways to write — and a fresh look.
Highlight a message you received and press your Respond shortcut (⌃⌃, or ⌥E). Rewrite reads it and writes the reply for you — answering every question, staying composed even when the original wasn't, and dropping in a [bracketed placeholder] for anything only you'd know. The reply lands on your clipboard automatically, ready to paste.
Trigger Respond with nothing highlighted and you get a blank canvas: just describe what you want to say (“tell Sam I can't make Friday — offer Monday instead”) and Rewrite writes it properly.
Rewrites are now objective, clear, and non-accusatory by default — they lead with the facts, cut the venom and hedging, and keep your point and your leverage intact, without ever sounding robotic. Steer any rewrite with the tone options or by typing what you want (“warmer”, “more direct”).
A cleaner, lighter panel with a blinking cursor that guides you, and a translucent liquid-glass look. Each state is clearly labeled — Rewrite, Reply, or Draft — there's a Copy button alongside Insert, and you can now edit a result and press Enter to run it again. Your draft is kept if you dismiss the panel by accident.
Rewrite catches more of what should never leave your Mac — company names (including ALL-CAPS and possessives like “Acme LLC's”), site locations, and more date and money formats. We also fixed a bug that could garble your text when a message contained many redacted details.
Rewrite is free during the beta. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon.