Release notes

What’s new.

What’s included in each update.

Current release Mac

1.5.2

Record your screen with sound, then view and search the transcript.

How it works

  • Record with sound. Go to Capture → Record Screen with Audio, then choose your voice, system sound, or both.
  • Know when you’re recording. A 3-2-1 countdown starts the recording. The border is red while recording and amber while paused, with a REC timer in the menu bar.
  • View the transcript. Right-click a recording → View Transcript. Click a line to jump to that point, search what was said, or edit the transcript.
  • Choose a display. Hover over a display in the Capture menu to highlight that screen.

Released

6 September 2026

Requires macOS 15 or later

Read the Mac guide

Prior releases

See what’s changed.

1.5
Smoother setup. If you open Tansei from Downloads, it now offers to move itself to Applications. That’s the recommended place for Mac apps and helps permissions and updates work reliably.1.5.1
Record your screen with your voice. Camera icon (Capture) → Record Screen with Voice. Your screen and your voice land in one file.1.5.0
Transcripts, on your Mac. Right-click a saved recording → View transcript. Then read, copy, or save it.1.5.0
Grid view, improved. Expanded view → grid icon. Grid now works like the other views: drag items out, select several, and move through them with the arrow keys.1.5.0
1.4
Move a file off the shelf. Hold Option while dragging a file out to remove it from the shelf. Drag normally to keep it, and Cmd+Z to undo.1.4.4
You choose the text size, and everything keeps up. In Settings, under Shelf: Default, Large, or Larger.1.4.3
Choose what gets saved automatically. Automatic saving can now be set per type: links, images, and plain text each get their own switch.1.4.2
Settings, made simpler. Settings is now split into General, Capture, and Shelf, with clearer explanations and switches that show their current state as soon as you open it.1.4.2
More room to write. A note now uses the whole shelf instead of a small box inside it. A slim shelf widens while you write, then folds back when you finish.1.4.1
Bold, italic, and underline in notes. Press Cmd+B, Cmd+I, or Cmd+U while you write.1.4.1
Cmd-Tab to Tansei opens the shelf. Pick Tansei in the app switcher and the shelf appears, ready to use.1.4.1
The archive can keep everything. Choose Everything in Settings and nothing is ever deleted.1.4.1
Every shortcut, listed. The shortcut list in Settings now shows all twelve keys.1.4.1
A slim rail, by dragging it narrower. Drag the shelf’s edge in and it folds to a slim, single-menu layout. Each monitor remembers its own width, and the shelf follows macOS’s Increase Contrast setting.1.4.0
1.3
Previews open right inside the shelf. Click an image, screenshot, or recording and it opens in place, then brings you back to the exact item when you close it.1.3.0
Archive and Settings, in place. Both open inside the shelf with a back arrow, instead of a separate panel.1.3.0
Delete straight from the shelf. Remove an item from a shelf row, not only from inside the Archive.1.3.0
Move the shelf to another screen. With more than one display, send the shelf across from the add menu.1.3.0
A full accessibility pass. The shelf follows Reduce Transparency and Reduce Motion, and every control reads correctly with VoiceOver.1.3.0
1.2
A quicker way to every action. Hover any item on the shelf and you’ll see a menu button. Everything you could reach by right-clicking is now one click away.1.2.0
Zoom into images. You can now zoom in and out of images.1.1.9
Choose what Tansei keeps. Set how many items stay on your shelf and how many stay in your archive.1.1.9
A solid shelf. Prefer no transparency? The shelf can now be solid.1.1.9
Link pictures stay on your Mac. Preview images are saved once instead of being fetched from the website every time you open Tansei.1.1.9
1.1
Buying and restoring. Purchases and restores are now more reliable.1.1.8
One purchase, from the start. Tansei no longer has a free trial. A license key is required from first launch.1.1.8
Easier shelf navigation. Jump back to the top while scrolling.1.1.8
Smaller footprint. Tansei now clears old backup files automatically, using less space on your Mac.1.1.8
A neater item count. On a narrow shelf, the item count now stays on one line.1.1.4
See how many items are on your shelf. Full View now shows an item count next to the Tansei name, just like the Shelf. The count updates as you filter or search, so it always reflects what you’re currently viewing.1.1.3
Choose which display to record or capture. With more than one display, Record Screen and Capture Whole Screen now ask which one you want.1.1.2
Images keep their original colors. Some images looked washed out when dragged or pasted into other apps. Images are now kept in the colors they arrived with, and any already on your shelf are repaired automatically.1.1.1
Small improvements. Images dragged to Finder now keep a readable file name. TIFF and HEIC files now land on the shelf as images.1.1.1
Extract text from images. Copy the text out of any image, using Apple Vision. Right-click an image, or use the text button in the Library inspector.1.1.0
Copy as Markdown. Turn formatted text into clean Markdown. Works with web pages, AI responses, lists, code blocks, and more. Right-click any text item and choose Markdown → Copy as Markdown, or save it as an .md file.1.1.0
Crop screen recordings. Crop a recording after you have captured it. Right-click the recording and choose Crop Video.1.1.0
1.0
Introducing Tansei. A simple shelf for your Mac. Capture and keep clipboard items, screenshots, screen recordings, voice memos, notes, colors, and files.1.0.0