Breveto 2 Beta is Here!

The wait is over! You can now try Breveto 2.0 for Mac and iOS. Keep reading to learn what’s new, and what's coming next!

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What’s New?

Breveto is Now on iOS! — Access your files anywhere, anytime, from your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Long press, then drag and drop files to reorder, organize, or trash them. Breveto for iOS has all the features that the Mac version has too!
Improved Editor Sidebar — Including a new dictionary, and the ability to see all links and attachments in your file.
Attachments Browser — Click "View All Attachments" in the sidebar options menu to view attachments from all files at once.
Improved Sync — iCloud sync is faster, more efficient, and more reliable. Plus, you can now see when Breveto is syncing in the sidebar, and its sync status in the settings.
Performance Improvements — Faster search, quicker document opens, and improved editor performance with large files.
Themes — Choose separate themes for light and dark modes. Two new themes, Lime and Blush Eclipse have been added, with improvements across all themes.
Print Improvements — New redesigned print page, code blocks are highlighted when printing, and you can now set a theme when printing.
Export — You can now export to TextBundle and RTF. Markdown export has been improved, including correctly exporting todo lists.
Find & Replace — The active result is now highlighted more clearly, and breveto doesn't unnecessarily scroll when moving between results.
New Inline Formatting Menu — Format your document by selecting text, or by pressing ⌘ K. If you'd like, you can choose to show it at the bottom of the screen at all times in the settings.

Locations are Now Workspaces

Locations have been replaced with workspaces, which let you organize your files into distinct spaces. Breveto has stopped supporting file locations, and everything now syncs with iCloud (learn why we made that decision below).

Other Changes

The editor now restores your document scroll and cursor position from exactly where you left off, and shows the cursor position when it's not focused.
Click on a misspelled word to have AI suggest replacements
Trashed files are automatically deleted after 30 days
Right-click on a pinned file, or a file in the search page to reveal it
Double-click files in the search page to reveal them
Choose a personalized icon for each workspace
Open the sidebar in every window
Added a "Toggle All Folders" button to the sidebar options to collapse or expand all folders at once
Added a "Paste as Plain Text" option to the Edit menu
Added an option to disable scrolling past the last line in the document
Added an option to change the paragraph spacing
Added the option to sort pinned files by either modification date or name
Changed the drop behavior for folders: Drag and drop a file on a folder to immediately move it into the folder without opening it, or hover for a couple seconds to auto-open the folder and place it where you'd like
Pinned files can now be selected in the sidebar and behave the same as regular files
Fixed nested list item rendering bugs, and bug where list items get disconnected from each other
Fixed a bug where the todo sound effect paused playing music
Numerous other small improvements and bug fixes

New Shortcuts

Show the formatting menu at any time: ⌘K
Open the link editor: ⌘L
Switch between workspaces using ⌘1, ⌘2, ⌘3, etc.
Pressing tab now continues to indent instead of toggling indent. Pressing ⇧Tab, or Return on an empty line removes indentation.

The file tree now has new keyboard navigation shortcuts:

Navigate up and down: J / K or ⌃N / ⌃P
Focus the editor when a file is selected: ␣, Tab, or Arrow→
Expand or collapse folders: ␣, Arrow→, Arrow←
Rename files: Return
Duplicate files: ⌘D
Select all: ⌘A
Move to trash: ⌦ or ⌘⌦

Many more features coming soon!

After the full release of Breveto 2, we’re planning a few months of fast-paced updates to add some more core features in the app. Here are some things on the horizon:

Add back fully customizable shortcuts.
Add back AI features.
Table support
Export multiple files at once
Scheduled exports
Attach any type of file to your documents.
Sketching/drawing on iOS

How can we improve Breveto for you? Let us know what you think Breveto is missing, or what you'd love to see in your ideal writing app. Your feedback will help shape the future of Breveto!

Why Does Breveto 2 Only Save to iCloud?

We know that some of you appreciated the flexibility of storing Breveto files anywhere. After careful consideration, we chose to exclusively support iCloud for several reasons:

Seamless sync. In the modern age of apps, it's expected that your files sync across devices without conflicts, in real-time.
iCloud is private and secure. Apple automatically encrypts your documents once they leave your device. We can never see them, and you don't need to create an account with us. Plus, you get the added piece of mind that your files are always backed up.
File storage providers don't cut it. Services such as Dropbox or Google Drive are great for backups, but not so great for conflict free sync when edits are made on multiple devices at once.
We want to focus on making Breveto great. Syncing documents is hard. Supporting multiple ways to store them is 3x harder. Frankly, we'd rather spend our time making Breveto the best writing app possible.

Ownership matters

Your files should belong to you — not to apps or companies. Originally, we created "Locations" in Breveto to give you file ownership, but after Breveto needed to use a proprietary ".brev" format, locations couldn’t fully deliver on that promise.

Here’s what we already have planned instead that will help move toward that goal:

Scheduled exports of your files in open formats like Markdown and HTML, saved wherever you want, accessible outside of Breveto.
Local-only mode that keeps your files on your device without syncing to iCloud.

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We’d love to hear your feedback, issues, or suggestions no matter how big or small!