We’re well into February, but Bear is just getting started! Whether you’re setting big goals or just trying to keep up, Bear is here to give your notes a fresh new vibe. We’ve added some of your most-requested features and a few surprises to keep things fun and focused. Let’s dive in!
📖 Read-Only Mode
Sometimes, you just want to read your notes without accidentally editing them. With Read-Only Mode, you can scroll through your thoughts and ideas effortlessly—perfect for focused reading or quiet reflection.
To enable it, open the ⫶ menu and select “Make Read-Only”. You’ll see a read-only icon appear in the top-right corner. When you’re ready to make changes again, just click or tap the icon and select “Make Editable.”
🎨 4 New Themes
Introducing Shibuya Jazz, Shibuya Lo-fi, Everforest Light, and Everforest Dark! Shibuya Jazz and Lo-fi are two extended themes as Dieci with absolute black #000000 background, perfectly designed for AMOLED screens.
The Everforest light and Everforest dark are based on the Vim theme Everforest made by Sainnhe, bringing you a warm and soft tone with mild contrast. Check out more Bear themes here!
🐞 Full Changelog
As always, we’ve squashed some bugs to keep your experience smooth and reliable. Check the full Changelog here:
coreOS
- Read-only mode: By using the ⫶ menu inside a note > More or Long press/right-click on a note you can set a note to not being editable
- Folding can be toggled for read-only notes by using the Side Actions
- 4 new themes: Shibuya Jazz, Shibuya Lo-fi, Everforest Dark, Everforest Light
@readonlyspecial search- Fixed editor crash with collapsed sections
- Opening a note while a search is active in the Notes List correctly scrolls you to the first result and focuses it
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⠀macOS
file://links now correctly open the Finder on macOS recent releases- Fixed bug preventing attachments of archived notes to be opened with
- Shortcut export action bug corrected
- Fixed dictation issue with lists
- Small fix for print not preserving the image sizes in some conditions
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⠀iOS
- Images inserted via the iOS sharing extension are now properly synchronized
- Corrected the Backlinks Panel scrolling behavior
- Now notes are correctly created when the Notes List has an active search containing a
- - Fixing the search term edit in the Notes List when it contains color-changing special characters
- Properly handling the visibility of the Editor’s left border
- Notes trashed, archived, or read-only don’t show the BIU keyboard button on the selection
- Improved the tappable area for resizing images on iPad
- Removed crashes while concerning the sketcher
- Leaving the current panel visible in the Editor when switching apps
- The disclosure button in the Backlinks pane is always visible
- Patched issue with text copied from chatGPT
Update now!
We would love to hear your experience about the all new Read-Only mode in Bear. Reach out to us on our Community Forum, Reddit, Twitter, Bluesky(NEW!✨), or directly at bear@shinyfrog.net to tell us what you think.
Happy Writing!
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