
Tot
Version History
Tot 2.0
August 2025
New Features
- Custom Smart Bullets:
- Assign symbols or standard Emoji to act as Smart Bullets
- Create up to eight custom smart bullets via Settings > Appearance
- Assign Custom Smart Bullets to Quick Key slots for instant access
- Text Dividers:
- Eight divider styles to choose from via the symbol picker
- Assign text dividers to Quick Key slots for easy use
- Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl-Minus to add a new divider
- Dividers can be cut/copy/pasted at will
- Uses Markdown horizontal rules
- [Yay Funk_Shui & Stragen!]
- Automatic indents:
- Lines that begin with a bullet or Smart Bullet will automatically indent text that's wider than the window
- The Cmd-[ and Cmd-] keyboard shortcuts can be used to indent any selection
- Lines that begin with a space will use that for indentation, otherwise tabs are used
- Works with plain text: great for writing in Markdown [Yay Gruber!]
Improvements
- Improved text handling & bug fixes:
- Paste as Plain Text can now strip Markdown and works better with rich text
- Fixed a bug where bold stuck around after creating newlines [Yay Nathan!]
- Improved handling of styling information while using drag & drop
- Fixed a styling bug when pasting Smart Bullets in plain text mode
- Fixed a big bug when opening links beginning with “HTTP”
- New "Selected Dot" action for Shortcuts [Yay pseudometa!]
- Updated User Manual:
- Removed Twitter links because screw those guys
- Updated for new features and settings
- Added information and links for advanced users
macOS Improvements
- Updated Settings:
- Settings now open in their own popover / window
- Settings re-designed for improved clarity and feature discoverability
- Control: New option – invoke Tot using Both Icons for menu bar and Dock
- Appearance: New vibrant background option, dot configuration, app icons
- Behavior: Floating window, follow mouse, disable escape key
- Overview for apps on iOS and watchOS
- Better help links and support site access
- Improved Editing:
- Typing completions: Turn on Edit > Spelling & Grammar > Check Spelling While Typing + Correct Spelling Automatically
- Smart Copy/Paste now stays disabled across launches [Yay Dustin!]
- Added menu item for Remapping Keyboard Shortcuts
- Window, Dock, and menu bar:
- Added a setting to show selected dot color in menubar [Yay Tom!]
- Better handling of smart icons (now works with all app windows)
- Improved restoring window state when using menu bar and smart icons
- Tot will only enter full screen mode when using Dock or Both icons
- Tot can now appear over full screen windows
- Fixed issues with icons stuck in Dock [Yay Ilia!]
- Fixed issues using Cmd-1 to 7 on Czech keyboards [Yay Roman!]
- Improved handling of page margins when printing [Yay Dan!]
- What’s New video no longer shows in Now Playing
iOS Improvements
- New main menu (⋯) item:
- Access to new Settings
- Bulk operations for Copying/Clearing/Replacing all text
- Export operations for Sharing/Saving/Printing
- Export works with selection or full text (if no selection)
- Quick access to User Manual
- Greatly improved keyboard input and status bar:
- Re-designed to be more reliable on iPadOS
- Two new Quick Key slots for greater customization
- Dot's meta info now includes relative time since last update
- New, explicit undo/redo buttons
- Updated Settings:
- Appearance section with new icons, Quick Keys, Smart Bullets, dot numbers, color highlights
- Better preview and options to adjust Text & Layou
- Behavior section to configure new options
- Advanced settings to restore automatic backups and export data
- Overview for apps on watchOS and macOS
- New What's New section to review recent Tot changes
- Quick access to get support documentation
- Credits and links to our other apps
- Improved menu bar on iPadOS
- Automatic backup: Saves to device when changes are detected
- Improved touch response speed
watchOS Improvements
- Simplified and more modern UI for viewing text:
- Colorful backgrounds
- Corner controls
- New "+" button:
- Better UI & wording for adding text
- New “After First Line” option [Yay Joey!]
- Added “⋯” button:
- Shows summary for characters/words/lines
- New Share button
- “Clear All Text” button
3 new features, 17 improvements

Give Tot a try.
Free on Mac, iPhone, and iPad, with paid premium features.