Requirements:
textsoapAgent 9.3 officially supports macOS 11 or later

9.3 (2610)

• Note: Settings > Advanced > Link to TextSoap 8 is only meant for compatibility with older systems that were running TextSoap 8.

  • This option will be removed in a future release.
  • If the option is enabled, but the agent finds TextSoap 9 – you will receive a warning asking to disable the link.

• Starting with macOS 14, Apple does not correctly support dynamic services. Use the Shortcut examples provided to add custom Service items.

• New Apple Shortcuts tab in Settings (Preferences) is available that allows you to add a sample shortcut to use textsoapAgent as a Service. The two examples provided include a Service item and a clipboard action, both use AppleScript to interact with textsoapAgent.

• File Cleaning Script now properly recognizes custom extensions.

9.2.7 (2599)

• Fixed crash under specific conditions in AppleScript command to clean a file.

9.2.6 (2598)

• Addressed potential crash in accessibility test.

9.2.5 (2595)

• New: Launching app a second time will bring up Preferences. Useful when hide dock icon is selected.
• cleanFile command adds optional “destFolder”. If no dest specified, replaces source.
• Bug fixes.

9.2.4 (2584)

• Updated Preferences to Settings for macOS 13.
• Bug fixes.

9.2.3 (2581)

• New: Preference option lets you control whether Agent attempts to clean all text when no selection within an app.
• Fixed: Service items not working. Recent versions of macOS appear to ignore dynamic service items for some apps.
  • To address, textsoapAgent now makes “Apply TextSoap Cleaner” a permanent service item.
  • Option to toggle it was removed from Services preferences.
• Fixed: Incorrect drawing if popover becomes very wide.
• Fixed: Would not always copy from app when “Leave Results on Clipboard” option selected.

9.2.2 (2578)

• Fixed: Hot key to display popover could cause a hang.
• Fixed: TextSoap Watcher helper supports macOS 10.11 or later.

9.2 (2576)

• New: One or two column layout option (in General preferences)
• New: Resizable popover.
• New: Added TextSoap Watcher option (available in Preferences > Advanced)
  • Logs TextSoap-related launches to help debug Services, Global Shortcut issues. Can help track down unexpected copies of app unintentially launching, causing various issues with previously mentioned functionality.
  • To launch helper app, go to Preferences > Advanced and select TextSoap Watcher. New helper app watches for and logs any TextSoap-related launches while open.
• Fixed: Properly reads Shift / Option cleaning modifiers when clicking on icon, ignores for hotkeys.
• Fixed: Typo in Advanced preferences.

9.1 (2570)

• New: Cleaning is now done exclusively through keyboard drivers using cmd-C, cmd-V.
  • Better support for Electron-based apps.
  • Supports apps using cmd-C, cmd-V, cmd-A to copy/paste/select text.
• New: Link to TextSoap 8, Advanced Preference option
  • Replaces textsoap8Agent, textsoap8Menu (OS X 10.11 - macOS 10.14).
• New: Support for macOS 10.11 (for Link to TextSoap 8 option)
  • Note: Some features may not be available on older versions of macOS.
• New: Keyboard driver will attempt Select All/Copy if initial Copy within an app does not work.
• New: Brought back support for showing group menu for hotkeys.
• New: Support for additional keyboard layouts (like Dvorak).
• Fixed: Can now read older shared group data format.
• Fixed: Agent now properly adopts user preference for check beta releases.
• Fixed: Displaying popover using global shortcut always defaults to specified cleaning behavior (apply within app).
• Fixed: Prevents potential crash if shared data wasn’t found from main app.
• Fixed: Popover group list now reflects group changes.

9.0.4 (2546)

• Fixed: Preference > App Control changes were not properly updated.

9.0.2 (2544)

• Fixed: Properly remove dynamic service items when “Install Custom Service items..” is unchecked.
• Fixed: Indicator when group is empty or does not contain any valid items in Services panel.
• Fixed: textsoapAgent now incorporates cleanFile AppleScript command.

9.0.1 (2541)

• Fixed: Fixed sizing issue with Global Shortcuts Preferences
• Fixed: Removed spacer in prefs toolbar, which system accidentally highlights

9.0

What’s New

New textsoapAgent: a separately downloaded app works with all variants of main TextSoap app. A new mechanisms provides a more robust and efficient interaction between agent and the main app for significantly better cleaning performance.

• General
  • Apple Silicon support
  • Dark mode support
  • Optionally preserves clipboard content when cleaning
  • Support for Chrome, Brave, and VS Code
  • Option to drive user-specified apps with keyboard
• TextSoap Menu
  • New popup display
  • Searchable cleaner list
  • Options to determine how to proceed with processed text
    • clean within the current app
    • clean clipboard contents
    • copy from current app, leave results on the clipboard
• Global Hot Keys
  • Trigger single cleaner action
  • Display list of cleaners from custom group
• AppleScripting
  • Automate text cleaning with AppleScript support
• macOS (OS X) Services
  • Services support has been reworked
  • Optional standard service item (presenting dialog to select cleaner)
  • Customizable cleaner service items based on custom group