We recently released Day One 5.0 on iOS, but the Mac version wasn’t quite ready and stayed at 4.16. With Version 5.1 for Mac, parity has been restored and Named Places and Today are now available across both platforms. New: Today for Mac is here! Today aggregates five journal elements into one place: your location data, calendar events. “Day One makes keeping a journal delightfully easy.” —Wired WHY DAY ONE? Keeping a journal is an act of love. It makes you aware of your surroundings, cognizant of your actions, and open to adapting to all the changes around you. Day One is the journal that redefines journaling. Discover how Day One lets you to capture life as you live it.
Hello everyone, you can now download Day One for Mac and experience one of the highest rated journal apps on the official Mac App Store.
Today we will highlight some reasons why we think you should definitely try this interesting and certainly unique note-taking/journal app known as Day One. I have been using it for the past couple of months and it is amazing. Actually, me, my fiance both use it and we love it. It is even safe for kids to use too and it regularly updated which means you usually have some decent new features being added every time you update it or at very least, you know that they have probably fixed some bugs if any were found. I mainly use it to keep a log of how I am spending my free time when I am away from the office and this app has really helped me get to know myself more by reminding me to focus on my surroundings as I am writing in my journal/diary. If you need an elegant app to keep a tab on yourself whether to support yourself emotionally etc, I recommend you Day One a try. Let us know in the comments below what you think about it once you decide to try it.
What Is Day One About?
Day One is the journal that redefines personal journalism. Discover how Day One lets you to capture life as you live it. From once-in-a-lifetime events to everyday moments, Day One’s elegant interface makes journalism about your life a simple pleasure. Day One is packed with powerful features, including a map view, quick entry menu bar, a fresh theme editor and timeline filters.
Day One Features:
BEAUTIFUL, AWARD-WINNING DESIGN
Focus on your writing with a layout that has everything you need and nothing you don’t.
QUICKLY REVISIT MOMENTS FROM THE PAST
Use On This Day to take a trip back in time. No time machine needed.
TELL YOUR STORY, WORDS OPTIONAL
Add photos, videos, drawings, or audio recordings to bring your journal entries to life.
YOU OWN THE DATA, KEPT SAFE
Protect your journal with biometric security, end-to-end encryption, and automatic backups with the ability to export your data anytime.
Install Day One on Macbook & iMac
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Day One updates on the App Store are regularly released in phases over a period of 7 days. If you do not see an update immediately available, please note it may not be available to all users at the date of the update, but will be over the following days. Users can refresh the Updates page on the App Store by typing Command+R.
5.4 (October 7, 2020)
Just a minor update for the Mac to keep version numbers consistent across platforms.
Updated:
On This Day now includes a map showing the locations of your entries for that day.
Fixed:
These bugs aren’t going to squash themselves, so we performed our usual round of extermination. We also cleaned up the UI a bit.
5.3 (September 17, 2020)
Updated:
The journal sidebar and toolbar have been redesigned. Toggle with Option+Command+J
The photo picker now shows a checkmark next to photos that you’ve already added to an entry in the past making it easier to see what moments from the past you still need to add to your journal.
Fixed:
Fixed an issue that was causing dictation to repeat entry content
Clicking into longer entries will no longer inadvertently highlight the entry text
Inserting attachments will now insert below the cursor
These bugs aren’t going to squash themselves, so we performed our usual round of extermination. We also cleaned up the UI a bit.
5.2 (September 2, 2020)
New:
The media picker we introduced in 5.1 is now available at the entry level. Simply create a new entry and click on the new photo picker button on the bottom right to see all of the photos available for that day. This one may seem simple but we’ve got a feeling it’ll make a huge difference for those who use it. This is available when there are photos taken on the day set for the entry.
Added Sign in with Apple controls to the preferences page to easily connect/disconnect your Apple Credentials from your account.
Updated:
Photos and photo groups now have rounded corners and are inline with the margin of the editor. Fancy and beautiful.
Fixed:
Fixed an issue where creating entries from calendar events was excluding the event notes, url and location.
These bugs aren’t going to squash themselves, so we performed our usual round of extermination. We also cleaned up the UI a bit.
5.1 (August 20, 2020)
We recently released Day One 5.0 on iOS, but the Mac version wasn’t quite ready and stayed at 4.16. With Version 5.1 for Mac, parity has been restored and Named Places and Today are now available across both platforms.
New:
Today for Mac is here! Today aggregates five journal elements into one place: your location data, calendar events, photos taken, the day’s entries, and On This Day entries. Today provides an overview of where you’ve been and what you’ve done, allowing you to journal what matters most in an intuitive and convenient way. Today is also the most seamless way to revisit the past, with quick access to On This Day. You can access Today by clicking a date on the calendar, the date in the Timeline, or by clicking Today in the Journal Side Menu. (MacOS 10.15 Catalina Only)
Named Places: Have a spot you journal from regularly? Now you can name it and have it automatically applied to past and future entries at or near the same location. Simply select the location at the bottom of an entry and click on “Name this Location”. Like magic, named places will seamlessly sync across all your devices.
Fixed:
These bugs aren’t going to squash themselves, so we performed our usual round of extermination. We also cleaned up the UI a bit.
4.16.1 (August 9, 2020)
Minor bug fixes affecting some users with Sign in with Apple.
4.16 (August 6, 2020)
New:
Sign in with Apple: We’ve made it even easier for you to create your Day One account by adding Sign in with Apple functionality. Existing users who want the simplicity of Sign in with Apple can convert their account over for future authentication.
App Icon: Nifty new design.
Fixed:
These bugs aren’t going to squash themselves, so we performed our usual round of extermination. We also cleaned up the UI a bit.
4.15.3 (July 10, 2020)
Bug fixes
4.15.2 (June 15, 2020)
Fixed:
Made some small performance improvements to sync
4.15.1 (June 9, 2020)
Fixed:
Fixed a pesky little bug that was causing the app to crash when force-clicking a word in an entry.
4.15 (June 2, 2020)
New:
Miss a daily prompt? Now you can right click on today’s prompt to view prompts from the past 10 days.
Fixed:
These bugs aren’t going to squash themselves, so we performed our usual round of extermination. We also cleaned up the UI a bit.
4.14 (May 21, 2020)
Our palindrome update is officially here. To celebrate, we’ve used some “race car” language throughout the release notes.
Updated/Improved:
We got under the hood to give sync a tune up, boosting reliability, performance, and speed.
Dragging and dropping attachments onto the app icon shouldn’t be a drag so we improved the experience.
Fixed:
These bugs aren’t going to squash themselves, so we performed our usual round of extermination. Specifically, we found and resolved a bug in the touch bar that was causing performance issue. We also cleaned up the UI a bit.
4.13 (May 7, 2020)
Fixed:
Menu bar entry needing file permissions is fixed.
Fixed a crash when trying to print or view PDF preview from the file menu.
Resolved an issue with Persistent Migration when updating from an older version of Day One.
Various bug fixes and UI updates to keep your journaling experience golden
4.12 (April 22, 2020)
New
New PDF Export with additional customization options
Updated/Improved:
Years in On This Day are now properly localized
Updated various translations throughout the app
Fixed:
Fixed the date not updating at the top of the entry
Fixed a crash when signing out
Fixed templates not applying assigned tags when using Add Content (paperclip) >Template
Various bug fixes and UI updates to keep your experience with Day One golden
4.11 (April 8, 2020)
Updated/Improved:
Allow dragging more file formats for photos, videos and audio files to the App Icon
Fixed:
Fixed a crash that some users saw when click on On This Day in the side menu
Various bug fixes and UI updates to keep your experience with Day One golden
4.10.1 (March 23, 2020)
Improved efficiency in fetching Daily Prompts
4.10 (March 18, 2020)
New:
Daily Prompts can now be enabled by all languages (Prompts will still be in English)
Updated/Improved:
Multi-entry view headers now stick to the top when scrolling
Journal settings now contain option to toggle “Show in On This Day”
Added new options to copy and open PDF from ellipsis button on PDF Attachment
Fixed:
Fixed an issue that was causing duplicate entries when creating an entry from the menu bar.
Various bug fixes and UI updates to keep your experience with Day One golden
4.9 (March 9, 2020)
New:
Daily Prompts - Find a new journaling prompt each day in the journal summary pane. Disable in Preferences (Visible only to devices set to English)
New and improved Multi-entry view for On This Day, Calendar and other multiple entry selections
On This Day - Link added to Journal Side Menu
Fixed:
Various bug fixes and UI updates to keep your experience with Day One golden
4.8 (February 20, 2020)
Updated/Improved:
Improved translations of the app in all supported languages
Dragging a photo to a journal in the side menu now opens the entry in a new window
Improved the drag and drop experience for photo groups containing videos
Restore the last used journal when creating an entry from the Safari Extension
Fixed:
Fixed an issue where some users were seeing entry content from a previously selected entry inside of the current entry
Fixed an issue where screenshots taken on Mac were not sharing properly to Day One
Fixed an issue that was preventing some users from pasting text into an entry with a photo
Various bug fixes and UI updates to keep your experience with Day One golden
4.6 (January 22, 2020)
New:
Template Editor for Mac found in Preferences
Updated/Improved:
Drag an image to the app icon now opens the new entry in a new window
Fixed:
Fixed an issue where dragging an entry into another app was including escape characters
Command + ] now correctly indents bullets
Various bug fixes and UI updates to keep your experience with Day One golden
4.5 (January 15, 2020)
New:
New Safari Extension! Open Safari > Preferences > Extensions to enable Day One
Updated/Improved:
Updated share limit of all supported attachment types to 10
Include local pdf name when adding a pdf attachment
Fixed:
Fixed an issue where attachments were being added when opening entry directly from share extension
Fixed an issue where removing location from an entry wasn’t properly saving
Various bug fixes and UI updates to keep your experience with Day One golden
4.4 (January 6, 2020)
Updated/Improved:
Processing videos attached to entries is much faster
Allow attaching other types of audio files (WAV, mp3, FLAC)
Fixed:
Fixed an issue where pasting text into Day One from Microsoft Word would insert the text as a PDF.
Various bug fixes and UI updates to keep your experience with Day One golden
4.3.1 (December 2, 2019)
Fixed a bug that was preventing some users from purchasing premium properly
Fixed a scrolling issue when typing a long entry
4.3 (November 21, 2019)
New:
PDF Support: Add PDF Attachments through the content menu, drag and drop or the Share Extension
Templates: Use templates created on iOS in the Mac Editor and connect templates to reminders (Template editing/managing coming soon to Mac)
Updated/Improved:
Added advanced sync preferences to disable sync and remove encryption key
More detailed sync status
Fixed:
Visual glitches when editing entries
Highlighting text keeps focus on the editor
Embedded YouTube videos now display correctly
Improved reliability of Day One Classic import
Other improvements for speed and reliability
4.2.3 (October 28, 2019)
Fixed an issue that could cause some attachments to fail to upload or download correctly.
4.2.2 (October 17, 2019)
Improved:
Auto enable Sync when upgraded to Premium
Auto create Day One account using Apple ID if no account exists
Fixes:
Fixed various issues when running on macOS Catalina
4.2 (September 25, 2019)
New:
End-to-end encryption is now enabled for every user - Key securely stored and synced using iCloud
Catalina compatibility updates
Improved:
Click on Entry Date header to open Date Editor menu
Fixed:
Thumbnail being delayed when adding video
Menu Bar shortcut in full screen opens in proper position
4.1.1 (August 16, 2019)
Bug fixes and performance improvements
4.1 (August 8, 2019)
New:
Added “Open” button to Menu Bar and Share Extension, which now opens to a small pop-out entry window
Improved:
Code Block toggle no longer removes blank line above or code block
Adding photos via menu will append to bottom photo group
Performance improvements
4.0 (July 22, 2019)
Now with Video!
What's New:
Video (Up to 3 Minutes each, add from the Photo Library Share Extension or the in-app media picker, Premium only)
Improved:
Bug fixes and performance improvements
3.2 (June 25, 2019)
Editor performance improvements
General performance improvements and bug fixes
3.1.2 (June 5, 2019)
Performance improvements and bug fixes
3.1.1 (May 31, 2019)
Fixed
Fixed a crash related to entry editor updates
3.1 (May 23, 2019)
Editor has removed forced (short) lines around Headers, and embedded content.
Fixed:
Editing the date by clicking ••• at the top right is functional again. https://help.dayoneapp.com/tips-and-tutorials/change-the-date-time-of-an-entry
Pasting photos into entry is again functioning.
3.0.5 (April 23, 2019)
New Keyboard shortcuts:
Create Link (from selected text): CMD+K
Global Search: Command-Shift-F
Insert Checklist: Command-Shift-T i
New:
H6 Header Style
Progress indicator when exporting Plain Text or JSON
Fixed:
Entries with multiple horizontal line rules were only displaying one line
Photos weren’t displayed in correct order when dragging in from Photos
The selected entry would change to the next entry after re-opening the app
Entry titles weren’t displaying the correct text in the tab bar
The next month wasn’t being displayed if there were no entries in it. The next month from the current month will now always be displayed in the calendar tab.
A confirmation wasn’t shown when deleting audio recordings
Photos weren’t being included in Plain Text exports
Service Menu label updated to “Add to Day One”
Removed flashing when full res media loads in
Thumbnails are shown in quicklook when full res media isn’t loaded
3.0.3 (March 25, 2019)
New:
Context outlines are shown when right-clicking journals or entries
Double-click on journal in sidebar to open journal editor
Drag to rearrange journals in sidebar
Show Word Count toggle in Preferences > Appearance (to display in entry footer)
Location contextual menu has been updated
Many new and updated translations
Loading progress indicator for full-resolution media, and audio embeds
Fixed:
Performance issue where media and entries were slow to load in the timelines
Only one photo was pasted in when copying a web page into Day One
24-hour time wasn't always displayed if selected in System Preferences
Street address and state were highlighted separately when hovered over
Button for removing Activity has been added
Right-clicking on photo > 'Update Entry to use Photo Information' was setting the incorrect timezone to the entry
Selected text toolbar was flashing each time more letters/text was selected
Saved place names weren't being shown in the entry metadata
Quote blocks are easier to see in Dark Mode
A delete confirmation will appear when clicking the X in the Menu Bar Quick Entry
Some YouTube embeds weren't displaying correctly
Some audio embeds appeared duplicated
Improved Code Block and Code Span display
Improved scrolling performance in media timeline
3.0.1 (February 26, 2019)
Quick follow-up to the major v3 update.
New:
• Journal Descriptions. Add an optional summary to a journal to be displayed on the Journal summary page. (Coming soon to the iOS Timeline) • Entry count popup shown when hovering the Day View button on Timeline
Fixed:
• Plus users no longer see Premium Upgrade link in journal sidebar • Drag & Drop photos inside an entry to re-arrange, or group/un-group • Menu Bar CMD+Enter to Save & Dismiss the entry • Text remains selected after applying formatting • Editing date now updates the Entry header date • Prompt for Premium no longer appearing on launch (for any users including Basic)
Thank you for all the positive feedback! Contact us directly for issues or complaints: [email protected].
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3.0 (February 23, 2019)
Day One version 3.0 has been re-designed for speed, performance, and long-term maintainability. Please see our blog post here.
New: Single-entry window
New: Editor selection and text formatting menus
2.9.2 (November 14, 2018)
New:
Change font size with CMD+/CMD-.
Rich formatting is used when copying text from Day One.
Editor Updates:
Lists no longer enforce blank lines above and below.
List bullet alignment improved to support proper spacing at all font sizes.
Improved plain text exporting.
Paste into Day One entry will preserve formatting.
Export Entry to email and other applications preserves rich text formatting and photos.
Fixed:
Incorrect character and word counts when formatting is applied.
Jumping text when typing below a code block.
Incorrect bullet spacing depending on the font size.
Scroll bar colors in Dark Mode.
Word Count accuracy.
Entry URL links weren't updating after moving entries between journals.
Opening a locked journal from Menu Bar will properly focus window.
2.9.1 (October 8, 2018)
Fixed login screen for Mojave dark mode
Fixed crash when trying to enter an encryption key on Mojave
Editor improvements
Dark Mode improvements
Sync reliability improvements
Performance improvements
2.9 (September 21, 2018)
Dark Mode (free for everyone on macOS Mojave)
List styles resize based on font size
New Edit Bar icons
Optimizations for macOS Mojave
Bug fixes and performance improvements
2.8 (August 25, 2018)
This update is a compatibility release for iOS version 3.0, with support the new editor, grouped photos, and audio playback. It requires macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
Version 3.0 Mac is coming soon with audio recording and much more!
New Editor with a unified Edit and Read mode for a more intuitive writing and browsing experience.
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.7.4 (July 3, 2018)
Encryption key can now be securely saved in iCloud for easier access on other devices
Bug fixes and performance improvements
2.7 (May 30, 2018)
Fixed: Window order now preserved when switching back to the app
Stars are now Favorites indicated with a heart icon
Improved Journal Sort order syncing
Preserve “Entry Creation Device” on Export / Import
Improved sign-in flow using Apple ID
Performance improvements and various bug fixes
2.6.4 (May 11, 2018)
Security improvements
Fall Mac Days
2.6.1 (April 11, 2018)
Removed a database migration error message that appeared for some users who had upgraded to version 2.6, but not yet opened the app.
Fixed a crash happening to users on macOS 10.11 who had a passcode set.
Improved sync performance
Note: We recommend upgrading from macOS 10.11 when possible. Day One stability is greatly improved on newer macOS releases. https://www.apple.com/macos/how-to-upgrade/
2.6 (April 3, 2018)
Touch ID to Unlock Journal
Various bug fixes and performance improvements
2.5.11 (March 2, 2018)
Improvements:
Selected tags on an entry are now ordered alphabetically.
Fixed in this release:
Disappearing text when saving an entry in rare cases
Errors when importing certain MacJournal export files
Photo count was occasionally incorrect
Rearranging photos in an entry sometimes incorrectly prompted to upgrade to Premium
Template text in the Preferences > Reminders screen was upside down for some users
2.5.10 (February 8, 2018)
A new 'Optimize Mac Storage' option in the Sync preferences tab. This leaves the full-resolution journal photos in the cloud and just stores thumbnails on your Mac. Full-resolution photos are automatically downloaded on-demand.
Bug fixes and performance improvements
2.5.9 (January 26, 2018)
Performance improvements and bug fixes.
2.5.8 (January 23, 2018)
Performance improvements
Fixed a bug where portions of text could be lost when tapping Done. Sorry if you were impacted by this!
2.5.7 (January 8, 2018)
Fixed problems opening Day One on macOS 10.11
Improved performance while syncing
2.5.5 (December 19, 2017)
Major performance and sync improvements!
Bug fixes
Premium trial (go to Day One > Preferences > Sync)
2.5.4 (November 13, 2017)
Fixed a delay in applying Premium subscriptions to your other devices
Improved handling of pasted content from certain other apps.
2.5 (September 27, 2017)
Support for macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
2.4.1 (September 15, 2017)
Sync performance improvements and fixes.
2.4 (August 29, 2017)
Fixed:
Text immediately following a photo was sometimes not editable
Weather icons now correctly appear in various places throughout the app
Users who have not used the app since 2.0.0 no longer experience an error
Resolved an issue that could cause entries to lose location data when another entry was deleted
Sync: Fixed frequent uploading/downloading some users were experiencing
2.3.5 (July 17, 2017)
Fixed:
Disk usage during large sync operations is now greatly reduced
App no longer shows data being constantly downloaded in rare cases
2.3.4 (July 7, 2017)
Fixed/Improved:
CLI issues with more than 10 photos and negative lat/long values
Multi-select issue with losing Timeline focus
Performance improvements
2.3 (June 28, 2017)
New:
Introducing Day One Premium!
2.2.2 (June 16, 2017)
Various bug fixes
2.2.1 (June 14, 2017)
Various fixes and improvements to the end-to-end encryption user interface.
2.2 (June 9, 2017)
New:
End-to-End Encryption is now available. Go to Day One > Settings > Journals, then select specific journals to encrypt. Learn more: http://help.dayoneapp.com/day-one-sync/end-to-end-encryption-faq
Fixed:
Various bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.1.9 (May 3, 2017)
Fixed/Improved:
Asian language typing improvements
Sync improvements
Crash when using new photo timeline drag-n-drop functionality in macOS 10.11
2.1.8 (April 24, 2017)
New:
Drag-and-drop photos functionality for entries and Timeline in read mode.
.txt, .text, and .md files can be dragged on Day One's Dock icon for importing.
Calendar View: Tapping Calendar button again auto scrolls back to current date; clicking a date splits the view to display entries; use arrow keys to navigate the calendar.
CMD-click to select multiple journals.
Improved:
Better timezone support.
Long journal names truncated as needed.
Faster display of results when searching for locations.
Overall performance improvements.
Fixed:
Multi-select view limited to 2 columns.
Can't right-click on Journal Name.
Timeline and Photos options in View menu are greyed-out.
CMD-2 keyboard shortcut doesn’t work if the right pane has focus.
Rendering problems of text in the Timeline.
Changing an entry's journal switches the Timeline's selected journal
Editing location doesn't update entry map until entry is re-opened
Multi-select grid view: Broken CSS and clicking entries don't open entries
Menu Bar Agent > 'Open Journal' doesn't open closed window
Deleting an entry scrolls the Timeline to top
Sorting options don't work in Calendar view. (They are now greyed out to indicate they are disabled.)
Clicking checkbox causes entry to scroll to the top.
Sorting changing to 'Oldest First.'
Added padding to left pane so last item is scrollable and visible with smaller window sizes.
Quick entry goes off-screen sometimes.
Various crashes.
2.1.7 (February 14, 2017)
Fixed:
Crash when closing a main window on a Touch Bar MacBook Pro
Crash when exporting a PDF
Various other crash and bug fixes
2.1.6 (February 8, 2017)
Fixed:
Inverted text (macOS 10.11 only)
Other bug fixes and performance improvements
2.1.5 (February 7, 2017)
Fixed:
Crash on launch (macOS 10.11 only)
Other bug fixes and performance improvements
2.1.4 (February 6, 2017)
Fixed/Improved:
CMD-Delete clears the search contents in search field.
Twitter @names link to Twitter accounts.
Arrow keys not working with the Timeline.
MacBook Pro w/Touch Bar: Timeline scrolls to bottom the switching journals.
Copy Entry URL not working in contextual menus.
JSON Import not importing entries into separate journals.
Entry not saved when editing entry in a New Window.
Lato not used in Read mode.
Editing multiple entries' locations doesn't work.
CMD-E doesn't work for going into Edit mode.
CMD-Shift-J doesn't work for moving multiple selected entries.
Various crashes and other bug fixes
2.1.3 (November 17, 2016)
Fix:
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.1.2 (November 14, 2016)
Free Big Mac Day
New:
Touch Bar support for new MacBook Pros.
Improved Command Line Interface (CLI): Support for multiple photos, multiple journals, and lots more. For details, see: http://dayoneapp.com/support/CLI
Fixed:
Option-Arrow didn't move cursor between paragraphs.
Markdown footnotes didn't work properly.
Some images in entries showed CSS code.
Timeline didn't render line breaks after headers.
2.1.1 (October 3, 2016)
Fixed/Improved:
Placeholder images in Read Mode show CSS Code
Text insertion point outside of markdown when using CMD-B/CMD-I
Date picker sometimes disappears when being used
Slow performance when switching journals
Sync and localization improvements
2.1 (September 15, 2016)
New:
Handoff: Continue editing an entry started on other devices. (iOS and Mac)
Selective Sync: Choose which journals you want on your devices and free up local storage space. (All data is still stored in the cloud for re-download or use on other devices.)
Interactive Checkboxes (Markdown)
Additional Syntax Highlighting (Markdown blockquotes and @names)
Clicking tags in entry view sets tag filter for Timeline
Journals menu added to menu bar
Portrait pictures displayed side-by-side
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Fixed/Improved:
PDF Export formatting and options
Location selection and places
Switched to CommonMark for Markdown rendering
Various other performance improvements and bug fixes