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Version 2.11.0 · 14 MB · Apple Silicon & Intel
Native macOS
macOS 15+ · SwiftUI, not Electron
Signed & notarized
Developer ID, notarized by Apple
On-device AI
Apple Intelligence (macOS 26); optional
What's new in v2.11.0
Sign in on your Mac with your iPhone or iPad.
Free update for everyone who owns Metis.
- Sign in with iPhone or iPad. In Sign In, choose Sign in with iPhone or iPad and scan the code with your iPhone's camera, then approve on the page that opens (sign in there with your Empiric Apps account, Apple included). It's the easy way in if you created your account with Sign in with Apple, which the Mac app can't offer. You can also type the code at empiricapps.com/pair in any browser. Approving right inside Metis on iPhone and iPad comes with its next App Store update.
- Sign-in screens follow your theme.
- Updating from 2.10.7 or older? You also get 2.10.8: signing in from the trial-ended screen works again. From 2.10.6 or older you also get 2.10.7: Split view that stays put while you type or paste, and the format bar's emoji landing at the end of the line you selected. From 2.10.5 or older you also get 2.10.6: steadier headings in Wysiwyg, the emoji button, no stray `
when a note opens, and a clear message when iCloud's folder is gone. From 2.10.4 or older you also get 2.10.5:@start of week/@start of month, a link field that fits long URLs, and a first launch that opens in Wysiwyg. From 2.10.3 or older you also get 2.10.4: folders in the Quick Switcher (Cmd-O), instant Focus / Hide Sidebar / Hide Note List, and a tidier window. From 2.10.2 or older you also get 2.10.3: dates as you type (@today,@friday`, Pick a date), the note no longer hiding under the sidebar, links like example.com opening in the browser, and Related notes back quickly after a relaunch. - Updating from 2.10.1 or older? You also get 2.10.2: the Insert menu, dragging a note into the text to link it, Enter in the title moving to the body, much faster big vaults, Live mode clicks landing where you click, and a clearer alert for a vault on an unplugged drive. From 2.10.0 or older you also get 2.10.1:
Cmd-Deleteto move notes to the Trash, separate Hide Sidebar and Hide Note List commands,[ ]turning into a task, steadier code blocks, remembered spelling settings, and a vault list that cleans up after moved or deleted folders. - Updating from 2.9.x or older? You also get 2.10.0: Split view (the Live editor beside the rendered Reading view), Focus on Note (
Cmd-\), editor modes from the keyboard (Ctrl-Cmd-1toCtrl-Cmd-4; Agenda moved toShift-Cmd-D), Reading and Split opening about 9x faster on long notes, the Inter body font, Wysiwyg lists and quotes, a cleaner Reading view, a new tab look and Finder sort order. From 2.9.1 or older you also get 2.9.2: Open With from Finder is instant, dragging a.mdonto Metis opens it, and a cleaner first launch. - Updating from 2.9.0 or older? You also get 2.9.1: nested lists that show their levels, much faster Mermaid diagrams in Reading, and diagrams that no longer run into each other.
- Updating from 2.8.x or older? You also get 2.9.0: Markdown links that follow a renamed or moved note (Plain Markdown vaults still ask first) and open on click, Copy to a folder, a new folder or another vault, images that travel with a moved note, "Plan 2" for a taken name, and table alignment fixes. From 2.8.1 or older you also get 2.8.2: renaming a note keeps its links, also in a note you have open, Plain Markdown vaults ask before updating links in other notes, a long name fits in the name prompts, and a [[link]] inside code stays text in Reading.
- Updating from 2.7.x or older? You also get 2.8.0 and 2.8.1: Paper, a warm paper-and-ink theme, a serif Body Font setting, notes that open several times faster and faster typing in long notes. From 2.6.x or older you also get 2.7.0: tables you can edit as tables (Tab walks the cells, Format > Table), aligned columns everywhere, and naming notes in a Plain Markdown vault. From 2.6.0 or older you also get the 2.6.1-2.6.4 patches: table rules that survive a scroll in Reading, checkboxes inside table cells, notes with Windows line endings, a separate text size for the note list, and the editor's line spacing matching Reading.