Animated reveals for Textures and Desk Lamp, consistent sound feedback, and macOS compatibility fixes. Animated Reveals - Introducing 6 new smooth, animated reveals for texture transitions. - The Desk Lamp's warm grow-in effect now sequences with the texture reveal. Refined Feedback - Protection and Desk Lamp toggles now share consistent toast and sound rules. - The Desk Lamp now has its own dedicated ding sound. macOS Compatibility - Fixed an issue on macOS Tahoe that prevented taking a screenshot of a specific window when Paperman was on. - Upgraded window layering to keep Paperman smoothly above the Dock during launch, hotkey use, and tray interactions. Polish - General stability improvements and small visual polish.

A reworked Classic Matte with display fidelity everywhere, a warmer starting point for Desk Lamp, and readiness for macOS 27. An upgrade to Classic Matte - Rebuilt to solve grain scaling across different setups: sharp, even grain on standard, high-DPI, ultrawide, curved and vertical displays. - Calibrated for resolution and DPI, so no more moiré patterns, stretched pixels or blurred patches of grain. - Blends smoothly with Liquid Glass for a crisp but soft finish. Desk Lamp Mode - Desk Lamp now starts on Quiet Aurora, a softer and cooler light than the old neutral default. Ready for macOS 27 - Clicking the menu bar icon opens Paperman's controls again, with right-click still going to the menu. - Text fields take keyboard input more reliably. Polish - General stability improvements and small visual polish.

Introducing Desk Lamp presets, a shortcut to switch the light on and off, and fixes for sleep and startup. Desk Lamp Ambiance - Six ready-made lighting moods: Soft Candlelight, Midnight Oil, Nook Lantern, Gallery Spot, Golden Hour and Quiet Aurora. - Adjustments are still yours: tune warmth, height and spread, and edge dimming to make any preset your own. Toggle Desk Lamp from anywhere - A new shortcut turns Desk Lamp on and off without opening Paperman (⌥⌘O by default, customizable in Settings). Sleep and startup - Paperman stays running while your Mac sleeps, and your texture is restored across the full display when it wakes. - If you have Paperman set to start automatically, it now appears under System Settings → Login Items & Extensions → Open at Login. - Unplugging and reconnecting monitors is handled more gracefully, so your texture returns to the right place. Design Polish - General stability improvements and small visual polish.

Introducing Desk Lamp Mode, with new control over how Paperman behaves around the camera notch. Desk Lamp Mode (Experimental) - Casts a warm pool of light across your screen, as if a lamp were sitting beside you. Layers on top of your texture. - Pick where the light falls from, then fine-tune its color temperature, height and spread, and edge dimming. Hide effect around camera notch - A new Protection setting that keeps the area around the notch clear. Choose Always, or Full-screen only. Polish - General stability improvements and small visual polish.

Help & Support updates, refined license details, and overall stability improvements. - Support > FAQ: added new answers and helpful tips in FAQ for smoother setup and everyday use. - License Details: refined license and membership details view. - Polish: general stability improvements and small visual polish.

Hot fix for enabling textures.

Introducing the new Community tab, built-in FAQ, enhanced app exceptions, and a refreshed sharing experience. New Community Tab - Connect with DoublOne Studios: stay updated with our latest releases and articles. Dedicated Support & Built-in FAQ - Added a dedicated FAQ section with quick answers to common questions. Smarter App Exceptions - Improved app search, running app suggestions, and full keyboard navigation (arrow keys, Enter) in the Exceptions dropdown. Refreshed Refer & Share Experience - Redesigned Refer tab featuring a clean card layout and native macOS share sheet integration to easily share Paperman with friends and colleagues. Design Polish - More reliable frosted glass background.

Performance improvements for screenshot monitor to keep Paperman even more lightweight.

Hide Paperman from screenshots, with faster app exceptions. Hide from screenshots - A new toggle keeps the Paperman Effect out of your screenshots and screen recordings Faster app exceptions - Paperman now applies or lifts much faster when you switch to or from an app on your exceptions list. - Design polish for App Exceptions settings.

Mulberry Veil joins the Paperman texture collection, with smarter hotkey controls, and a refined intensity slider. New Texture to our catalog - Mulberry Veil - a delicate surface with a deep plum undertone. Improved hot keys - Improved keyboard shortcuts with individual enable/disable, rapid multi-hotkey toggling. Design Polish - Redesigned Intensity Slider for clarity and more consistency across the app.

Introducing Vellum Mist, for a more refined reading experience. New texture to our catalog - Vellum Mist: a soft, semi-translucent haze that diffuses light like frosted vellum.

Introducing Painter's Press and pinned textures for faster switching. New texture to our catalog - Painter's Press: a textured cold-press surface with subtle tooth and depth. Pin your favorite textures - Pin up to 4 favorites to the control center and switch between them in a tap. - Browse and manage the full collection from Settings → Textures. Turn off hot keys - A new switch to disable Paperman's keyboard shortcuts. Design Polish - Battery: a clearer "Turn off Paperman on battery" control. - Intensity feedback: a subtle indicator now shows the texture and level as you adjust intensity.

Introducing our new texture 'Saddle Linen', along with better keyboard control, and the usual round of small improvements. New Texture to our catalog - Saddle Linen: a coarse, natural linen weave with warm earthy tones. Shortcuts - New shortcut to cycle through textures (⌥⌘T by default, customizable in Settings). Accessibility - Improved keyboard navigation. - Improved focus ring across all controls.

Introducing our brand new texture 'Sunbaked Parchment', along with smarter intensity memory, and a redesigned texture picker. New texture to our catalog: - Sunbaked Parchment: a warm, aged paper texture - subtle grain in light mode, deeper warmth in dark mode. Smarter Intensity - Each texture now remembers its own intensity separately for light and dark mode. - Intensity step buttons: click the sun icons beside the slider in the control center to nudge intensity up or down by 1%. - Settings → Texture: a "Now" indicator shows which theme (Daytime or Nighttime) is currently active. Design Polish: - Redesigned texture picker making it easier to browse and switch.

Snooze (new), faster shortcuts, and a friendlier home for feedback. - Snooze: tap the new Snooze button in the control center for a 1, 5, 10, or 15 minute break. Snooze controls also live in Settings → Protection. - New global shortcut to toggle Snooze with a configurable duration (default ⌥⌘). - Hot Keys: all hot keys now live in their own settings tab - easier to find and customize. - Support: a new settings tab to share feedback in one tap or leave a review on the App Store. Reliability: - External displays now re-apply Paperman automatically after unplug / replug. Design Polish: - Removed a faint hairline at the screen edge.

Intel Mac Support - Paperman now runs on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs! Bug Fixes - Fixed a crash that occurred when downloading the license card. - Menu bar icon is now properly sized for the macOS status bar. Design Polish - Layout and design improvements in About and Sidebar sections.

Portrait Display Fix - Fixed an issue where the paper texture only covered a part of the screen when main display was rotated to portrait. - Added a small tip in the monitor picker explaining what to do if the texture misbehaves after changing display arrangement. Settings Panel Polish - Cleaner icons across Protection and Circadian Rhythm. - More consistent card layouts between tabs. - Overall design improvements.

App Exceptions - Allowlist Mode - You can now switch App Exceptions to an allowlist: Paperman only activates in the apps you choose, instead of staying active everywhere except your exceptions. Battery Behavior - New battery settings let you control how Paperman behaves when you're unplugged. - Choose to pause automatically below set battery percentage. Texture Intensity Slider - Fine-tune how strong your paper texture appears with a new intensity slider in the Texture settings tab. Improved Shortcut Reliability - Keyboard shortcuts now use system-wide global shortcut handling, making them more stable and consistent across different apps and workflows.

Multi-monitor support improvements: - Improved overlay covering full screen at launch on external displays when using mixed-DPI setups. - Improved display arrangement in Settings matching macOS display layout.

Multi-monitor reliability fixes: - Overlay windows now recover correctly after sleep, wake, Space transitions, and display reconnects. - Monitor selections are remembered by screen geometry, so your setup survives display reorders and resolution changes.

- Early Supporter Badge: New License Card design that proudly displays your early supporter status - Performance & UI: Extensive refinements to the interface and core performance for a smoother experience - Stability: Fixed minor issues with theme scheduling

Paperman brings more customization to your reading experience with a new texture: "Whisper Weave" - New premium "Whisper Weave", an ultra-fine texture designed for maximum comfort during long reading sessions - Per-theme texture selection: choose different textures for Light and Dark modes - Enhanced multi-monitor support and draggable control panel - Refined theme scheduling and "Auto" mode improvements.

- Full Multi-Monitor Support: You can now seamlessly select and manage specific external monitors for your overlay displays. - Customizable Workspaces: Your controls and settings panels are now fully draggable. Even better, they are position-persistent and will remember exactly where you left them on your screen. - Refreshed Interface: We’ve enhanced the layout of the "About" tab, featuring a cleaner footer and updated design attribution. - Under the Hood: We've refactored our display logic to make handling primary displays and unconfigured monitors smoother and more reliable.

Paperman’s controls and settings have been refreshed for a clearer, calmer experience. This update makes protection easier to manage with a new Dark Green Glass UI, with improved pause/resume behavior, better app-specific disabling, and a cleaner settings layout. The Protection Schedule toggle now directly turns the Paperman effect on or off, and app exceptions are easier to manage when opening controls from another app. Also includes shortcut improvements, paper sound preference, and general polish throughout the control panel.