FastScripts 3.3.8

Sep 3, 2025

• Improve menu navigability with arrow keys
• Adapt layout of menu search field to more closely match the style of Apple's Help menu
• Fix a bug that prevented scripts invoked "with parameters" from showing progress in the menu
• Fix a bug that could cause FastScripts to crash when an invoked script crashed
• Avoid a momentary flash of the FastScripts menu at launch time

FastScripts 3.3.7

Apr 23, 2025

• Holding the option key to edit a selected script now works with AppleScript Droplets and Automator Applications
• Alias files now show the icon of the destination file, instead of the incorrect icon provided by the system
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur while entering a license registration code
• Fixed the description of the "has keyboard shortcut" scripting property to reflect its read-only nature

FastScripts 3.3.6

Feb 26, 2025

• Restore display of the progress indicator in menu bar while launching
• Fix a crash that could occur while adding or removing scripts to the scripts folder

FastScripts 3.3.5

Feb 21, 2025

• Restore live updating of running script task progress information in the menu
• Fix a bug where long-running shell scripts were not properly terminated when canceled from the script menu
• Default environment variables are now passed to shell scripts for users who use zsh, bash, ksh, or fish
• Symlinks to shell scripts are now invoked directly so that the $0 variable points to the symlink and not the target
• Fix a hang that could occur if an alias to a large app is placed in the Scripts folder
• Prevent a crash that could occur while updating script running progress
• Fix a menu ordering issue with custom sorting tags that are non-UTF8 characters
• Fix a bug that caused scripts with certain unicode characters in the title to be treated as multiple scripts

FastScripts 3.3.4

Oct 21, 2024

• Fix a bug that caused the Recent Scripts menu item to be erroneously highlighted after invoking a script by search
• The "invoke" scripting command now returns results from Automator and Shell Script invocations
• Automator workflows can now be provided with variables, in addition to parameters, when run with the "invoke" scripting command
• Fix a bug that caused the down arrow to skip a search result from the Script Menu

FastScripts 3.3.3

Jul 25, 2024

• Prevent warnings about "accessing another app's data" on macOS 15 betas
• Fix memory leaks that could impact long-running scripts, causing them to exhaust available memory
• Fix an issue that caused panels displayed by scripts to sometimes disappear when secure keyboard entry is enabled
• Fix a bug that prevented keyboard shortcuts on items in aliased folders from working
• Fix a script runner crash that would occur when trying to run a script that accesses Bluetooth devices
• Changes to the visibility of a file's path exstension is now reflected immediately in the script menu
• Fix a bug introduced in 3.3.2 that caused the Script Menu to not notice newly added folders

FastScripts 3.3.2

May 13, 2024

• Running tasks now reflect menu focus and can be selected with keyboard modifiers to reveal/edit/etc.
• Fixes to update the menu correctly when changes are made to aliased or symlinked folders
• The script menu is now updated accordingly when a file's Finder visibility changes
• Work around an issue where FastScripts's menu dismisses after clicking when secure input is disabled
• Fix the "Open Web Page" scripting addition so it continues working on macOS 14.4+

FastScripts 3.3.1

Feb 29, 2024

• Fix an issue that prevented "invoke script" working reliably with parameters
• No longer presents crash reporter for script tasks that were intentionally killed by user

FastScripts 3.3

Feb 27, 2024

• New Mouse Automation scripting additions for moving, clicking, and dragging the mouse
• Restore keyboard shortcuts for arrow navigation and deletion to search text field
• Fix a bug that could prevent the search field from being focused the first time the menu is displayed
• Fix a bug that prevented the "Open at login" checkbox from accurately reflecting the status
• Fix a possible crash when certain keystrokes are typed in the Keyboard Shortcuts preference pane
• Fix a bug that caused the FastScripts menu item to remain highlighted after navigating with arrow key
• Built-in crash reporter now detects crashes in script runner proceses

FastScripts 3.2.7

Jun 16, 2023

• Restore a fix for an issue with the Bartender menu bar utility

FastScripts 3.2.6

Jun 8, 2023

• Fix a bug that caused system-wide keyboard shortcuts to appear on script menu items with the same name
• macOS Sonoma Beta 1 compatibility fixes
  • Fix an issue that prevented option/shift/command modifiers working when selecting menu items
  • Prevent a crash that could occur when pressing the delete key in Scriptlight search field
  • Fix a problem that caused a Scriptlight search result to run twice when invoked with return key from search field

FastScripts 3.2.5

Mar 9, 2023

• Regular expression script commands now support multiline anchors and dot matches all
• Modifier key shortcuts when selecting menu items can now be disabled in Settings
• Add a keyboard shortcut "Cmd-E" to script error panel to open in Script Editor
• Rename "result" property to "script result" to disambiguate from built-in AppleScript result property
• Fix a bug that caused the Script Libraries list in Settings to appear shorter than expected

FastScripts 3.2.4

Jan 2, 2023

• Another fix to prevent a rare problem of keyboard shortcuts being lost after restart
• Fix a crash that could occur in the script runner process when scripts are cancelled
• Add scripting examples for regular expression commands to the AppleScript dictionary

FastScripts 3.2.3

Nov 20, 2022

• Improve invocation time for scripts that use AppleScriptObjC
• Fix a crash that occurred when pressing Command-Delete in the search field
• Changed the AppleScript command name for running scripts back to 'invoke' to avoid ambiguity
• Fix an issue that could cause keyboard shortcuts to be lost after restarting computer

FastScripts 3.2.2

Sep 27, 2022

• Fix a bug introduced in 3.2 that prevented application items from opening correctly

FastScripts 3.2.1

Sep 27, 2022

• Fix a bug that caused script task references from "run" commands to sometimes become invalid

FastScripts 3.2

Sep 26, 2022

• New settings for custom Script Collections allows for arbitrary script folder locations
• Built-in script running command now supports specifying script parameters and awaiting a result
• Shortuts integration: new "Display Message" action for heads-up display messages
• Identically named scripts are now differentiated in search results by showing their containing folder name
• Fixed a bug that could caused the wrong color to appear in the menu bar color preference
• Fixed a bug that in rare cases prevented changed keyboard shortcuts from showing as expected in the menu
• Improved reliability of keyboard shortcuts staying set when scripts are moved
• Changed name of "Preferences" to Settings" if running on macOS 13 or greater

FastScripts 3.1.2

Aug 9, 2022

• Fix a bug that could cause some scripts that generate keystrokes to terminate unexpectedly
• Work around a crashing bug in macOS Ventura beta when dismissing a "display message" panel
• Improve the reliability of the built-in crash reporter

FastScripts 3.1.1

Jul 21, 2022

• Software Updates are now announced via system notifications when authorized
• Recently run scripts are now exposed by FastScripts's own scripting interface
• The FastScripts menu can now be presented by keyboard shortcut even if the menu bar icon is not visible
• Check for Updates now includes a link to Version History when there are no new updates
• Mitigate a problem that could occasionally cause a delay when invoking a script
• Recent Scripts now appear below App-Specific Scripts in search results

FastScripts 3.1

Mar 11, 2022

• New built-in scripting support for regular expression commands "search text", "replace text" and "split text"
• Updated "open web page" scripting command to support a new "replacing current page" parameter
• Added a new "Open FastScripts Scripting Dictionary" menu item
• When searching, recently used scripts are now prioritized in search results
• Fix a bug that caused recently added "invoke" support for paths to report a spurious error
• Fix a bug introduced in 3.0.6 that prevented "invoke" from working properly on script items
• Alleviate console log warnings that were being printed when the menu bar icon is clicked

FastScripts 3.0.6

Jan 20, 2022

• Fix an interaction with Bartender app that caused the Preferences panel to open when selecting a script
• Re-fix an issue that caused custom colored menu bar icons to appear enabled on secondary screens
• Remove NSAppleScriptEnabled Info.plist key from FastScripts Script Runner
• New preference to hide the Scriptlight search field in the FastScripts menu
• Scriptability enhancements to FastScripts itself
  • The "invoke" command can now be called with an arbitrary file as the parameter to run scripts outside of your script collection
  • New "script tasks" element provides access to running tasks, which can be force quit via script
  • New "preferences window" property provides scripted access to showing preferences window

FastScripts 3.0.5

Dec 13, 2021

• Fix a crash when running JavaScript for OSA scripts
• Restore proper drawing of the menu bar selection highlight when the icon is clicked
• Fix an issue where a script with lots of AppleScript log messages could get stuck running
• Fix the behavior of the "Create App-Specific Scripts" folder when no User Scripts folder exists yet

FastScripts 3.0.4

Dec 8, 2021

• Restore ability to run Automator Actions
• Restore functionality that suspendsw script execution while conflicting keyboard shortcut is still held
• Fix a crash that could occur when aliases in the script folder become unresolveable
• Fix a bug that could cause variables in scripts to become undefined after interacting with other apps
• Improve the error message that is presented when trying to run a shell script without executable permission

FastScripts 3.0.3

Dec 6, 2021

• Changes to script execution to make behavior more consistent with Script Editor's behavior
• Improvements to event handling performance in Cocoa UI presented by scripts
• Fixes for bugs that prevented some changes to script folders from being reflected in the menu
• Asking for the "count" of args in script's run handler now works without error
• Fix a bug that prevented the "Create Scripts Folder" items from working in some cases

FastScripts 3.0.2

Nov 24, 2021

• Performance improvements for users with large script folders
• Fix an issue that caused consecutive scripted alerts to get hidden from view
• Improved keyboard navigation and text editing in the search field
• Fix a rare crash that could occur after moving FastScripts's location on disk
• Fix an issue causing custom colored menu bar icons to appear enabled on secondary screens
• Script progress now updates immediately even if the script blocks on a modal panel after updating it

FastScripts 3.0.1

Nov 15, 2021

• Fix the color and contrast of the app icon
• Fix a crash at launch affecting users with cyclic aliases in their Scripts folder
• Fix a crash that could occur when using arrow keys to navigate in search field
• Restore text layout in display message panels with custom bounds
• Improvements to the first-launch introduction panel

FastScripts 3.0

Nov 11, 2021

• FastScripts 3 is now publicly released! Read more about it here!. Please note that with this public release the free demo of premium features has expired. Please purchase a license to continue enjoying all the great features of FastScripts!

FastScripts 2.8.3

Nov 16, 2020

• Performance enhancements for Apple Silicon based Macs

FastScripts 2.8.2

Oct 1, 2020

• Add a "Restore Default" button to Preferences for the custom menu icon color
• Update the color well in Preferences to accurately reflect the default color as it will render in the menu bar
• Fix visual glitches when running on a future version of macOS

FastScripts 2.8.1

Jan 23, 2020

• The keyboard shortcut for opening the FastScripts menu can now be set to "None" (press the delete key while editing)
• Fix a bug that allowed the Preferences window to be resized too small to show the contents
• Fix an issue that could impede scripts being run in quick succession with keyboard shortcuts
• Fix an issue where the color chooser panel could be lost in the background if switching out of FastScripts while the Prefrences window is active
• FastScript's AppleScript interface now supports a "location" property on script library references, so you can obtain the file path to any node in its script hierarchy

FastScripts 2.8

Oct 31, 2019

• Custom folder icons are now respected by the FastScripts menu
• FastScripts can now be quit by cmd-dragging the icon out of the menu bar
• Revealing a folder from FastScripts now respects the user setting for default folder opener
• Removed FastScripts' custom AppleScript text suite in favor of using the standard system suite, to fix some string coercion problems when running scripts

FastScripts 2.7.8

Jun 27, 2019

• Fix a crash when resolving some Finder alias files in an unreleased version of macOS

FastScripts 2.7.7

May 1, 2019

• Fix a visual glitch with the focus ring displayed when editing a keyboard shortcut
• Fix a bug that could prevent the menu icon color from adapting to Light/Dark Mode changes
• Omit the file extensions for .applescript, .py, .rb, etc files in the script menu

FastScripts 2.7.6

Feb 21, 2019

• Adapt script error panel to macOS Mojave's Dark Mode
• Add usage explanation strings for requests via scripts to access Reminders, Photos, and Calendar information. This fixes a problem where scripts that attempted to automate these apps wouldn't prompt for user permission to do so.

FastScripts 2.7.5

• FastScripts 2.7.5 was a Mac App Store-only update to fix a problem with Apple Event permissions.

FastScripts 2.7.4

Dec 4, 2018

• Fix the ordering of items in the script menu to be sorted by standard localized order
• Fix a bug that could cause a renamed script to appear twice in the menu if only the case of the name was changed
• Fix a bug that caused Quick Action Workflows to be offered for installation when attempting to edit them
• Fix a bug that caused the focus on the shortcuts table to be lost after setting a shortcut value
• Add a new FastScripts Help menu item to easily open help on the web

FastScripts 2.7.3

Aug 29, 2018

• Remove FastScripts's custom "path to" handler as it appears the system handler behaves as we expect now
• Add an Apple Events usage explanation string to accompany the system prompt for approving Apple Events
• Fix a crash that occur when running JavaScript for Automation scripts

FastScripts 2.7.2

Aug 20, 2018

• Fix a bug in 2.7.1 that prevented "path to" special folders from working as expected

FastScripts 2.7.1

Aug 19, 2018

• Fix a bug in 2.7 that prevented "path to me" working as expected in scripts

FastScripts 2.7

Aug 17, 2018

• Preliminary improvements for macOS Mojave 10.14
  • Fix an issue preventing running scripts that control other apps
  • Initial Dark Mode support for Mojave
• Fix the "Automatically Check for Updates" option
• Improved error reporting on script failures
• Removed old, unused PowerPC code from app
• Now requires macOS 10.12 or higher

FastScripts 2.6.13

Apr 23, 2018

• Fix a bug introduced in 2.6.12 that could cause edited scripts to not be reloaded automatically when running them

FastScripts 2.6.12

Apr 13, 2018

• Fix a bug that could cause aliases in script trees to not resolve properly
• Fix a bug in folder modification tests that could cause unexpected script folder resyncing

FastScripts 2.6.11

Jan 6, 2017

• Add NSSupportsAutomaticGraphicsSwitching to Info.plist to avoid depending on high power GPU
• Workaround a bug that could cause FastSripts to crash when waking a Touch Bar Mac from sleep

FastScripts 2.6.10

Feb 19, 2016

• Update to use more secure HTTPS based URLs when connecting to Red Sweater's web site

FastScripts 2.6.9

Dec 10, 2015

• Fix to avoid copying contents of a script to the standard input when running a shell script
• Fix a bug that prevented the keyboard shortcuts script list in preferences from remembering its expanded state across launches

FastScripts 2.6.8

Oct 23, 2014

• Fix a bug from 2.6.7 that caused the menu bar icon to draw too lightly in OS X Yosemite
• Restore proper functionality of aliases to folders within the script hierarchy
• Fix a typo in the first-launch welcome message

FastScripts 2.6.7

Oct 8, 2014

• Fix display of menu bar icon on 10.9 and earlier, where the previous update caused it to be displayed light gray by default.

FastScripts 2.6.6

Oct 7, 2014

• Fix display of menu bar icon in "dark mode" on Yosemite 10.10
• Ensure that user environment variables are set-up when running shell scripts
• Fix appearance of keyboard shortcuts when running with non-Roman keyboard layouts

FastScripts 2.6.5

Jun 30, 2012

• Updated graphics for MacBook Pro Retina support
• Fix a Smart-Switching bug that prevented a script from activating another app after displaying a dialog

FastScripts 2.6.4

Oct 20, 2011

• Fix a crashing bug that could occur if an alias file resolves to itself

FastScripts 2.6.3

Oct 19, 2011

• Fix a performance bug introduced in 2.6 that caused some scripts to run very slowly
• Fix a crash that could occur when trying to display Automator-generated errors
• Fix a false error that would occur when Automator workflows end with no result

FastScripts 2.6.2

Aug 5, 2011

• Further refinement to the activation of the expected app when running scripts
• Prevent conflicts with synthesized "key code" command and script keyboard shortcut

FastScripts 2.6.1

Jul 26, 2011

• Prevent conflicts with synthesized keystroke commands and keyboard shortcuts
• Fix for situations where FastScripts became the front app after running a script
• Fix the built in on-screen display windows to grow in height to fit displayed message
• Restore support for Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5

FastScripts 2.6

Jul 12, 2011

• 64-bit compatibility
• Add support for FKeys F17-F19, available on many modern Mac keyboards.
• Fix a bug where deleted folders remain visible in menu
• Fix an issue with case-change-only name changes causing duplicate menu items

FastScripts 2.5

Dec 29, 2009

• Now supports running plain-text .applescript files
• The FastScripts menu icon can now be changed to a custom color
• Alter appearance of menu so it doesn't have rounded top corners on 10.6
• Bug Fixes
  • Fix glitches with "Smart Switching" on Snow Leopard 10.6
  • Fix processing of shell script arguments embedded in the "shebang" line
  • Fix a possible crash when changing mouse cursor while selecting from menu
  • Fix proper display of filenames e.g. when they contain slashes

FastScripts 2.4

Jun 22, 2009

• New evaluation terms: free forever unless you want more than 10 keyboard shortcuts
• Now includes software update mechanism to stay up to date

FastScripts 2.3.6

Dec 10, 2007

• Leopard fixes:
  • Restore ability to run Automator workflows
  • Fix menu placement of Apple scripts vs. User scripts

FastScripts 2.3.5

Oct 25, 2007

• Restore functionality of return/tab/esc/delete as shortcut keys.

FastScripts 2.3.4

Sep 27, 2007

• Improved compatibility with the upcoming Leopard 10.5 release.

FastScripts 2.3.3

Jun 5, 2007

• Restore support for aliases to application bundles

FastScripts 2.3.2

Jun 4, 2007

• Support for aliases to folders in script hierarchy!
• Improve performance of syncing changes to script folders
• Fix display of keyboard shortcuts on non-US keyboard layout
• Avoid adding menu item separators for empty script folders

FastScripts 2.3.1

Dec 8, 2006

• Allow return, tab, escape as keyboard shortcuts - the only key not supported is "delete"
• Fix a weird "only works every other time" bug with scripts that use UI Scripting for keystrokes
• Allow dragging of FastScripts note windows by holding command while clicking

FastScripts 2.3

Sep 26, 2006

• A refined grayscale menu bar icon
• Support for unmodified keys as script shortcuts (10.3 and later only)
• New preference for toggling "Launch at Login" feature
• Reorganized Preferences dialogs
• Improved AppleScript access to FastScripts script hierarchies
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

FastScripts 2.2.9

Mar 6, 2006

• Fixes to support non-AppleScript OSAs (e.g. Javascript OSA)
• Disable script error localization added in 2.2.8 - there were unexpected negative side-effects.
• Fix a bug that prevented TextMate (and possibly others) from being chosen as default shell script editor.

FastScripts 2.2.7

Dec 27, 2005

• Redesigned application icon.
• Fixed support for "close" AppleScript command on FastScripts message windows.

FastScripts 2.2.6

Sep 12, 2005

• Plug some small memory leaks in Shortcut editor
• Fix bug that caused changed "FS Menu Keyboard Shortcut" from taking effect
• Clicking outside of preferences or closing preferences now ends shortcut editing
• Make sure menu bar highlights for non-AppleScript items invoked by shortcut
• Caps Lock no longer limits the functionality of the cmd/opt/shift menu selection shortcuts
• Menu no longer displays items that are invisible in the Finder (e.g. Icon and . files)
• Improved robustness when a configured script editor becomes unlocatable

FastScripts 2.2.5

Aug 23, 2005

• Custom menu sorting, by way of BBEdit-style script naming convention
• Fixed "path to me" handler to correctly support script bundles

FastScripts 2.2.4

Jul 22, 2005

• Unmodified Function-Keys can now be specified as keyboard shortcuts
• Fixes a bug that caused app-specific shortcuts to fail on first launch
• Fixes the "Edit Script" shortcut to work correctly with script applets
• Fixes AppleScript support for "screen position" of built-in notification display
• Incorporates latest Kagi Registration Module

FastScripts 2.2.3

Jun 28, 2005

• Recent Scripts support. Now the last several scripts you've used are available in a Recent Scripts submenu.
• Applications and documents now appear in the FastScripts menu.

FastScripts 2.2.2

May 14, 2005

• Bug fix to work with 2-Byte characters in folder names.

FastScripts 2.2.1

May 4, 2005

• Support for Automator workflow documents. Use FastScripts to run your Automator workflows without launching Automator - keyboard shortcuts for your favorite workflows!
• Improved reliability. FastScripts now recognizes "runaway scripts," and provides a mechanism for canceling execution.
• Improved startup and response times for large script directories. The FastScripts caching mechanism has changed to pre-load each script only after its first execution, reducing memory use and startup time.

FastScripts 2.2

Apr 19, 2005

• Support for "On Screen Display" messages. Now you can ask FastScripts to display elegant overlay messages from your scripts! Take a look at the FastScripts scripting dictionary for more information.
• A new "edit shortcut" keyboard modifier. Hold the command (apple) key while selecting a script in the FastScripts menu, and you will be instantly taken to the FastScripts preferences dialog to edit that script's shortcut.

FastScripts 2.1.1

Jan 11, 2005

• Improve menu-building to more reliably reflect the current frontmost application
• Fixed a bug that prevented keyboard access shortcut changes from sticking
• Escape with no modifiers now reverts to original hotkey
• Save outline view expanded state between launches
• Save and restore selected prefs pane between launches
• Make "Create App-Specific Scripts Folder" items work when "Applications" or "Scripts" parent folder doesn't already exist.
• Fix a rare crasher when trying to create scripts folders.

FastScripts 2.1

Dec 24, 2004

• Application specific keyboard shortcuts
• Improved script error dialogs
• Redesigned preferences dialog
• Easy menu items for creating or opening application specific script folders
• Support for revealing files in PathFinder
• Support for AppleScript bundle format
• Override the "Path to me" command to return a reference to the script

FastScripts 2.0.6

Aug 29, 2004

• Fix a bug which prevented application-specific scripts from working with apps whose names contain certain diacritical marks. This fix is important for users working in languages with compound accented characters. Examples: "Éditeur de Scripts", "Aide-Mémoire", etc.

FastScripts 2.0.5

Aug 5, 2004

• Displays user-defined keyboard shortcuts in the FastScripts menu.
• Prevents long delays when attempting to resolve aliases to disconnected servers.
• Prevents hotkeys from being recursively invoked during script execution.

FastScripts 2.0.4

Jul 16, 2004

• Rapid turnaround to fix a crashing bug from 2.0.3

FastScripts 2.0.3

Jul 16, 2004

• Now detects script errors and displays an alert if one occurs.
• Major performance improvements to sync operation should help menu speed on slower machines.
• Shortcut keypresses now show feedback by hilting FS icon in menu bar.
• Fixed a script loading bug that could affect users with large numbers of shell scripts.

FastScripts 2.0.2

Jul 6, 2004

• Fix a bug that could cause multiple copies of a single script to show up in the FastScripts menu.

FastScripts 2.0.1

Jun 16, 2004

• Fix a bug with app-specific script syncing.

FastScripts 2.0

Jun 10, 2004

• Major revamp with keyboard shortcut support, a preferences dialog, and more.

FastScripts 1.1.5

Dec 24, 2003

• Address an issue with aliases to folders in the script hierarchy.

FastScripts 1.1.4

Dec 24, 2003

• Update to address a variety of issues caused by script directories containing a large number of files.

FastScripts 1.1.2

May 30, 2003

• Don't switch context back to the original application if the script intentionally switched to a different app.

FastScripts 1.1.1

May 26, 2003

• Minor fixes to allow applications that are not "packaged" applications to be configured as the script editing app.

FastScripts 1.1

May 25, 2003

• Major update adding script edit and reveal shortcuts, automatic resynchronizing, and application-specific scripts.

FastScripts 1.0.2

• Recognize and execute scripts residing inside AppleScript applets & droplets.

FastScripts 1.0.1

• Fixed a bug where scripts with periods in their names would have their names truncated.

FastScripts 1.0

Apr 14, 2003

• First Release!