What's New in Raycast for Mac V2

Here's a tour of the big and small improvements you'll find across the app. Many of these were among the most-requested features from our community, so we listened and built them for you.

General

• A fresh new look and feel across the app, redesigned for macOS Tahoe.
• A simpler, cleaner compact mode that's easier to scan at a glance.
• Application symlinks now show up in Root Search, so you can launch them just like any other app.

Shortcuts

• A new and improved hotkey recorder that's quicker and more reliable to set up.
• Use the fn key on its own as a single-tap modifier, perfect for a quick shortcut without holding multiple keys.
• Better detection when shortcuts overlap, with a clear option to overwrite the existing one.
• Assign hotkeys and aliases right from the action panel in Root Search, no need to dig into Raycast Settings.

Quick AI

• Redesigned to match AI Chat, with a more powerful composer for richer prompts.

AI Chat

• Presets are now called Agents, and they're reused across chats. Update an agent's configuration once and the change applies to every chat that uses it.
• Added memory so chats remember context about you and feel more personal.
• Skills installed on your Mac are now supported and load in automatically.
• Chats can be auto-archived after a set period, keeping your sidebar tidy without any manual cleanup.
• Branch off any message in a chat to explore a different direction without losing the original thread.
• Turn on Danger mode to bypass all confirmation prompts when you want maximum speed.

Personalization

• Added Profile, where you can jot down context about yourself (role, preferred tools, communication style) that Raycast AI uses across conversations.
• Added Memory, an automatic summary Raycast AI builds from your conversations over time, picking up on your projects, preferences, and goals.
• Both are fully editable, and you can turn them off any time in Raycast Settings → AI → Personalization.

File Search

• Now powered by a new indexing engine for faster results and more ways to filter.
• Files and folders can now be found right in Root Search, so you don't need a separate command to look them up.

Snippets

• Added support for tagging, so you can organize and find snippets faster.

Quicklinks

• Added support for pinning, so your most-used Quicklinks always stay at the top.
• Added support for tagging to keep large collections of Quicklinks organized.

Dynamic Placeholders

• New {calculator} placeholder for inline math, available in Snippets, Quicklinks, and AI Commands.

Calculator

• Added syntax highlighting so expressions are easier to read at a glance.

Clipboard History

• Raycast now saves every original format you copied and lets you restore them, so pasting always matches the source.
• Rename clipboard entries to make them easier to find later.
• When you copy multiple files or pieces of content at once, they're now grouped together as a single clipboard entry.

Calendar

• New Create Event command for adding events without leaving Raycast.

Emoji & Symbols

• Multiple grid size options, so you can pick the layout that suits you best.

Translator

• Set default source and target languages so you don't have to pick them every time.
• Create custom commands with predefined language pairs, so you can jump straight into translating your most-used languages without picking them each time.
• New Use Selected Text as Source setting. When it's on, triggering the translator via hotkey automatically fills in whatever you have selected.
• Inline translation with the in suffix, so you can translate right as you type.

Plenty more improvements are scattered throughout the app — many of them your most-requested. Thanks for the feedback!