Tobe 0.2.3

What's changed

• Windows come to the front: When you pick a label in a window that's behind another one, Tobe now brings that app and window to the front before it clicks. This works for two windows of different apps and for two windows of the same app. Menu items are excluded, so open menus stay open until you choose an item.

Update

brew upgrade --cask hatohato25/tobe/tobe

Install

brew trust --cask hatohato25/tobe/tobe
brew install --cask hatohato25/tobe/tobe

Tobe is signed with a self-signed certificate and isn't notarized, so Gatekeeper blocks the first launch. See First launch.

SHA-256 of Tobe-0.2.3.zip: cead64d7dfeb5cb5ad271049f63c4b4f8b237d8dd286ad8dbb77b372ec6c9587

Tobe 0.2.2

What's changed

• Labels during screen sharing and recording: Screen sharing and recording tools can place an invisible window over the whole screen. Tobe treated everything behind that window as hidden, so no labels appeared. Labels now appear during Slack huddle screen sharing and while recording with ⌘⇧5. Other tools that work the same way should also be fixed, but they haven't been tested.

Known limitation

Labels might not appear in recordings made with ⌘⇧5, even though they appear on your screen. To include them, record with screencapture -V <seconds> <file>.mov instead.

Update

brew upgrade --cask hatohato25/tobe/tobe

Install

brew install --cask hatohato25/tobe/tobe

Tobe is signed with a self-signed certificate and isn't notarized, so Gatekeeper blocks the first launch. See First launch.

SHA-256 of Tobe-0.2.2.zip: 66e82377340f199f8c7cd11b0a0421750cb80a50dc1aa648486dbe77e60ac473

Tobe 0.2.1

Tobe now has its own app icon, shown in Finder and System Settings.

Update

brew upgrade --cask hatohato25/tobe/tobe

Your Accessibility permission and settings carry over.

Install

brew install --cask hatohato25/tobe/tobe

Tobe is signed with a self-signed certificate and isn't notarized, so Gatekeeper blocks the first launch. See First launch.

SHA-256 of Tobe-0.2.1.zip: df605effded6d853494cae3395d26479902fc2741e68c71d6eed0c30eb6dfc24

Tobe 0.2.0

Tobi is now Tobe, read as 飛べ ("Jump!") or as "to be".

Tap the right Command key to put keyboard labels on the clickable elements of any macOS app, then type a label to click.

What's changed

• New name: The app, bundle ID, repository and Homebrew tap are all renamed.
• macOS 15 or later: Tobe now runs on macOS 15 and later, on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs. It has been tested on macOS 26 and 27 only.
• Chromium browsers: Chrome, Edge, Brave and similar browsers now get labels on their page content.
• Electron apps: VS Code, Orca and similar apps get labels on their content.
• Japanese: The settings window, menu and permission guide appear in Japanese if your Mac's language is Japanese.
• Restore Defaults: A new button in the settings window resets your settings.

If you installed Tobi 0.1.0

Tobe is treated as a new app, so you need to grant the Accessibility permission again, and your settings go back to their defaults. Remove the old app first:

brew uninstall --cask --zap tobi

Install

brew install --cask hatohato25/tobe/tobe

Tobe is signed with a self-signed certificate and isn't notarized, so Gatekeeper blocks the first launch. See First launch.

SHA-256 of Tobe-0.2.0.zip: 8653270358941e26b64ad067a82d8653690cb7c83174287e0c0a46849a905e82

Tobi 0.1.0

First release of Tobi: tap the right Command key to put keyboard labels on the clickable elements of any macOS app, then type a label to click.

Requirements: macOS 27 or later, and the Accessibility permission.

Install:

brew install --cask hatohato25/tobi/tobi

Tobi is signed with a self-signed certificate and isn't notarized, so Gatekeeper blocks the first launch. See First launch.

Known limitations: Tobi has been tested on one display only. Quit Tobi before you remove its Accessibility permission. See Known limitations for the full list.

SHA-256 of Tobi-0.1.0.zip: d052898d751bdde5a06ac35dc814cc0db00b87e46b06a3746338015d18e9ad13