Squirrel Trap v1.7.0

What's New

• New: a macOS desktop widget. Add Squirrel Trap to your desktop or Notification Center (small, medium, or large) to see your pending to-dos at a glance, styled to match the app's own dark glass look. It updates automatically as you add, complete, or clear items — no need to open the app.
• New: a first-run onboarding wizard. New installs now get a quick guided walkthrough of General, Appearance, and Sync settings instead of landing straight in the app with no orientation.
• New: contextual tips. As you use the app, occasional small tips point out features that are easy to miss (Snooze, per-item reminders, Default Alarm, Launch at Login, and more) — each can be dismissed individually, or reset all at once from Preferences → Activity.
• New: a Default Color preference — set a default color tag for new to-dos instead of picking one every time (Preferences → Appearance).
• New: a Show Streak setting — hide the 🔥 streak counter entirely if you'd rather the panel just show today's count (Preferences → Appearance).
• Fixed: Escape not always closing the panel. This was the known issue called out in v1.6.0 — it's resolved now.
• Fixed: Preferences occasionally getting stuck and not closing after a contextual tip had been shown on the gear or Snooze button.
• Fixed: keyboard focus sometimes landing on the wrong control (e.g. the favorites star) instead of the text field when the panel reopened.

Installing (first time)

1. Download Squirrel Trap.zip below and unzip it.
2. Drag Squirrel Trap.app to your Applications folder (or anywhere you like).
3. Open it. It's signed and notarized by Apple, so it launches normally — no security warnings or workarounds needed.
4. On first launch, grant Input Monitoring permission when prompted — this is what lets it detect Cmd+Tab. It's passive and never records anything else you type.

Updating (already have it installed)

1. Quit Squirrel Trap (menu bar icon → Quit, or the Quit button in Preferences).
2. Download Squirrel Trap.zip below and unzip it.
3. Drag the new Squirrel Trap.app to Applications, replacing the old one.
4. Relaunch.

Your to-do history, favorites, and preferences are all stored separately and aren't touched by replacing the app. To add the new desktop widget, right-click your desktop (or open Notification Center) → Edit Widgets → search for Squirrel Trap.

Squirrel Trap also checks for updates automatically and will show a link in the app when a newer version is available — you'll still need to come back here to download it, per the above.

Full Changelog: v1.6.0...v1.7.0