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Learn about vigilant mode.

Ryan most-used Suggestions, Settings keyboard focus, first-launch permissions, and a short walkthrough.

Added

  • Suggestions at the top of the empty launcher, ranked by how often each application is opened on this Mac.
  • A first-run walkthrough for the launcher, search, suggestions, clipboard, notes, files, and Settings.
  • Accessibility and Input Monitoring are requested together on first launch.

Changed

  • Currently open applications are no longer pinned to the top of the launcher. Running dots still mark open apps.

Fixed

  • Tab moves keyboard focus through Settings. The sidebar focus ring no longer stays stuck on one row.

Signing

This build is ad-hoc signed and not notarized: the Apple signing secrets were not configured when it was built. macOS Gatekeeper will block the first launch of a downloaded copy.

  • macOS 14: Control-click Photon.app and choose Open, then confirm.
  • macOS 15 and later: try to open the app once, then open System Settings > Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
  • Or remove the quarantine flag: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Photon.app

Install

brew tap ryan-stoffel/taps
brew trust ryan-stoffel/taps          # Homebrew 7+
brew install --cask ryan-stoffel/taps/photon

If Homebrew still references the retired singular tap, repair the existing installation with:

brew untap ryanstoffel/homebrew-tap   # only if that stale tap is present
brew tap ryan-stoffel/taps
brew trust ryan-stoffel/taps          # Homebrew 7+
brew update
brew upgrade --cask ryan-stoffel/taps/photon

Ryan's GitHub account was renamed from RyanStoffel to ryan-stoffel. GitHub redirects old repository links, but Homebrew records tap trust by name, so use ryan-stoffel/taps.

Or download Photon-0.4.3.zip (or the .dmg) below and move Photon.app to /Applications. Verify a download with shasum -a 256 -c SHA256SUMS after placing the file next to it.

Photon needs macOS 14 or later. It asks for Accessibility access on first launch for paste-back, the Hyper key, and window management; everything else works without it.

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