Brainstead 2.5.0

Brainstead now runs on Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit), with a per-user installer that needs no administrator rights and updates itself. Everything works there: tasks, notes, the wiki, Ask and the assistants, Read aloud, Export PDF, spelling and grammar (Windows' own spell checker, with grammar checked on the PC), the text in images, quick capture, the tray icon and the Outlook and Teams capture extensions. Windows has no menu bar: the keys still work, and Check for Updates… is in Settings › About. Thanks to Angus Pearce for the Windows port. On a Mac: clicking a grammar mark shows its fixes again.

Installing

Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 14 or later): open Brainstead.dmg and drag Brainstead onto Applications. The first time you open it, macOS says it can't check the app for malicious software, as it isn't notarised by Apple: click Done, then in System Settings › Privacy & Security click Open Anyway.

Windows (10 or 11, 64-bit): run Brainstead_x64-setup.exe, added a few minutes after the Mac's files. If Windows says it protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway: the installer isn't code-signed. It installs for you alone, with no administrator password.