ognistik/macrowhisper v2.0.1 on GitHub

Changed

Improvements to Context Placeholders in --copy-action
- Fixed --copy-action so context placeholders are resolved from live invocation-time state instead of reusing stale recording metadata.
- Repeated --copy-action calls now rebuild {{clipboardContext}} from the active session or recent clipboard buffer, while normal action execution still keeps its validated frozen session context.
- This means that during a recording, the --copy-action flag will always grab fresh content for context placeholders.
Improvements to smart punctuation.
- Added ellipsis (...) to the list of valid closing punctuation for the ensureSentence transform.
- Added rules for punctuation stripping mid-sentence... specific punctuation that is allowed like ,, ;, :
Improved support for smart insertion settings in supported browsers.
- Tries to dig deeper in the accessibility tree to get correct caret position.
- Noticeable improvement in text editing interfaces (for example, ChatGPT Canvas)
Improved ensureSentence transformation for normalizing sentences that may have wrappers (parenthesis, asterisks, brackets, etc.)

How to Update

If Installed through Homebrew

brew update
brew upgrade macrowhisper
macrowhisper --restart-service

Why do you need to re-grant accessibility permissions after update?

MacOS stores accessibility permissions tied to the absolute file path, not the application signature. Since Macrowhisper is a single binary application rather than an app bundle, when Homebrew upgrades it, the application gets placed in a version-specific folder. Each brew upgrade causes the binary to be stored at a different path, which macOS treats as a completely different application, effectively resetting the accessibility permissions.

You'll notice multiple versions of Macrowhisper appearing in your System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility panel after updates. You can manually remove these stale entries when upgrading, but unfortunately there's no automatic workaround as long as you install using Homebrew due to this path-based permission system.

Alternative installation option: If you prefer not to re-grant accessibility permissions after each update, you can install Macrowhisper using the script instead of Homebrew (you do need to uninstall using Homebrew first).

If Installed with Script

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ognistik/macrowhisper/main/scripts/install.sh | sh
macrowhisper --restart-service