Jade for Mac 0.8 is out · free for macOS 14 and later

What's new

Jade for Mac

What's new

Every release of Jade for Mac, newest first: what's new, what got better, and what got fixed.

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0.8.1

Latest

Jade now runs on macOS 14 and later.

New

  • After each update, Jade opens What's New once to show what changed, in English or Chinese, and the menu bar menu keeps it there for later.

Improved

  • Jade runs on macOS Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15 as well as Tahoe 26, so more Macs can have it, older Intel Macs among them.
  • Each release page on GitHub now starts with what changed, in English and Chinese, and says which file to download.

0.8.0

One cat, on your desktop and on the web.

Improved

  • The cat on jadethecat.com now runs the same mind as the one on your desktop.
  • Greetings, sleepy nights and the Right now card work the same way in both places.
  • When your cat learns something new on the Mac, the cat on the website learns it too.

0.7.0

Your cat notices when you come back.

New

  • Come back after ten minutes or more away and your cat greets you: a fond cat walks over, a shyer cat looks up.
  • Double-click your cat for a Right now card, with a mood or two and a line in your cat's own voice.
  • Late at night your cat gets sleepy, with fewer leaps and more naps; turn off Sleepy at night in Settings if you'd rather not.
  • The pixel cat can now wear your own cat's coat colours, ready for when they arrive from Jade on iPhone.

Improved

  • The Right now card and the break screen's buttons have softer, rounder corners, like Jade on iPhone and on the web.

Fixed

  • Settings no longer assume your cat is a boy.

0.6.0

Your cat's own name, and a ring that counts down to your break.

New

  • In the menu bar, your cat sits in a ring that empties as your next break gets closer.
  • When a break is close, the ring fills in, so you can tell at a glance.

Improved

  • The countdown is shorter: 59m, 1h 5m, and seconds only in the last minute.
  • The menu opens with your cat's name, and every item has an icon.
  • Settings, the menu and the break screen now use your cat's own name instead of Jade.

Every release and its files on GitHub

Bringing Jade home

Jade.dmg is downloading. Three steps and he's on your desktop.

  1. 1

    Open Jade.dmg

    It's in your Downloads folder. Double-click it.

  2. 2

    Drag Jade into Applications

    In the window that opens, drop the Jade icon onto the Applications folder.

  3. 3

    Allow it the first time

    Jade isn't notarised yet, so macOS stops it the first time. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway.

Or install from Terminal

Homebrew
brew install --cask misoto22/tap/jade

One line in Terminal
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://jadethecat.com/mac/install)"

Either way skips the Open Anyway step.