Ulysses › New Features

Editor counter on macOS

A small counter is displayed inside the editor and shows statistics like characters, words or paragraphs.

Optimized Publishing Flow

We’ve added dedicated buttons for quick access to publishing and separated out the publishing preview.

WordPress REST API

We’ve added support for more blogs and simplified setting up WordPress accounts using the modern REST API.

Third-Party Font Support

On iPad and iPhone, Ulysses now supports third-party font apps like Creative Cloud or iFont. So if you have these apps installed on your devices, you’re now able to make use of the provided fonts in the Ulysses editor for writing.

New Look for the iPhone Library

The library received a fresh look on iPhone, bringing it closer to Apple’s iOS design standards.

Revamped Writing Goals

Writing goals also received a visual revamp. Goals with only a little progress are now easier to recognize in the sheet list and the library.

Brand-New Markup Bar on Mac

There’s now a new markup bar on Mac. Whenever you select text in Ulysses using the mouse, the bar will display the most common markup tags at the bottom of the editor — one click applies the tag to the selection.

Shortcuts Support on Mac

Apple brought their automation app Shortcuts to Mac, allowing you to combine several actions from various apps into automated workflows. Ulysses actions can be part of your Mac shortcuts now as we also brought our integration with the Shortcuts app to Mac.

Quick Note Support

Quick Note is a new feature in Apple’s Notes app available with macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15. You can now add a link to your current Ulysses sheet to a Quick Note, which works similarly to adding a web link while browsing with Safari.

Micro.blog Post Updating

We improved Micro.blog publishing: You can now update previously published blog posts from within Ulysses.

Adjusted to iOS 15’s Look & Feel

Throughout the interface, we adjusted Ulysses to match the look and feel of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15.

iPad Multitasking

Export on iPad is now more convenient, as it always opens in a new window. Through the new multitasking menu, you can choose to display it in full screen, split view, slide over or in a centered window.

Improved Keyboard Navigation

Working on iPad is now more convenient, as we vastly improved the app’s feedback when navigating with an external keyboard.

Published-Indicator

You can now quickly identify published posts in Ulysses. The respective sheets are now indicated with a paper plane icon in the sheet list.

Publishing Widget

The dashboard receives a widget to display your blog’s name, the publishing status of the post (Draft, Published, Scheduled) and the date of your last upload.

Publishing Status Sync

Starting with Ulysses 23, the publishing status of your sheets uploaded to WordPress, Ghost, Micro.blog and Medium syncs between all of your devices.

Ghost Post Updating

As a Ghost blog owner, you can update previously published posts from with Ulysses — for example, to fix a mistake that had managed to sneak in.

Revamped Writing Session History

We’ve completely revamped the session history of group writing goals. The calculation should now work just as you would expect.

Micro.blog Publishing

Ulysses does not only offer a focused and pleasant writing environment — you can also publish your texts conveniently from within the app to various blogging platforms. Say hello to a new member in the publishing family: Micro.blog.

WordPress Post Updating

The new Ulysses version also improves publishing to WordPress: You can now update previously published posts from within Ulysses — for example, to fix typos after an article has already gone live.

Color-Customizable Group Icons

Ulysses lets you determine what you want your writing environment to look like. The new version gives you even more freedom: You now have the option to choose colors for your group icons.

Larger Headings

You can now display headings in a larger size in the editor to make them easier to distinguish from the rest of the text. This is now a setting of the editor theme, where the heading size can be fine-tuned.

Revision Mode (iOS)

Revision mode was conceived for focused text review and gathers the user’s own annotations and comments as well as Ulysses’ grammar and style suggestions in one spot. It also hides unnecessary features, dims the editor theme, and highlights annotations and suggestions.

Grammar & Style Check (iOS)

Ulysses’ advanced grammar and style check is now available on iPad and iPhone. It offers informed suggestions in categories such as capitalization, punctuation, semantics, redundancy, typography, and style, and is available in over 20 languages.

Ready for iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur

The app interface has been refreshed across the board to leverage the look-and-feel of Apple’s new operating systems iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur.

New Default Editor Theme: D21

D21 is a clean, simple, classic theme with a monochrome basis. Highlight, deletions etc. apply common colors for such tasks, like yellow and red, based on the operating system’s palette.

New App Icon

The Ulysses icon received a makeover to account for the new design standards under macOS Big Sur and reflect the idea of Ulysses as one unified writing tool.

Grammar and Style Check (Mac)

Ulysses' comprehensive grammar- and style check is available in over 20 languages and provides informed suggestions in categories such as capitalization, punctuation, semantics, redundancy, typography, and style.

Dashboard

The new dashboard offers convenient access to all information relevant to the text. You can attach keywords, writing goals and notes, review your text's structure, get an overview of footnotes and embedded images, and much more.

Outline Navigator

Part of the new dashboard is an improved outline navigator, which allows users to examine their text's structure and navigate directly to elements like headings, links, annotations etc. On iPad and iPhone, outline navigation is entirely new.

Revision Mode (Mac)

There's a dedicated revision mode within the dashboard that combines in-text annotations, the system's spell check, and the advanced grammar and style check.

Material Sheets

You're now able to indicate selected texts or notes as material. By default, material is excluded from export and statistics, and won't be considered when calculating the progress of a writing goal.

Mouse Support on iPad (iOS)

Ulysses now supports using a mouse or a trackpad with the iPad.

Keywords in Markdown Files

You can now use keywords in Markdown files. They're compatible with many third party editors, and you can sync them between Ulysses for Mac and Ulysses for iOS.

External Folders (iOS)

On iPad and iPhone, you're now able to embed external folders from locations in the Files app, such as cloud storage providers or Git clients, and edit the contained files with Ulysses.

System Dark Mode (iOS)

Ulysses supports the new iOS 13 Dark Mode. You don't need to activate Dark Mode from inside the app anymore – instead, Ulysses will honor your global preference and also react to the new scheduled appearance switch (e.g. Light until sunset).

iPadOS Multitasking (iOS)

You can now work with multiple instances of Ulysses in Fullscreen, Split View and Slide Over.

iOS 13 and iPadOS Finetuning (iOS)

We added context menus to the library and the sheet table as well as full integration with the new Shortcuts app. On iPad, there’s now a quick edit mode in the sheet table: hold command or shift while tapping a sheet. Last but not least, we added iOS 13 styled icons throughout the interface.

Ulysses Files in External Folders

We now let you save Ulysses files in external folders (though on iOS only in Dropbox).No more compromising in functionality: Make use of Markdown XL, attachments, writing goals etc. as you see fit. And you can sync your Ulysses sheets through Dropbox!

New Localizations

Ulysses is now available in Dutch and Traditional Chinese.

Keyword Management (iOS)

Keyword management comes to iOS! There's now a panel that lets you display and organize all your keywords. You can edit or delete keywords, customize their colors, and merge several keywords into one.

Keyword Favorites

You can now mark your most-used keywords as favorites and enjoy easy access to them throughout Ulysses, both on Mac and iOS.

New Export Styles

We've added four new export styles to let you make your PDF/DOCX output look good.

Revamped iPad Fullscreen Mode (iOS)

On iPad, you can now hide all unnecessary distractions. With an external keyboard attached, you can open and close fullscreen mode with the shortcut ⌃⌘F (command-control-F).

Image Captions in the Editor and PDF/DOCX Export

Captions are now shown on image previews in the editor, and export to PDF/DOCX.

Ghost Publishing

You can now upload your texts to the Ghost publishing platform, conveniently from within Ulysses, and include metadata such a featured image, keywords, excerpt and post URL.

Split View (iPad)

You're now able to keep two editors open at the same time in landscape orientation. Also, use this feature to see an export preview while editing.

Editor Split View (Mac)

On Mac, you now have the option to split the editor vertically or horizontally to display two texts at once. Shortcuts allow for fast switching between and simultaneous scrolling of the two editors. Thanks to a highlight, the currently active editor is easy to recognize.

New Keyword Search (Mac)

In group search, you can now display all keywords in use in a group. With only a click on a keyword, you can confine the search results to the sheets that are tagged with it; and you can search for keyword colors.

Keyword Manager (Mac)

There's a new panel that lets you display and organize all your keywords. You can rename keywords, change their colors, merge two or more of them into one, or delete them.

Resizing Images for Export

You're now able to set the size of an image in an exported document, from within the editor! Manual resizing is finally a thing of the past.

Web Images Preview

Ulysses now displays previews of web images inside the editor, i.e., images that are referenced with a URL. Web images are now also supported when exporting to PDF, DOCX, or ePub.

Dark Export Preview

When in dark mode, you can switch to a dark preview of your exported sheets.

Support for WordPress 5.0 "Gutenberg"

Ulysses now supports WordPress 5.0 "Gutenberg".

Revamped Dark Mode

Ulysses' dark mode has been reworked and fine-tuned for macOS Mojave. On Mac, you can now opt to match light or dark mode to your system preferences, or continue to switch manually between the two. A new editor theme – D14 – specifically optimized for the new dark mode is also included.

Face-Lifted Sheet List

On Mac, the sheet list gained bigger titles and a lighter appearance, improving its clarity and legibility, and bringing its design closer to Ulysses' iOS version.

Mac Share Extension

A share extension has long been part of Ulysses for iOS and is now available on macOS as well. Use it to send links, texts, and images from Safari and many other apps directly to Ulysses.

Siri Shortcuts

Ulysses now supports the new Siri Shortcuts in iOS 12, letting you assign voice commands to a number of Ulysses actions. You can, for example, teach Siri to create a new sheet in your *Diary* group. Also, Siri will make recommendations based on your most used actions.

Improving With Age

May 2022