Release notes

1.1.3 · 2026-07-25

No flash on save. Re-renders no longer repaint the window — a save reads as either nothing at all or one quiet change. Saves that change nothing do exactly that.
The preview follows your editing. Save while working deep in a long document and the preview glides to the block you changed, settling it in the upper third of the window. It never fights you: no movement if the edit is already on screen, and it stays put for a few seconds after you scroll the preview yourself.
Strikethrough. ~~struck text~~ now renders properly everywhere — preview, Quick Look, and PDF export.
Quieter windows. Settings only appears when you ask for it (⌘, or the app menu) or on first launch; opening a file gives you the preview and nothing else. A second copy of Markset now hands its file to the running one and bows out.
A new app icon, drawn in Apple’s layered format for macOS 26 — light, dark, and tinted.

Live preview. Open a Markdown file with Markset: drop it on the Dock icon, or right-click → Open With, and you get a typeset preview pinned to that file. Save from any editor and the preview re-renders in place, holding your scroll position. It’s the same typesetting engine as export, so what you’re looking at is exactly what you’ll get.
Export from the preview. ⌘E writes the typeset PDF next to your Markdown file. No dialogue, no settings to babysit. Export again and it quietly replaces the last one.
Your workflow stays yours. Markset never claims Markdown files. Double-clicking a .md still opens your editor, same as yesterday.
Settings apply live. Change theme or paper size in preferences and every open preview re-renders immediately.

Added US Letter alongside A4. A new Paper size control in Preferences offers Auto, US Letter, and A4. Auto reads your system locale, so a US Mac defaults to Letter and a European Mac keeps A4 without fiddling.
Added a second free-tier theme pairing Apple’s New York typeface with SF Pro Text on an oh-so-fine baseline grid.
When you first export a PDF, macOS may now show a one-time “would like to access data from other apps” prompt. Click Allow as that’s the Quick Action reading your theme and paper-size choice from the host app’s Preferences.

Dropped the menu bar icon. Markset is now a regular utility app — launch it when you want Preferences, quit when you’re done. The QuickLook and Quick Action extensions keep working regardless of whether the host app is running.
Onboarding’s “Try QuickLook” step now actually drops a demo .md file in your Downloads folder and reveals it in Finder. In v1.0 the button silently no-op’d because the demo file wasn’t bundled — now it’s fixed and logs loudly if anything else goes wrong.
Checks for new versions on launch. A dismissable banner at the top of Preferences shows when a newer Markset is available.
Optional email signup for new-version announcements, from the Preferences window or the homepage.
Verified on macOS Sonoma (14), Sequoia (15), and Tahoe (26).

Direct download: Markset 1.0 DMG — kept available for anyone who needs the original build.

QuickLook preview for .md files in Finder — press Space on any Markdown file to see it rendered without opening an app.
Typeset PDF export via right-click → Quick Actions → Markset. Output is typeset with a Swiss baseline grid, ready to print or share.
Supports GitHub-flavoured Markdown: headings, bold, italic, inline code, fenced code blocks with syntax highlighting for 18 languages, tables, blockquotes, lists, task lists, horizontal rules, and links.
Ships as a menu bar utility. No Dock icon, no file associations changed, no editor to learn.
Signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarised by Apple. Installer weighs under 1 MB.
macOS 14+ support. Works on Intel and Apple silicon Macs.