Changelog

Site update — August 14, 2026 · Headlines in one color

Website only; no change to the app.

• The headline no longer fades from one color into another across the letters. A gradient poured through text is the house style of every generated landing page on the web, and it was on the hero here, on the small uppercase label above each section, and on the license label in the purchase panel. The words are one solid color now — the accent this page already used everywhere else — so the headline finally matches the page under it.
• The price and the counters carried the same fade and are plain white now; the check marks down the plan list are a flat accent rather than a gradient.
• The figures on the download-stats page were faded the same way and are plain white now. The color belongs to the bars beside them, not to the digits.
• Gradients are kept where they belong — the buttons, the app tile and the rule above the support panel are untouched. It is only text that stopped fading.
• No change to the app.

1.1.11 — August 13, 2026

Nothing else changed — same recording, same encoder, same output. If you have automatic updates on, GifMint will offer this to you on its own within about a week; you can also take it now from GifMint ▸ Check for Updates…

Changed

• GifMint’s mint, inside the app, now matches the mint everywhere else. The icon in your Dock, the website, the installer window and the share card were all redrawn on a slightly cooler mint a while back; the app’s own buttons, links and controls were left on the older one, so the app never quite matched the icon that launched it. They are the same mint now.

Download update — August 12, 2026 · Opens without an internet check

• The copy of GifMint in the download now opens without needing the internet. macOS checks that an app has been approved by Apple before it runs for the first time. That approval can travel inside the app itself, and in the download it did not — so the first launch had to reach Apple to confirm it. Offline, behind a hotel or campus login page, or when Apple’s service was slow, that check could fail and macOS would report that GifMint “cannot be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.” The approval now travels with the app, so the first launch works with no connection at all.
• Automatic updates were never affected — the copy they install already carried its approval.
• The installer window opens at the right size. It was one title bar too short, so the artwork behind the drag-to-Applications arrow was cut off along the bottom and the window opened already scrolled. It now fits exactly.
• The app itself is unchanged: same version, same signature. Only the download was repackaged, so there is nothing to do if you already have GifMint installed.

Site update — August 12, 2026 · What actually connects to the internet

• A privacy answer on this page was wrong, and is fixed. It said GifMint “runs 100% offline” and that personal use “never goes online” — which stopped being true once GifMint gained the ability to update itself. Conversions, and everything you open, were never sent anywhere and still aren't; the claim about connections was the part that was false.
• Every connection GifMint makes, in full: a check for a new version about once a week, and — only if you enter a business license key — a check that the key is valid. Nothing about your files is in any of them, and the update check sends the app version and nothing more.
• The update instructions were out of date. They described downloading a new copy and dragging it over the old one. GifMint updates itself — it checks about once a week and offers to install the new version in place, refusing any download that isn't signed by us. You can still replace it by hand, and you can turn the automatic check off.
• No change to the app.

Site update — August 12, 2026 · Readable buttons and small print

• The buttons in the header say what they say. The Tip and Download pills were drawing their label at 55% opacity over a colored fill, which measured as low as 1.6:1 against it — well under the 4.5:1 the accessibility guidelines ask for. Their labels are now solid, and the fill behind them is set a shade deeper so the text genuinely clears that bar.
• The Subscribe and Support buttons too. Their labels were colored for one end of a two-color gradient and disappeared into the other end. Both now use a single fill that the label is legible on all the way across.
• The newsletter note, the “More apps” caption and the version line under the download button were all set too faint to read comfortably; each is now above the AA threshold.
• Keyboard shortcut chips are legible against their own background.
• No change to the app.

Site update — August 12, 2026 · The logo takes you home

• Clicking the GifMint logo at the top of this page now goes to the twoplus11 home page. It reloaded the page you were already on instead, which is not what the logo does on any other twoplus11 app site.
• No change to the app.

Site update — August 11, 2026 · Clearer search results

• The description under this site in Google is no longer cut off. It ran past the length Google shows and broke mid-word; it now reads as a complete sentence.
• Sharing a link to the privacy, terms or changelog page now shows a proper preview card instead of a bare URL.
• The sitemap now reports when each page actually changed, so search engines re-check pages that have been updated instead of assuming they are stale.
• No change to the app.

August 11, 2026 · A new look

• Changed: GifMint has a new app icon. Every twoplus11 app moved to one generated palette, so the color in your Dock, on this site and on the download page is now the same color — they had drifted apart.
• Changed: refreshed the site to match, including the tab icon and the link preview image.
• Changed: the GifMint mark is now the same in every place it appears. The large logo above the headline was a plain gradient circle with no ring and no "GIF" — it now draws the same mark as the one in the tab, the menu bar and the Dock. The download page and the links from other twoplus11 apps were showing older versions of it as well; they all draw the one mark now.

Site update — August 10, 2026 · A screenshot of the app

• Added a screenshot of GifMint's menu-bar panel — the page had never shown the app at all. It covers the three capture modes, the frame-rate and resolution sliders with the output size they produce, and the options underneath, including the End card. No change to the app.

1.1.10 — August 9, 2026 · Fleet look

• New: refreshed appearance — GifMint now uses the shared twoplus11 palette and a regenerated app icon (including the dark-appearance variant, which had been left on the old colors), so it matches the rest of the family.

1.1.9 — August 6, 2026 · GifMint updates itself

• New: GifMint can now install its own updates. Earlier versions could only tell you a new release existed and send you here to download it by hand. It checks about once a week, and you can turn that off in Settings.
• Because 1.1.8 and earlier have no updater built in, this one release still has to be downloaded manually — after that, updates arrive on their own.
• Update checks go to api.twoplus11.com. We record the app, the version, the date, the user agent, and a daily-salted hash of your IP address — never the address itself, and nothing tied to you. See the privacy policy.

1.1.8 — July 18, 2026 · Compact control panel

• The control panel's recording button now shows just its icon, so the panel stays compact at narrower widths.

1.1.7 — July 17, 2026 · ⌘⇧G in the Mac App Store build

• New: the ⌘⇧G global keyboard shortcut to start/stop recording is now available in the Mac App Store build too (previously Developer ID/DMG only) — press it from anywhere to stop without going to the menu bar.

1.1.6 — July 16, 2026

• Removed the “GifMint logo” caption next to the End card toggle in the control panel and preview window.
• New: 13-language localization with an in-app flag picker.
• Fixed: the End card and loop-count settings now actually affect the in-app preview — previously they only affected the real export.

1.1.5 — July 16, 2026 · End card toggle in the preview

• New: the “End card” toggle now also appears in the preview window (below Output size), so you can turn the end card on or off for an export without reopening the control panel.
• Fixed: flipping the End card toggle in the control panel while a preview was open didn't refresh the pending GIF — the change only took effect after the next trim or Optimize.

1.1.4 — July 15, 2026 · “Tip”

• Renamed the “Donate” link to “Tip.”

1.1.3 — July 14, 2026

• New: choose Light, Dark, or System appearance for the control panel from a new Appearance picker in Options — previously it only followed macOS automatically.

1.1.2 — July 13, 2026

• twoplus11 wordmark credit in the control panel's brand-credit row.
• Occasional, low-pressure prompt to support twoplus11 after extended use — never more than once, easy to dismiss for good.

1.1.1 — July 12, 2026

• Improved: the end-of-recording card now credits twoplus11.com/gifmint beneath the countdown, so recipients know where the GIF came from.

1.1.0 — July 12, 2026

• New: double-clicking the preview header now maximizes the window to fill your screen (replaces the old fit-to-GIF sizing); double-click again to restore.
• New: Help and Review buttons, always visible in the popover footer.
• Improved: automatic update checks now run weekly instead of daily, respect a new on/off toggle, and badge the popover's update button when one's found.

1.0.9 — July 11, 2026

• New: Export as MP4 — after you record, pick GIF or MP4 (H.264) right in the preview's export bar. MP4 is far smaller than a GIF for the same clip, so it's the better choice for longer recordings and for sharing anywhere GIFs feel too heavy. Copy, Save, and drag-out all honor the format you pick.
• Improved: GifMint's global shortcut no longer needs Accessibility permission — the record hotkey now works the moment you set it, with no macOS permission prompt to approve and nothing to re-grant after an update.
• Accessibility: higher color contrast on the interface and a proper spoken window title for VoiceOver.

1.0.8 — July 10, 2026

• New: End card — GIFs now finish with a short "End of recording" screen showing the GifMint name and logo, with a "Restarts in 3… 2… 1…" countdown that ticks down before the loop restarts. It works for every capture mode (Screen, Window, Area), and whoever receives the GIF can trim it off. Turn it on or off with the new End card switch in the menu-bar panel's Options (on by default).

1.0.7 — July 9, 2026

• New: Fit window to GIF — double-click the preview's header to size the window to your GIF's exact proportions (no empty bars around the frame), as large as your screen allows; double-click again to restore the previous size.
• The recording panel is now branded with the GifMint name and logo, and it's kept in full-screen and area recordings when it's on screen (previously it was always removed from the capture).
• Personal use now says so plainly: the licensing screen spells out that GifMint is free for personal use and includes free updates forever — no catch, no expiry

1.0.6 — June 2026

• Check for Updates is now easy to find — a button right in the menu-bar panel (alongside the menu item), and GifMint quietly checks on its own about once a day, marking the menu-bar icon with a small dot when a newer version is out. It only ever tells you and links to the download — nothing is downloaded or installed automatically.

1.0.5 — June 2026

• Check for Updates — tells you whether you're on the latest version and links you to the download page when a new one is out.
• Pause and resume a recording mid-capture, and live trimming — the section you select is exactly what you copy, save, or drag out.
• Output size control (100% / 75% / 50%) and a Share button in the preview; right-click any frame to copy or save it as a PNG.
• Fixed: area recordings no longer captured a vertically-mirrored region, and multi-monitor captures now record the display you're actually on.

1.0 — June 2026 · Initial public release

• Record your screen as an optimized animated GIF — full screen, a single window, or a drag-selected region
• Auto-stop timer so recordings end on their own
• Built-in frame trimmer to cut the start and end before you save
• One-click copy to the clipboard, or save the GIF to disk
• Lightweight menu-bar app — about 2 MB, Apple Silicon & Intel, macOS 13+