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Released August 12, 2026 · Download the latest version

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Highlights

Inkwell now syncs your scripts across your devices — and it does it without giving up your privacy. When you turn sync on for a script, Inkwell encrypts it on your Mac before it ever leaves. The key that opens it lives only on your devices, so the copy we hold is encrypted bytes we can’t read. Write on your Mac at home, and your work is waiting on your laptop at the coffee shop — and on your iPhone and iPad in Inkwell Reader. Sync is opt-in and off by default. You decide which scripts sync, one at a time. And your .ink files are still real files on your Mac — sync is a convenient encrypted copy, never a replacement.

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New

  • Encrypted cloud sync. Turn on sync for a script and it’s encrypted on your Mac, then kept in step across every device you’re signed in on. Only your devices hold the key, so nobody else — us included — can read what’s stored. Flip it on per script from the sync badge, or set a default in Settings ▸ Sync.
  • Your library, on every device. The Startup window now shows the scripts from your other devices alongside your recent files, each marked with a cloud icon. Click one that isn’t on this Mac yet and it downloads on the spot.
  • A recovery kit for peace of mind. Save a one-time recovery code and you can unlock your synced library on a brand-new Mac — even if you’ve signed out everywhere else. Inkwell walks you through saving it after your first sync, and you can generate a fresh one anytime in Settings ▸ Sync.
  • Sign in on your Mac. Signing in to your Inkwell account on macOS is now a smooth, one-click hand-off through your browser — no codes to copy.
  • Guided setup. New to Inkwell? Setup now offers to turn on sync as you get started, with a plain-language explanation of what syncs and what doesn’t. Not now is always one click away.

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Improved

  • Final Draft files round-trip faithfully. Import a .fdx and export it back, and far more of the script survives the trip: revision sets and their colored marks, scene numbers and numbering options, (MORE) / (CONT'D) breaks, inline script notes, dual dialogue, title pages, and stage- and TV-style elements. Exports even carry the SmartType autocomplete lists built from your script, so they land ready to keep writing in Final Draft.
  • Sharper PDF import. Bold and italic passages in a PDF now come in as real emphasis, location numbers stay inside scene headings instead of leaking into the text, and font changes mid-line no longer insert stray spaces.
  • A calmer, more honest sync status. The little cloud badge on each script tells you exactly where things stand — syncing, synced, waiting for network, or needs attention — and never claims “Synced” while a change is still on its way up.

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Fixed

  • A script that couldn’t reach the sync service now says so plainly and offers Try Again, instead of leaving you at a dead end.
  • Turning sync off for a script now genuinely stays off.
  • Removing a script from the cloud is clearly separated from turning sync off, so the two are never confused.
  • Imported Final Draft title pages and scene headings are no longer dropped or mangled on the way in.
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