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# v1.5.0 — Encrypted cloud sync

> Your scripts now sync across your devices, end-to-end encrypted with a key only your devices hold — plus faithful Final Draft round-trips and a cleaner PDF import.

<Note>
  Released **August 12, 2026** · [Download the latest version](https://inkwell.app/download)
</Note>

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

***

<Tip>
  See [all releases](/whats-new/overview) for the full history.
</Tip>