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30 July 2026

Faster shortcuts and your new account portal

v2.1.12 makes your shortcuts feel instant and introduces a self-serve account portal for managing your license, Macs, and billing

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23 February 2026

Shortcut compatibility fixes and smoother license activation

v2.1.11 fixes shortcut conflicts, restores Freeze Panes after an Excel update, and improves license activation

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22 January 2026

Performance update and 900+ new shortcut guides

v2.1.10 brings a small performance improvement and introduces comprehensive shortcut guides

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26 December 2025

Dark mode support, Picture Format shortcuts, and key bug fixes

v2.1.8 brings dark mode support, new PowerPoint shortcuts, and important bug fixes

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21 December 2025

Legacy Alt+E shortcuts now supported - Excel 2003 muscle memory restored

v2.1.7 adds support for legacy pre-ribbon Excel shortcuts from the Edit menu (Alt+E)

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18 December 2025

70+ new PowerPoint shortcuts with improved performance and reliability

v2.1.6 has been released with a massive expansion of PowerPoint shortcuts, performance improvements, and a refreshed visual style

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25 November 2025

Simplified onboarding with shortcut processing more reliable and performance up to 2x faster

v2.1.4 has been released with a new onboarding wizard and shortcut processing that is up to 2x faster than previous versions

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14 October 2025

Improved support for macOS Tahoe 26

v2.1.3 has been released with an important bug fix when Excel and PowerPoint are both open at the same time

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25 September 2025

Full support for macOS Tahoe 26

v2.1.2 has been released with full support for macOS Tahoe 26.

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16 November 2024

Restored blazing fast Accelerator Keys functionality

v2.1.0 has been released, restoring blazing fast Accelerator Keys functionality.

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7 September 2024

Stability improvements

v2.0.9 has been released with stability fixes and other improvements.

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10 November 2023

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14 October 2023

Accelerator Keys is compatible with macOS Sonoma

With the recent release of macOS 14.0 Sonoma, I’ve tested Accelerator Keys on it and confirmed that it continues to work on the latest OS.

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23 January 2023

v2.0.8 released - Bug fixes

The previous release broke support for shortcuts that involved opening a sub-window in Mac Powerpoint and Excel. That has now been fixed.

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22 January 2023

v2.0.7 released - Fast keystrokes supported

For a while now, one of the bugbears of Accelerator Keys was that if you typed in Accelerator Key sequences too fast, keystrokes would accidentally enter Excel/Powerpoint instead of triggering the appropriate ribbon shortcuts.

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9 November 2022

v2.0.6 released - All Powerpoint shortcuts fully supported

All Powerpoint alt-key shortcuts are now fully supported. This week, I had an idea that managed to greatly speed up the process of adding shortcuts to Accelerator Keys, and I’m glad to bring this update to the Powerpoint warriors among us.

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4 November 2022

v2.0.5 released - All Excel shortcuts fully supported

I’ve made a strong push to add the remaining 150-200 or so shortcuts that were missing in Excel, and now I’m glad to report that all Excel shortcuts are now enabled in Accelerator Keys.

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26 October 2022

v2.0.4 - Ventura Support Added

macOS Ventura support has been added.

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26 June 2022

v2.0.3 released - Full screen mode and Zoom support

Summary: Accelerator Keys now works when Excel is in full screen mode, and when there is an active Zoom or MS Teams call ongoing.

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11 April 2022

Update on bug fixes and our first developer

Summary: Accelerator Keys is growing well enough that I’m bringing on an external developer to work on long-standing usability upgrades.

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13 January 2022

v2.0.2 released

Summary: Accelerator Keys now supports Powerpoint.

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24 November 2021

v2.0.1 released

Summary: Fixed the onboarding flow to allow non-English users to use Accelerator Keys as long as Excel’s language is in English.

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22 November 2021

v2.0.0 released

Summary: Significant usability improvements, including a setup wizard, starting Accelerator Keys at login, and auto-resizing Excel so that all buttons are selectable via alt keys.

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6 November 2021

v1.1.4 released

Summary: Updated Accelerator Keys to work with macOS Monterey and added a few requested features.

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11 September 2021

v1.1.3 released

Summary: Added missing shortcuts requested from paying users.

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19 July 2021

v1.1.2 released

Summary: Accelerator Keys now allows you control buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar in Mac Excel using alt key shortcuts. Ribbon shortcuts for Mac Excel also now work on multi-monitor setups.

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9 May 2021

v1.1.1 released

Summary: Fixed bugs that were causing Accelerator Keys to crash on certain key sequences in Excel 2019 and 2016.

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27 March 2021

v1.1.0 released

Summary: Updates Accelerator Keys to match recent changes to Mac Excel and adds new ribbon shortcuts requested by users.

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