30 July 2026
v2.1.12 makes your shortcuts feel instant and introduces a self-serve account portal for managing your license, Macs, and billing
23 February 2026
v2.1.11 fixes shortcut conflicts, restores Freeze Panes after an Excel update, and improves license activation
22 January 2026
v2.1.10 brings a small performance improvement and introduces comprehensive shortcut guides
26 December 2025
v2.1.8 brings dark mode support, new PowerPoint shortcuts, and important bug fixes
21 December 2025
v2.1.7 adds support for legacy pre-ribbon Excel shortcuts from the Edit menu (Alt+E)
18 December 2025
v2.1.6 has been released with a massive expansion of PowerPoint shortcuts, performance improvements, and a refreshed visual style
25 November 2025
v2.1.4 has been released with a new onboarding wizard and shortcut processing that is up to 2x faster than previous versions
14 October 2025
v2.1.3 has been released with an important bug fix when Excel and PowerPoint are both open at the same time
25 September 2025
v2.1.2 has been released with full support for macOS Tahoe 26.
16 November 2024
v2.1.0 has been released, restoring blazing fast Accelerator Keys functionality.
7 September 2024
v2.0.9 has been released with stability fixes and other improvements.
10 November 2023
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14 October 2023
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.
23 January 2023
The previous release broke support for shortcuts that involved opening a sub-window in Mac Powerpoint and Excel. That has now been fixed.
22 January 2023
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.
9 November 2022
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.
4 November 2022
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.
26 June 2022
Summary: Accelerator Keys now works when Excel is in full screen mode, and when there is an active Zoom or MS Teams call ongoing.
11 April 2022
Summary: Accelerator Keys is growing well enough that I’m bringing on an external developer to work on long-standing usability upgrades.
24 November 2021
Summary: Fixed the onboarding flow to allow non-English users to use Accelerator Keys as long as Excel’s language is in English.
22 November 2021
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.
6 November 2021
Summary: Updated Accelerator Keys to work with macOS Monterey and added a few requested features.
19 July 2021
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.
9 May 2021
Summary: Fixed bugs that were causing Accelerator Keys to crash on certain key sequences in Excel 2019 and 2016.
27 March 2021
Summary: Updates Accelerator Keys to match recent changes to Mac Excel and adds new ribbon shortcuts requested by users.