KMate 4.0 is here! Now supporting both Kindle and Kobo, KMate brings your reading and learning together with Kobo imports, richer vocabulary context, new color themes, and flexible note exports. What’s New - Kobo support: Import highlights, notes, and saved words (My Words) via USB or from a Kobo database file, preserving book, author, and source information. Manage Kobo content in both Database and Reading modes. - Richer vocabulary context: Explore usage, sources, examples, and highlights in dedicated tabs. Find related examples, highlights, and notes across your library to learn from your own reading. - Detail view themes: Choose from Default, Minimal, Paper White, Eye Comfort, Gray Blue, and Night Ink for highlight and vocabulary details, independently of your Reading mode theme. - Flexible note exports: Place linked notes above or below highlights, or as separate entries, when copying or exporting to text, Markdown, PDF, or Word. PDF and Word exports can preserve highlight colors. - More online dictionaries: Added FreeDictionaryAPI.com for multilingual lookup, Jisho for Japanese–English, and Dicionário Aberto for Portuguese. - Aqua highlights: Use aqua in lists, Reading mode, and color filters. Improved highlight color recognition for newer Kindle app versions and Amazon Cloud. Improvements - Reader connections: A unified Kindle and Kobo workflow improves device detection, switching, and permission reuse. Connected readers can proceed directly to import. - Import results: Clearer import counts and quick access to newly added highlights, notes, and vocabulary. - Dictionary dark mode: Definitions can follow the reading area’s theme. Choose automatic adaptation, KMate styling, or the original appearance for each dictionary. - Local dictionaries: Improved word form, capitalization, and multilingual matching in MOBI dictionaries, with faster preparation for some large dictionaries and smoother lookups. Text dictionaries support multiline HTML definitions with formatting preserved. - Online lookup: Faster responses when querying multiple dictionaries or switching words. Legacy Google, Bing, and DeepL translation engines are no longer supported; choose online or AI dictionaries in Dictionary Settings. - Content organization: Delete name mappings in bulk, toggle linked highlights and notes from the View menu, and enjoy improved list deletion and keyboard controls. - Interface and settings: More consistent light and dark appearances, better layouts for long text and floating menus, and improved action hints, iCloud sync status, backup times, and multilingual display. Fixes - Fixed color recognition, empty notes, and note parsing in some Kindle app and Amazon Cloud imports. - Fixed book sorting by import time when adding notes, keeping Database and Reading modes consistent. - Fixed issues adding read-only dictionaries and locating dictionary files after they were moved. - Fixed dark styling, background colors, and nested scrollbars in some dictionary definitions. - Fixed an issue where iCloud sync could overwrite highlight creation times. - Improved duplicate detection for highlights without valid locations, standardized date and location displays, and removed invalid zero locations from exports. - Other bug fixes and performance improvements.

This update expands AI dictionary support, improves multi-dictionary live lookup and dictionary management, and enhances compatibility with Apple Books and Amazon Kindle Cloud imports and Kindle My Clippings exports. New Features - Added support for Anthropic Claude, Kimi, and Zhipu GLM. Use your own API key and custom prompts to generate vocabulary definitions. Improvements - AI Dictionary Setup: The model list now refreshes automatically after you enter an API key, prioritizing fast models suited to everyday lookups while preserving existing model settings. Clearer API key guidance and test results make setup and troubleshooting easier. - Dictionary Management: Newly added dictionaries are automatically selected and brought into view. Dictionary details now list all main and related resource files, with individual links to open their locations. - Highlight & Note Imports: Apple Books and Amazon Kindle Cloud imports now respect your saved book and author name mappings. Improved duplicate detection and source handling reduce duplicate entries when reimporting edited content. - Kindle My Clippings Export: The default filename is now My Clippings.txt. Suggested filenames update when switching formats while preserving names you enter manually. - Interface & Languages: Refined messages and translations for Apple Books import, Reading Mode menus, Settings, and dictionary testing. Clarified KMate Pro benefits and iCloud sync information. Fixes - Fixed blank definitions, truncated content, and nested scrollbars in some local dictionaries during live lookup, making definitions easier to read. - Fixed entry links and related resource display in some MDX dictionaries, improving both live lookup and batch definition retrieval. - Fixed inconsistent book language grouping between Reading Mode and Database Mode, including incorrect language detection for short highlights. - Fixed page and location metadata handling in Apple Books imports. Updating this information now preserves your edited text. - Fixed issues when reimporting Kindle My Clippings exports that could misidentify highlights and notes, create duplicate entries, or include location metadata in the note text. - Fixed incorrect book and author parsing when imported author names contain parentheses.

This update expands KMate beyond Kindle with Apple Books import and brings major improvements to editing, device connection, syncing, dictionaries, and library management. New Features - Apple Books Import: Import highlights and notes directly from Apple Books on your Mac. KMate preserves book and author information, linked notes, highlight colors, and source details. - Edit Book and Author Details: Double-click a book title or author in the highlight detail view to rename it. KMate remembers these changes and reapplies them during future imports and iCloud sync, preventing old names from returning. Saved mappings can be managed in Settings. - Source-based Organization: Browse highlights by Kindle, WeRead, Apple Books, or KMate in both Library and Reading modes, with clearer source icons and quick navigation to the related book or author. Improvements - Improved Kindle connection and multi-device support on macOS, with more reliable authorization for both newer and classic Kindle models. - KMate now identifies when another app is using a connected Kindle and provides a clearer message. A connected device with no new highlights is now handled as a successful sync. - Highlight colors are preserved more consistently across Kindle, Amazon, WeRead, and Apple Books imports. - Imports and dictionary lookups are more responsive and can be canceled safely. Library position, expanded groups, and selection are restored after importing. - Improved support for MOBI and PRC dictionaries, Polish dictionaries, and three-column TSV dictionaries, plus more reliable access to external dictionary files. - Tag counts and filtered lists now refresh immediately after changes. Batch and duplicate deletion is faster and keeps library counts and selection in sync. - Settings now shows the number of saved deleted-item markers and provides clearer management for book and author name mappings. - Refined confirmation dialogs, keyboard controls, book and author navigation, and translations across all supported languages. Fixes - Fixed an iCloud sync conflict that could affect vocabulary usage records while protecting unsynced local changes. - Fixed Apple Books folder selection and authorization issues. - Fixed stale library counts or incorrect selection after deleting items or editing tags. - Fixed additional import, dictionary, and interface stability issues.

This major update focuses on reading review, content organization, and data reliability. It adds the Activity Calendar, trend charts, notes source grouping, and wildcard search; significantly upgrades Duplicate Filter Mode, local dictionary performance, and Reading Mode; and improves cloud sync and multi-dictionary live lookup reliability. New Features - Activity Calendar and Trends: Database Mode now includes an activity calendar for Highlights and Vocabulary. View heatmaps and trends by day, month, or year, see daily and monthly averages, and filter the current list by date. - Highlight & Note Source Grouping: Database Mode and Reading Mode can group content by Kindle, WeRead, and “Notes.” Books with the same title can be managed separately by source. - Reading Mode Enhancements: Added heatmap date filtering, book cover display and management, Expand/Collapse, and Auto Collapse. Improved the Article List View, sorting, grouping, and action menus. - Wildcard Search: Content Search now offers an optional wildcard mode. Use ? for one character, # for one word, and * for any characters to find highlights and vocabulary more flexibly. Optimizations & Improvements - Upgraded Duplicate Filter Mode: More accurately distinguishes duplicate and suspected duplicate items, with better detection of Kindle Scribe autosaves, highlight range changes, and duplicates imported across devices. Results are grouped, with only high-confidence duplicates selected by default for safer batch cleanup. - Added persistent indexes and cache reuse for MDict, MOBI, and StarDict dictionaries, reducing repeated loading and speeding up subsequent lookups. - Improved multi-dictionary live lookup and management: Faster local and online lookups, a refined dictionary picker and ordering, plus updated default models and prompt variables for AI dictionaries. - Improved Dictionary Management with filtering, Open Dictionary Location, and Clear Cache, plus better handling of enabled states, duplicate additions, and file authorization. - Improved tag management and multilingual sorting: Matching tags are highlighted during search, tag counts, filtered lists, and details update immediately. - The Activity Calendar sidebar can now be resized horizontally and vertically, with improved heatmap colors, adjacent-month dates, Dark Mode, and responsive layouts. - Added “Confirm before deleting list items” to control deletion confirmation for Highlights and Vocabulary. - Refined the interface and icon layouts, with a redesigned welcome screen and clearer quick-start guidance. Fixes - Fixed Reading Mode notes appearing saved without being written to the database, being overwritten by older content, saved more than once, or lost when leaving Reading Mode. - Fixed saving failures and overflow involving long text, links, and code, plus lost line breaks and incorrect cursor positioning in Markdown editing. - Fixed deleted content reappearing while iCloud sync was enabled, and improved prompts and handling for clearing synced data. - Fixed occasional multi-dictionary lookup freezes and issues with some MDict, MOBI, and PRC dictionaries, including loading failures, resource display errors, and style conflicts. - Fixed incomplete scrolling after zooming in the Parallel vocabulary layout and scrolling issues in the dictionary picker. - Fixed incorrect source identification for some Kindle imports and inconsistent grouping across importing, syncing, and Reading Mode. - Fixed delayed updates to tag counts, filtered lists, and detail selection after adding or removing tags. - Fixed other known issues and improved overall performance and stability.

This update is a major end-to-end upgrade across import, organization, study, and review: we added WeRead import, independent per-book notes, and improved vocabulary dictionary lookup plus cross-device sync. New Features - WeRead import: Added WeRead note sync import, including color highlights, underlines, and note-style highlights. Added dedicated WeRead-sourced book entries with clear source identification. - Independent book notes: You can now add separate notes for each book in both Library and Reading modes, including thoughts and reviews. Markdown editing is supported, and notes can be exported. - Instant multi-dictionary vocabulary lookup: You can now view all enabled dictionary definitions at once in the vocabulary panel, with no need to fetch or download first. Any dictionary definition can be quickly saved as a local definition for later export. - Vocabulary detail layout modes: Added two layout options in vocabulary details—stacked and side-by-side—and you can switch quickly between usage list and dictionary definition views. - Vocabulary definition sync to KMate Mobile: Vocabulary definitions updated on macOS now sync to KMate Mobile on iPhone and iPad for continued learning. Improvements - Reading consistency: Improved visual consistency between Library and Reading modes, with better light/dark mode adaptation. - Tag management: Refined book-level and inline content tags (including #tags); note and vocabulary detail views now support faster tag removal. - Vocabulary sorting: Canonical word-form sorting now ignores English case and has improved sorting behavior for CJK text. - Reading mode performance: Added layout refresh capabilities to improve annotation card rendering and smooth updates, and optimized tree node update performance. - Search and navigation: Fixed toolbar search box flex layout issues; improved search node highlighting behavior for better reliability and readability. - Account, Settings, and import UX: Refined cloud sync wording and panel behavior, plus dialog style and interaction polish. Fixes - Fixed an issue where Amazon Kindle imports did not correctly respect deleted-item ignore settings. - Fixed incorrect detection of existing tags when applying tags in batch. - Fixed a UI font refresh issue where the interface could occasionally fall back to the default font. - Fixed additional stability issues and continued performance improvements.

New Features - iCloud Sync: Native iCloud sync is now available for data files, featuring automatic cloud backup and cross-device sync for notes, vocabulary and learning progress. All your Kindle data is securely stored in your personal iCloud account. Sync with the upcoming KMate for iOS is also supported. - Content & Book Tags: Hashtags (#yourtag) are automatically recognized and highlighted, and added to the tag list. Tags can be quickly filtered in database book view and reading view. Tags created on Kindle will be auto-classified after import for better management of highlights and notes. - Global Font Settings: Expanded support for all system fonts (no longer limited to preset options). Font settings apply to navigation tree and list views, and the toolbar now uses standard system UI font layout. - Font & Zoom Controls: Added font adjustment and zoom, Markdown, Tag options for highlights and vocabulary detail views. - AI/LLM Dictionary: Prompt templates now support word stem and usage examples. Templates can be copied and inserted instantly to enrich definitions with example sentences. Online Dictionaries: Added Youdao Dictionary; updated the interface for iCiba Dictionary. - Anki Export: New option to export original HTML format. Choose between full dictionary HTML or streamlined text definitions, with improved formatting for simplified content. - Navigation Tree Filter Menu: A new filter context menu on navigation tree nodes allows quick filtering by duplicates, color markers and word levels. Improvements - Optimized duplicate detection logic and UI for duplicate note management. Duplicate entries are easier to identify, with checkboxes to keep or delete items in the list. - Added default maximum length limit for definitions in exported files. - Adjusted menu layout and default options for several views. Bug Fixes - Fixed inconsistent display of icons and UI text when increasing the default font size. - Resolved other known issues and improved overall performance.

This update brings major feature upgrades including Intel-based Mac (pre-2020) support, all-new notes & words Reading Mode, along with numerous improvements and bug fixes. Synchronous updates for both Windows and Mac platforms. ** New Features ** Database Mode & General Enhancements - Added full Markdown editing support. Markdown is now fully enabled in database and reading mode editors. Supports Markdown shortcuts and rendering for highlight, bold, italic, and strikethrough. Markdown typed in Kindle notes can be automatically recognized and rendered after importing into KMate. - Introduced book sorting and grouping management. Group books by year, language and learning status; optimized sorting options for better library organization and quick access. - Added color category list and vocabulary level filtering for the vocabulary notebook. - Enabled list and card number display; optimized main menu layout and icon consistency. - Added device filtering to display Kindle model and import source. The "Recent Imports" filter now shows import origins and device information. - Extended support for older Intel-based Mac (pre-2020) to recognize new Kindle models including Paperwhite, Colorsoft and Scribe, with automatic sync and import of annotations. Reading Mode (Shortcut: ⌘ R) - Added embedded annotation display and independent note card toggle; freely switch between linked or separated notes & clippings. - Support manual re-linking of notes to highlights, or unlinking to create standalone notes. - Added full library search and in-book search via ⌘+F; optimized search result presentation. - Enabled export and printing for notes and vocabulary cards. - Support custom system fonts for better reading experience by loading locally installed fonts on Windows/macOS. - Reading Heatmap now covers both notes and words to enhance review and vocabulary learning. - Introduced Word Level for vocabulary: customize word star ratings and filter core words by level. - Multiple reading themes available, including native light/dark mode and 4 eye-care immersive themes with adaptive highlight styles for notes and words. - Added card border layout options. - Quick management for card color tagging and learning status. ** Optimizations & Improvements ** - Optimized shortcut key adaptation. - Unified toolbar behavior and auto-display logic in database mode. - Enhanced note linking logic, especially for notes imported from Kindle App HTML files. - Refined layout for import, tag and Amazon sync windows. - Improved performance when managing large libraries with tens of thousands of clippings and words. ** Bug Fixes ** - Fixed date parsing compatibility for Russian, Italian and more regional formats for global adaptation. - Fixed compatibility and garbled text issues with partial MDX and MOBI dictionaries.

Bug Fixes, Dictionary & Reading Mode Enhancements - Fixed an issue where adding a tag incorrectly showed an error prompt even though the tag was successfully added - Fixed a data constraint error accidentally introduced when upgraded users connected multiple Kindle devices' vocabulary lists for deduplication - Dictionary source is now displayed in the definition panel when a definition is added from a dictionary - Reading Mode improvements: reading cards now use flexible layout for visual consistency; long highlights and notes are automatically collapsed; switching to Reading Mode now auto-selects the user's current book for quick management and editing ** Recent updates ** - Added Reading Mode and Global Reading Data Statistics - All-new Vocabulary Online & AI Dictionary - Book Sorting and Grouping for Notes / Vocabulary - Reading & Learning Status Display & Management

This version includes major features and improvements: New Features: - Added Reading Mode and Global Reading Data Statistics: Enter immersive reading mode anytime while browsing notes using ⌘R. Reading Mode displays all your notes by book in a card or list format for feed reading, with heatmap visualization, card color customization, and reading status marking. Visit "Home" to view global reading data statistics, understand your reading preferences, annotation behavior, and achievements. Use "Recall" to randomly review your historical notes. - All-new Vocabulary Online & AI Dictionary: Integrated online dictionaries including Google and Bing Translator, Kingsoft Ciba online dictionary, DeepL/FreeDictionary API, and Gemini / DeepSeek AI-powered word lookup. You can create custom AI dictionaries with any prompt for different use cases. - Added Book Sorting for Notes / Vocabulary: Books with notes and vocabulary now support sorting by Recent Reading (default), Imported Time, Count, and Name, making it easier to find your focused books. Access sorting in the top navigation search bar to change the order at any time. - Added Book Grouping for Notes / Vocabulary: For large book lists, supports automatic intelligent grouping by learning and reading status, year, and book language, displaying books and items by group to better organize and find books. - Reading & Learning Status Display & Management: Notes and vocabulary learning status are now shown in book and list views. Read/Mastered items and books are displayed in gray for easy identification. Toggle in the View menu. - KMate Data File Management: Added quick database backup and switching, with support for resetting to the default database. - Added support for Polish and Traditional Chinese. Optimizations & Improvements: - Auto-simplified Book Titles: Many books contain overly long promotional suffixes that interfere with browsing and exporting. Extra content is now automatically detected and trimmed. - Optimized algorithm for Linked Highlights & Notes, now retrieves related content more accurately. - Enhanced Duplicate Filter Mode: Smarter detection and selection of duplicate notes and Kindle Scribe auto-save junk data, with one-click deletion. - Dictionary management now supports multiple dictionaries and batch addition by folder, with improved reliability of authorization under Sandbox. - Adjusted default quick copy to no longer add blank lines, making it easier to copy notes and words into other apps. - Added quick menu and shortcuts for Color Marks and Dictionaries. - Search now supports global full-text search as well as searching within the current list. Fixes: - Fixed incorrect note type recognition when importing Kindle app annotation files in different formats. - Fixed occasional save failure when switching views during editing or creating new notes. - Fixed compatibility and lag issues with some encrypted and encoded Mdx/Mobi formats. - Fixed known issues and improved performance.

New Features: + Smart Filter & Deduplication for Notes: Quickly filter, delete duplicate notes at one click via Filter > Duplicate Filter Mode menu. KMate analyzes duplicate notes, similar content from intermittent writing in Kindle Scribe note input. You can also manually select or retain specific entries before deletion in this mode. Deleted duplicate records will not be re-imported, keeping your note library clean and organized. + Create new notes: KMate now allows users to create notes via New Note, in addition to double-click editing. Newly created notes are automatically linked to corresponding records and support export. + Delete word usage entries: Remove specific usage context records while reading vocabulary usages for easier organization of your vocabulary words. + Expanded color marks: Adapted to the extended color palette for new Colorsoft e-ink devices and Kindle App. Pre-set color marks are expanded from 4 to 9 options and automatically matched with notes in color, enabling better management of colored notes. + Bulk Import for Clippings & Vocabulary files: Import multiple clippings files or vocabulary files in one go. KMate unifies the import process and performs centralized deduplication automatically. Optimizations & Improvements: * Redesigned Copy, Delete, New Note toolset for reading sections. The tools are now hidden by default to reduce reading distractions and appear automatically when needed. * Standardized statusbar prompts for search/find and filter functions. * Improved the reliability of dictionary file and related resource access permissions. * Optimized performance for bulk retrieval of dictionary definitions for a large number of vocabulary words. * Added quick access to technical support via email and update checks in the Help menu. Bug Fixes: - Fixed incorrect selection when adding or clearing custom definitions for specific vocabulary words. - Resolved known issues and improved overall performance. Recent Updates: * Ignored user-deleted records during importing. * Increased free user limit from 500 to 1000 entries. Enjoy the full KMate experience without purchasing Pro. * Significantly optimized performance for tens of thousands of notes and vocabulary entries.

* Optimized the quick export menu of notes and vocabulary in the navigation, reading list and toolbar, enabling easier access. - Fixed known issues and optimized performance. Feel free to send your bug reports or feature requests to support@kmate.io.

New Features + Importing vocabulary words, notes and Amazon cloud sync will ignore manually deleted records. + Free capacity is upgraded from 500 to 1000 entries, to thank you for your support and feedback. Free users can manage more notes and vocabulary, experience KMate in full, and no need to rush to purchase Pro. + Added quick export menu. Now you can save to Text, Markdown, Anki, Office formats at a click. Improvements * Significantly optimized performance for managing tens of thousands of notes and vocabulary entries – instant startup and smooth list operations. * Standardized the consistency of certain menus. Bug Fixes - Fixed permission issues with external dictionary files, as well as JS and CSS rendering for Mdict/MDD resources. - Resolved permission-related errors when creating, moving or importing KMate data files. - Eliminated the momentary flicker of the reading interface when switching between book/author tree nodes for a smoother reading experience.

* General bug fixes and improvements.