Tips.
20 short videos of what Hopper can do, about ten seconds each. The same ones you’ll find in the app.
Basics
Search
Find anything you had open.
Apps, tabs, windows, agents and files. Type a few letters, then Return.
⌘Space
Actions
Every row has more actions.
Copy a link, bookmark it, or give it an alias or a hotkey.
⌘K
Section Pills
Show one section of the list at a time.
The pills are your recent apps. ⇧⇥ goes back, Esc shows everything.
⇥
Search Current App
Search the front app's menus and pages.
Its pages, settings and menu commands, each with its keys.
⌥Space
Make It Yours
Aliases
Give any row a short alias.
Type the alias in Search and it comes first, ready for Return.
⌘D
Row Hotkeys
Give any row its own hotkey in ⌘K.
A page, a tab, an agent: one key takes you there from any app.
⌘K, then Set Hotkey…
Getting Around
Back
Jump back to where you just were.
Hold ⌃⌥ to see where you've been, then let go. ↑ goes forward.
⌃⌥↓
Toggle
Flip between your last two apps.
Tap twice again to come back.
⌘⌘
Toggle Tab
Flip between your last two tabs.
Works for windows and sessions too.
⌥⌥
Agents
Agents
See every agent from anywhere.
The ones waiting on you are on top. Return takes you there.
⌃Space
Next Agent
Jump to the next agent that needs you.
Needs You first, then Done. Press it again within a minute for the next.
⌥⌘]
Writing
Clipboard History
Bring back anything you copied.
Pick one and press Return to paste it where you were. Password managers' copies are skipped.
⌘Space, then “clip”
Emoji & Symbols
Find any emoji or symbol by name.
Type what you mean, like “party”, then Return to paste it.
⌘Space, then “emoji”
Scratch Notes
Jot something down without leaving.
The note floats over every app and keeps your place. Give it a hotkey to make it instant.
⌘Space, then “note”
Snippets
Type a keyword, get the whole text.
Try ;date or ;thx. Make your own with Create Snippet.
a keyword, like ;notes
Windows & Screenshots
Window Commands
Snap windows to halves and displays.
Type “left half” and press Return. Give your favorites a hotkey with ⌘K.
⌘Space, then “half”
Window Layouts
Put several apps where they go at once.
Make one with Create Window Layout, or save the one you have. Give each a hotkey.
⌘Space, then “layout”
Search Screenshots
Find a screenshot by the text in it.
The text is read on your Mac. ↵ copies it, ⌘↵ pastes it where you were.
⌘Space, then “screen”
Quick Look
Preview the selected file.
Select one in Search Screenshots and press Space. ↑ and ↓ move through them, Esc closes it.
Space, in Search Screenshots
Several Screenshots at Once
Select several screenshots at once.
⇧ and the arrows, ⌘-click or ⌘A. Then copy, paste or Quick Look them together.
⇧ + arrows, or ⌘A
Be the first to try Hopper.
Hopper is in private testing now. Join the waitlist and we’ll send you a build when it’s ready.
Opens an email to [email protected]. Press Send and you’re on the list. For macOS 26 and later.
