Easy Write 1.1.1 — clearer 'Apple Intelligence unavailable' message

Bug-fix release.

Fixed: When Apple Intelligence wasn't ready, the app showed a single generic "enable it in System Settings" message for every possible reason — including for people who had already enabled Apple Intelligence but whose on-device model was still downloading in the background (the most common case right after you turn it on). The message now reads the actual reason and tells you which one it is:

• Model still downloading — wait until System Settings → Apple Intelligence & Siri shows it's ready (needs free storage + a network connection).
• Apple Intelligence turned off — enable it in Settings.
• Mac not supported — needs Apple Silicon (M1+) and macOS 26.

No feature changes. Build from source as usual (see the README).

Easy Write 1.1 — Arabic support

Easy Write 1.1

🌍 Arabic support

Arabic is now one of the 13 target languages. It's tuned to produce Modern Standard Arabic (الفصحى) rather than mixed dialect, and (like English, Japanese, and Chinese) uses natural-register translation since Arabic formality doesn't reduce to a single Sie/du-style pronoun pair.

It's strong on everyday messages. As with any on-device translation, it can occasionally slip on more complex sentences — double-check anything important.

✨ Also improved

• The translation prompt now explicitly emphasises subject/object direction (who does what to whom), improving accuracy across all languages.

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Requires macOS 26+ on Apple Silicon with Apple Intelligence enabled. Build from source — see the README.

Easy Write 1.0

Easy Write translates and rewrites selected text anywhere on your Mac — formal or informal — 100% on-device with Apple Intelligence. No accounts, no API keys, no cloud.

Highlights

• ⚡ Translate in place — select text → shortcut → it's replaced with the translation, in any app
• 🗣️ Formal / informal register — ⌥⌘T formal (Sie / vous / usted…), ⌥⌘I informal (du / tu / tú…)
• 📖 Read mode (⌥⌘E) — translate incoming foreign text to English in a popup (web pages, emails, chats)
• 🌍 12 languages · 🧠 personal style guide · ⌨️ custom shortcuts · launches at login
• 🔒 100% on-device — zero network code, no telemetry

Requirements

macOS 26+ on Apple Silicon with Apple Intelligence enabled.

Install

Build from source — see the README:

git clone https://github.com/onekapisch/easy-write.git
cd easy-write && ./setup-signing.sh && ./build.sh
cp -R EasyWrite.app /Applications/ && open /Applications/EasyWrite.app

Full notes: CHANGELOG · How it works: HOW_IT_WORKS