Changelog

What's new.

Every update is free. Here's what changed.

15 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.18

Update checks no longer run into GitHub's request limit, so "GitHub asked Dolly to wait a bit" is gone.
Our launch gift: create a free Dolly account and get Dolly Pro free until 30 November.
Cursor motion blur is now one smooth streak instead of several separate cursors. Plus fixes.

15 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.17

Permissions are checked accurately: no more "Allow Dolly again" at every launch, and a permission that works is never reset.
A new opening animation in the editor, and realistic iPhone and iPad frames (Background › More › Frame). Recording from an iPhone or iPad is still coming soon.
Dolly now lives at getdolly.app, with links on link.getdolly.app. Plus fixes: the teleprompter shows a script without pressing Done, Home idles at a fraction of the CPU, Cancel asks before throwing away more than 15 s, and Copy and Get link say when something failed.

15 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.16

New Motion option "From click to click": the cursor glides from click to click, aimless movement is left out, and the camera follows the clean path. The cursor also hides while you type and comes back when you move the mouse.
Export › More › Codec: HEVC, up to a third smaller at the same sharpness. The welcome window closes once a recording starts.
iPhone and iPad recording over a cable is now "Coming soon" until it is tested on real devices. Dolly's own test runs no longer open windows on your screen. Plus fixes.

15 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.15

Dolly keeps its permissions across updates: it now has its own signing certificate. After this one update, allow Dolly once more, then never again.
Click sounds play on every play, new typing sounds, and a clear note that opens the right Settings pane when typing wasn't captured. Zooms toward an edge or corner ease without a step, and the preview plays at export loudness.
Accounts: sign in with an email code in Settings › Account. Dolly Agent can use every feature, and a smaller download (about 94 MB) with a clearer install window. Plus fixes.

15 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.14

Export an interactive demo: a clickable step-by-step guide made from your recording, as a folder or a demo link. Video replies on your links show up in Dolly.
Use this look: open a look from the gallery and add it to your presets, captions included, or share your own. Zooming in the preview no longer shakes.
Buying Pro opens checkout in your browser with Apple Pay or Google Pay, and one click activates Pro. Plus Copy For and AI fixes.

15 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.13

Shared links in Dolly Home: every video has its own page with Insights, Comments and Settings, and Copy for GitHub, Jira, Linear, Slack or Notion.
Cut a middle part in two actions (drag, then delete, or I and O), a shorter recording bar with More, and iPhone or iPad recording over a cable (beta).
Exports play at streaming loudness, and tall videos never export above the detail your recording holds.

15 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.12

Stop and the share link is on your clipboard: one shortcut records, the video uploads behind it. Insights and link settings now live in Dolly Home.
Draw on screen while recording, a teleprompter, a Transcript tab that removes ums and long pauses, on-device titles and chapters, and vertical videos that follow the action.
Fewer clicks: recording bar keys, a remembered area and look, ⌘E to export, and Home search by what was said.

15 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.11

Get link puts the link on your clipboard in under a second; the video plays as soon as it's ready.
Cancel works everywhere, uploads survive short connection drops, and zooms stay put when you reorder clips.

15 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.10

The preview no longer goes black while you add or change a zoom.
Blurs and text stay on what they cover after cuts, and Get link keeps going when your connection drops.

15 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.9

Get link is free during the beta: one click gives a short link to a clean watch page.
Shared links has its own place in Dolly Home, with views, comments and new-comment badges.
The watch page gained reactions, replies, transcript, chapters, a call-to-action button, and password or expiry per link.

15 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.8

Captions show up right away after Generate captions, in the preview and every export, and you can translate them on your Mac.
Share to Slack, GitHub (under 10 MB), X or a Docs GIF in one click, sized to fit and copied to your clipboard.
Dolly links (Pro): get a short link to a clean watch page with timestamped comments.
Camera background: keep it, blur it or remove it, all on your Mac.
Private details: Dolly finds emails, API keys and card numbers on screen and blurs them with one click.
Instant timeline previews and a tidier look everywhere.

14 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.7

No more black preview when you adjust a zoom, and editing stays fast with many clips, also after Find silences.
Every click gets a zoom again, and the camera follows your mouse while you type. Typing is recognised once you allow Input Monitoring.
Find silences stripes stay in place after edits and are much clearer; hover one to cut it or speed it up.
Background music fades and ducks under your voice in the preview, just like in the export.
Dolly Agent: your own AI learns your product and makes explainer videos with Dolly. No API keys, everything on your Mac.
Security hardening, a tidier Presets panel, and opening Dolly Home closes the editor.

14 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.6

Sharper zooms: zoomed text stays crisp, with no halos, and the camera no longer jolts while it zooms.
Auto zoom stays calm while you type long text: a gentler zoom that only moves when your text is about to leave the frame.
Exports about 20% faster, with an estimate of how long it takes.
Speeds from 0.5× to 24× in one click. Q and W trim a clip to the playhead, and a ↺ pin brings trimmed footage back.
Captions you can drag anywhere, with a box, font and word animation of your choice.
A red timer in the macOS menu bar while you record. Click it to stop, pause, restart or cancel.
Settings, Upgrade and Connect your AI live inside Dolly Home, and the recording pill is more compact and never shows up in your video.

14 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.3

Zoom blocks are Dolly blue, and selecting one fades the others.
Camera layouts are picture cards, and you pick the bubble's corner on a mini screen.
All wallpapers in one dense grid. Dark mode switches every window instantly.
⌘K: next and previous zoom, playback speed and recent actions. Export with Enter, ⇧Enter copies the video.

14 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.2

Pick your zoom like a pro: drag the dot on a picture of your video and the big preview shows the zoomed result live. Prefer the frame? Switch to Frame.
The cursor lands exactly on what you click, and the camera eases in calmly and only follows when it needs to.
A new Motion tab where every style shows a tiny live preview of how it moves.

14 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.1

Sharper recordings: about four times more detail is kept, so text stays crisp when Dolly zooms in.
Free now exports up to 1440p (was 1080p), with no time limit. Auto edit is free too.
Quick share: press Stop and the video is on your clipboard, ready to paste into Slack, Mail or Notion. No link, no upload.
Automatic zooms that move like a camera operator: clicks and typing are grouped, each moment gets its own zoom level, and the camera glides instead of flashing in and out.
Your own click sounds and your own music. Double and accidental triple clicks are merged into one.
25 cursor sets, including macOS colours, Classic PC, Sketch, Pixel, Candy and a Dolly mascot.
⌘K command menu, right-click menus, playback speed, preview zoom, and hover the timeline to preview.
The editor no longer works in the background while you record, so your Mac stays smooth.
Dolly now updates itself: from this version on, new versions install with one click. After installing 0.4.1, macOS asks once more for Screen Recording permission.

14 October 2026

Dolly 0.4.0

Editing like Screen Studio: zooms live on the timeline, click one to open the Zoom editor. Choose Classic or the new glass Droplet, Auto or Manual position with a big picker, and Start animation early.
Drag the frame on the preview to re-center a zoom, drag a corner to zoom deeper, double-click for Auto.
Right-click menus on clips, zooms, masks, text, the timeline and the preview. Clip editor with speed chips, cut pins, typing chips and snapping.
Hover the timeline to see that moment instantly.
Insert title cards, end cards, text, arrows, boxes and numbered steps, with a brand kit for your logo, color and font.
Dolly Home: all your recordings at a glance (⇧⌘H), with Light, Dark and System appearance.
New recording bar, new welcome window, 8 click sounds (Magic Mouse is the default), macOS wallpapers fetched from Apple and five original Classic PC backgrounds.
Free exports end with a short Made with Dolly card instead of a mark on your video.

13 October 2026

Dolly 0.3.1

Stop, pause, restart and cancel in the recording pill work reliably, and ⇧⌘2 always stops.
Recordings can't run on forever any more, and Dolly stops safely when your disk is nearly full.
Recordings are about half the size, and your microphone and camera are attached to them.
Interrupted projects open again.
Screen Recording permission now stays after updates (grant it once more after installing 0.3.1).
New: guided first-run setup, area recording, camera bubble, keystroke overlay, captions and transcript editing on your Mac, GIF export, masks, crop, frames, a Projects window, and light and dark mode.

13 October 2026

Dolly 0.1 for Mac

First public build for Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 13 or later).
Record a display, a window or an area at 60 fps, with microphone and system audio. Countdown, pause and restart, and a ⇧⌘2 shortcut.
Your cursor is recorded separately and redrawn: eleven styles, smoothing, click effects and click sounds.
Automatic zoom on clicks, manual zooms and a loupe, on springs, with optional motion blur.
Timeline: split, trim, reorder, several takes, speed from 0.25× to 4×, and one-click silence and typing clean-up.
Backgrounds, padding, rounded corners, shadow and inset. Presets. Music with ducking, and voice clean-up.
Export to MP4 up to 4K at 60 fps in 16:9, 4:3, 1:1 or 9:16, to a file or your clipboard.

13 October 2026

Website live

The Dolly website goes live, with docs, pricing and a blog.

Roll camera.

Free to use, with no time limit. Everything for €5, once.

Download free for Mac See pricing

First time: open Dolly, click Done, then System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (macOS 13–14: right-click Dolly → Open). Once only. Installation help