Settings
Every Settings pane, what's in it, and the defaults.
Open Settings with ⌘, from the palette, the Tinycast Settings command or the menu bar icon. It's a regular, resizable window.
The search field finds any setting by name, and also by related words that aren't in its title:
ocr finds Search text in images and PDFs, and caps lock finds Hyper Key. Choosing a
result takes you straight to that setting.
There are 23 panes in four groups.
General
General
| Setting | Default |
|---|---|
| Show Launcher | None |
| Setting | Options | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Language | English, Deutsch, Español, Français, 日本語, 한국어, Português, Русский, 简体中文 | Your Mac's language if Tinycast has it, otherwise English |
| Launch at login | On · Off | Off |
| Show in menu bar | On · Off | On |
| Automatically check for updates | On · Off | On |
| Pop to Root Search | Immediately · After 5, 15, 30, 60 or 90 seconds | Immediately |
| Escape Key Behavior | Navigate back or close window · Close window and pop to root | Navigate back or close window |
| Auto-switch input source | None, or any keyboard input source you have | None |
| Appearance | System · Light · Dark | System |
| Show animations | On · Off | On |
| Interface size | Default · Large · Larger | Default |
| Window mode | Compact · Expanded | Compact |
| Compact Shortcuts | Up to four, in your order, from Clipboard History, Search Emoji & Symbols, Search Files, Search Quicklinks, Search Snippets, Show Notes, My Schedule and Quick AI. Shown when Compact is selected | Clipboard History, Search Emoji & Symbols, Search Files, Search Quicklinks |
| Follow the cursor across displays | On · Off | On |
| Drag to move the launcher | On · Off | Off |
| Hyper Key | None · Caps Lock · Left or Right Control, Shift, Option or Command | None |
| Quick Press | Does Nothing · Trigger Caps Lock · Trigger Escape (Caps Lock only) | Does Nothing |
| Include Shift (⇧) | On · Off | On |
| Secure Input Compatibility | On · Off (Caps Lock only) | Off |
| Number format | System · English | System |
| Show suggestions | On · Off | On |
| Search sensitivity | Low · Medium · High | Medium |
| Learned ranking | Reset… clears all learned ranking |
See The palette, Learned ranking and Hotkeys.
Permissions
Shows whether Accessibility, Full Disk Access, Calendars and Microphone access is granted, and opens the right System Settings pane. See Permissions.
Launcher
| Pane | What's in it |
|---|---|
| Applications | Search Scopes, Enable Applications, and a row per app |
| System Settings | Enable System Settings, and a row per pane |
| System Actions | Enable System Actions, and a row per action |
| Commands | Enable Commands, a row per built-in command, and Custom Commands |
| Quicklinks | Quicklinks switch, its commands, behavior, import and export |
| Apple Shortcuts | Apple Shortcuts switch (Off), a row per shortcut from the Shortcuts app, and Open Shortcuts |
| Fallbacks | Which fallbacks show under a search, and their order |
Most rows have a launcher checkbox, a shortcut recorder and an alias field. Long lists have a filter field.
The Enable … switch at the top of a pane turns off every row and every shortcut in it. A row's checkbox only hides that row from search.
Features
Everything here is off by default, except Clipboard and Emoji & Symbols.
| Pane | Switch | Other settings |
|---|---|---|
| Clipboard | Enable Clipboard History (On) | Clipboard commands, Keep history for (3 Months), Search text in images and PDFs (Off), Default action (Paste), Excluded Applications, Clear history |
| Snippets | Enable snippets | Show in launcher, snippet commands, New Snippet, Snippets Folder |
| File Search | Enable File Search | Show in launcher (Off), Full Disk Access, Indexed Items, Rebuild Index, Commands, Search Scopes, Ignore Patterns |
| Window Management | Enable window management | Show in launcher, Cycling (None), Gap between windows (0 pt), Shortcut preset, Window Layouts, Rooms, Layout and Room Commands, Custom Sizes, window commands |
| Navigation | Enable navigation | Commands, Show Apple menu items (Off), Excluded Applications |
| Notes | Enable Notes | Render Markdown (On), Show Formatting Bar (On), Show in Menu Bar (Off), Notes Folder, Notes commands |
| Calendar | Join meetings from Tinycast | Show in launcher, Upcoming meetings in launcher (5 next), Show the meeting card (5 minutes), Auto Join Meetings (Off), Camera Preview (Off), Open Meeting Links In (Default Browser), Calendar in Menu Bar (Disabled), Days to Show (Today and Tomorrow), other menu bar settings, Calendar commands, Calendars |
| Emoji & Symbols | (always on) | Emoji commands, Column Count (8), Emoji Skin Tone (Default) |
| Dictation | Enable Dictation | Shortcut behavior (Press to start or stop), Shortcut, Play sounds (On), Engine (Parakeet), Model (Redux) with Download and Remove, Language (Qwen only, Auto), Release model from memory (1 minute), Microphone (System default), When finished (Paste in active app), Insert while recording (Off), Adapt capitalization (On) |
| AI | Enable AI | Providers, AI commands, Default model, Reasoning effort, Web search, Suggested replies, Expand thinking, Tool call rounds, Opens to, Start a new conversation after, Keep conversations, System prompt, MCP servers |
| Quick Actions | Enable Quick Actions | Actions (Replace or Preview, shortcut, prompt, model), Add Quick Action, Model, Reasoning effort, Translate to |
| Extensions | Enable extensions | Show in launcher, Search extensions, Install from GitHub, Import from Raycast, Add from folder, installed extensions, Compatibility, Leftover files |
Advanced
Backup. Export a backup, import one, or import from Raycast. See Backup & restore. Sync settings file (Off) keeps your settings in a JSON file you can edit. See Settings file.
About. Version, license, Check for Updates, links to the project, and Support. See Updates.