{"id":722,"date":"2019-09-05T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/?p=722"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:47:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T19:47:13","slug":"bear-1-7-is-here-with-note-encryption-bear-lock-live-note-links-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2019\/09\/bear-1-7-is-here-with-note-encryption-bear-lock-live-note-links-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear 1.7 is here with note Encryption, Bear Lock, Live Note Links, and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We want Bear to be a secure, private place for you to write and collect notes. We can\u2019t see anything you store in Bear and we don\u2019t want to<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we released Bear 1.7 for Mac<\/a>, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch<\/a>, and we\u2019re expanding our privacy goal with new features like individual Note Encryption, Bear Lock, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual Note Encryption (Bear Pro)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You can now lock and encrypt individual notes by setting a Note Password. This provides a strong layer of security to protect sensitive text notes, while keeping the rest of your library open to features like Shortcuts automation and attachments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about individual note encryption in this support doc<\/a>. This feature requires a Bear Pro subscription<\/a>, which you can try for free. Open Bear\u2019s settings on any device to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Important<\/strong>: Before encrypting a note, you must update all devices to Bear 1.7<\/strong>. We cannot retrieve encrypted notes or reset your Note Password. Please see that support doc<\/a> for more info and some tips for securing and backing up your password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun fact<\/em>: To help ensure the security of our note encryption code, we opted for a collaboration with the security firm Cossack Labs<\/a>. If you are curious how end-to-end encryption works under the hood, check out the company’s blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lock Bear with Face\/Touch ID (Bear Pro)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For Bear users who have nosy friends, cafe pals, or coworkers, you can now lock Bear with Face ID or Touch ID, or manually typing a password. It can auto-lock after a set amount of time, and Face\/Touch ID authentication is required when starting Bear fresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bear Lock requires Bear Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live Note Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bear has this great feature where you can link notes together<\/a>. It\u2019s great for organizing notes for a project, building a personal wiki or journal, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Bear 1.7, note links will now update automatically if you change the title of a linked note. We now call these Live Note Links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Special Searches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Search is a powerful tool in Bear, and in 1.7 we\u2019re expanding the array of Special Search operators available<\/a>. Your searches can now include or exclude tags, focus on top-level tags (excluding nested tags), and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emoji Autocomplete<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s been inspiring to watch all the creative uses you Bear folks find for adding emoji to notes. They bring flavor to task lists, mark paragraphs for editing, help headings stand out, or lend weight to important journal entries. But typing emoji can be cumbersome, especially on iOS, and especially when you need to find the right one quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introducing Emoji Autocomplete. Now, anywhere in a note, type a colon (:) and a few letters, and Bear will suggest emoji for you. Try something like :laugh<\/strong> or :food<\/strong> or :work<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a hardware keyboard, you can use arrows to browse suggestions and Return to select one. Plus, Emoji Autocomplete even works on the iPad and iPhone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two new themes (Bear Pro)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of Bear Pro\u2019s perks is over a dozen beautiful themes<\/a> to help you find the perfect writing environment. In Bear 1.7, Pro users get two more options with the addition of Gandalf and Ayu Mirage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And before anyone asks: no, the former is not a sponsored partnership with any sort of ring fellowships or magical walking staff agencies. Let\u2019s just say, \u2018inspired by.\u2019 \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New keyboard, more notes for Apple Watch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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