Get Cardhop 2.4.8 for Mac

Version 2.4.8 tightens up a few loose ends that could trip you up when pulling contacts in from other places. The update fixes a bug where importing contact cards into existing entries sometimes failed, and it resolves an issue where directory results—like a colleague from your company’s global address list—would occasionally vanish from a search. If you use Shortcuts, property labels now show up correctly there too.

The app lives in your menu bar, so it never really gets in the way of the other tools you have open. You type a phrase like “call Michael mobile” or “email Sarah work,” and the action is ready before you finish the sentence. It understands natural bits of language and offers more than a dozen actions: FaceTime, Messages, Skype, a quick large-type display of a phone number, copying an address, grabbing directions, and plain old iPhone calling through your Mac. Notes on a contact are supported too, which is handy for keeping a quick log of a conversation without opening a separate app.

Because it sits in the menu bar, Cardhop works alongside Apple’s Contacts rather than trying to replace it. The app shows recent people and upcoming birthdays at a glance, so you get a lightweight social calendar without switching contexts. Dark and light themes let it blend into whatever look you keep on your desktop, and the action extension means you can send a contact right from another app without breaking your flow.

If you find yourself digging through a long list just to fire off a quick message or call, this way of working might click. It’s for the Mac user who already has a system and just wants one less step between thinking of a person and reaching them.

Menu Bar Tricks Worth Memorizing

The menu bar panel remembers more than you'd expect. Tap Escape to clear the search field in a snap, or hit Command-Return to open the full contact card without reaching for the mouse. If you hold down the Option key while clicking an action, Cardhop copies the result straight to the clipboard instead of launching the call or message—perfect when you just need an email address or phone number to paste elsewhere.

You can also set a global keyboard shortcut in Preferences to summon the app from anywhere. Once the panel is open, typing dir before a name forces a search of directory services like your work Exchange server, skipping your local contacts. And if birthdays are your thing, the built-in list lets you click any name to trigger an instant message or call, so a quick “happy birthday” takes about three seconds.

Small Snags and Quick Fixes

One common hiccup happens when you paste a contact from a spreadsheet or web page and Cardhop misreads the fields. In version 2.4.8, pasted email addresses parse more reliably, but if something still lands in the wrong slot, try pasting into a plain text editor first, then recopying. That strips hidden formatting that can confuse the parser.

Another snag: if you run cardhop mac through a keyboard shortcut and the panel refuses to appear, check whether another app has grabbed the same key combo. Changing the shortcut to something less crowded—say, Control-Shift-K—usually settles it. On the directory search front, the recent fix covers most cases where results went missing, but a sluggish network can still cause a delay. Waiting a beat after typing, then adding a space, often nudges the lookup along.

Smart groups are a quiet powerhouse, but they rely on criteria that match your actual contact fields. If a group stubbornly shows up empty, open a few contacts and confirm the fields you're filtering by—like a company name or a custom label—are filled in consistently. A tiny mismatch in spelling keeps people out of the list.

Version 2.4.8 brings a handful of fixes that make the app feel more dependable in daily use. Search results now surface specific text sequences inside notes more reliably, pasted email addresses are handled with fewer hiccups, and HEIC or TIFF images can be selected as contact pictures or attached images without trouble. On the repair side, importing contact cards into existing contacts no longer fails in certain cases, property labels stopped appearing incorrectly in Shortcuts, and directory results that were sometimes missing during searches show up as expected again.

• macOS 11 or newer
• Works on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs