Mac screenshot, window manager, document camera & Excel table guides

Mac screenshot app: pick a capture mode fast

Open the All-In-One picker on your Mac and start the one capture mode you need, instead of learning every mode at once.

Which Mac screenshot app for the capture you still open

Compare Mac screenshot apps for one job — area, scrolling page, or recording — then install the one you will keep using.

When Mac screenshot shortcuts aren’t enough

⌘⇧3 and ⌘⇧4 miss scrolling pages, repeat areas, timers, and markup. Add one capture mode instead of memorizing more keys.

Best CleanShot X Alternative for Mac

Move the CleanShot X job you still need over to Shoverlay, at a lower yearly price, and open a separate guide for each capture.

Best Snagit Alternative for Mac

Move the Snagit job you still need over to Shoverlay, at a lower yearly price, and follow one guide for that job.

How to screenshot a selected area on Mac

Drag a rectangle on your Mac, lock an aspect ratio or type a pixel size, and take just that area.

How to screenshot a window on Mac

Click a single app window and take a clean shot of that window, without the rest of the desktop.

Repeat the last screenshot area on Mac

Take the last screenshot rectangle again without dragging a new one.

Scrolling screenshot on Mac (long page capture)

Stitch a webpage, document, or chat into a single screenshot while you scroll.

How to take a full-screen screenshot on Mac

Take the whole display in one screenshot, including the menu bar and the desktop.

Delay a Mac screenshot so a hover menu stays visible

Use the self-timer or freeze-screen so a tooltip or hover menu is still on screen when the shot is taken.

Clean Mac screenshots: hide desktop icons

Take a Mac screenshot with desktop icons hidden, or with the desktop replaced by a wallpaper or a solid color.

How to Annotate Screenshots on Mac

Add arrows, text, blur, and step numbers to a Mac screenshot, then copy or save the marked-up image.

How to Extract Text from Screenshots on Mac with OCR

Run OCR on a screenshot you already took and copy the words, instead of retyping the picture.

Copy text from your Mac screen without retyping it

Drag around words on the Mac screen and copy them, without saving a screenshot.

Record an area, a window, or the full Mac screen

Start a screen recording of one area, one window, or the whole display, then stop it from the recording toolbar.

How to Record Your Mac Screen with Internal Audio

Record the sound already playing on your Mac — internal audio from apps and the system — into a screen recording.

Record your microphone in a Mac screen recording

Add your voice to a Shoverlay screen recording with the microphone track, separate from the Mac’s internal audio.

Put a webcam overlay on a Mac screen recording

Show a camera picture on top of a Shoverlay screen recording while you record the screen.

Highlight mouse clicks in a Mac screen recording

Turn on click highlights so each click is visible in a Shoverlay screen recording.

Show keystrokes in a Mac screen recording

Turn on on-screen keystrokes so the keys you press appear in a Shoverlay screen recording.

Silence notifications while you record your Mac screen

Turn on Do Not Disturb in Shoverlay so other apps’ banners stay out of a screen recording.

Trim a Mac screen recording in Shoverlay

Cut the start or the end of a Shoverlay recording in the built-in editor after you stop.

Choose MP4, MOV, GIF, or animated WebP for a Mac screen recording

Pick MP4 or MOV when the recording needs sound, and GIF or animated WebP when it should be a short moving image.

Pin a screenshot on top of other Mac windows

Float one captured image above your other Mac apps, then drag it, resize it, or close it.

How to Keep a Window Always on Top on Mac

Pin a screenshot so that picture stays above your other Mac windows. macOS has no switch that floats every live window.

Reopen a Mac screenshot from Shoverlay History

Open a recent Shoverlay capture from History, then export it or delete it.

Export a Mac screenshot as PNG, JPEG, TIFF, or WebP

Save a Shoverlay still image as PNG, JPEG, TIFF, or WebP.

Set a keyboard shortcut for one Shoverlay capture mode

Give Area, Window, Scrolling, OCR, or Record its own global shortcut in Shoverlay.

Mac document camera software: Present, Scan, or Live

Choose document camera software on Mac for the one teaching job you need — present paper, scan a page, or go live over RTMP.

How to share a document camera in Zoom on Mac

Put a document-camera view into a Zoom meeting on Mac: open Present first, then share that window — not a separate Live stream.

Use Vizo as a virtual camera in Zoom, Teams, or Meet

Turn on Vizo’s virtual camera (second button from the right in the title bar), then pick Vizo as the camera in Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and other meeting apps on Mac.

Best IPEVO Visualizer Alternative for Mac

Show a page live with Vizo Present instead of IPEVO Visualizer. A normal camera works. A document camera is better for the page.

Best HoverCam Alternative for Mac

Save a page with Vizo Scan instead of HoverCam. A normal camera works. A document camera is better for the page.

Document camera app for Mac: connect a camera in Vizo

Select the built-in camera, a USB webcam, or a document camera for Present and Scan.

Present with a document camera on Mac (Vizo)

Use Present with the Mac camera, a USB webcam, or a document camera. Freeze, zoom, rotate, or mirror while you talk.

Record Mac screen for teaching demos (Vizo)

Use Record › Screen Record to capture the Mac display for a lesson or demo.

Mac whiteboard for teaching with a document camera (Vizo)

Open a light or dark board in Present, write the explanation, then return to Camera or Tiles.

Annotate live on a Mac document camera (Vizo)

Use Draw or Text on Camera, Board, or Tiles while you explain.

Annotate scanned images on Mac (Vizo)

Open a still, draw shapes and text, then save the marked-up image.

Picture-in-picture while presenting on Mac (Vizo)

Overlay a second camera on the Present view. Choose Circle — or another shape — for the inset while you show the page.

Compare two pages on a Mac document camera (Vizo)

Open Present › Tiles, pick a 2-Grid, 4-Grid, or 6-Grid layout, then Import Image or Take Snapshot into a pane.

Mask or highlight on a Mac document camera feed

Use Mask › Cover Up or Highlight, then Create Mask to hide or emphasize a region while you explain.

Take a snapshot with a Mac document camera (Vizo)

Take one Snapshot frame from the camera and save that file on your Mac.

Scan documents with a Mac document camera (Vizo)

Use Scan › Document for loose pages: auto or manual crop, multi-page batches, then save on your Mac.

Scan an open book with a Mac visualizer (Vizo)

Use Scan › Book with Full Spread, Left → Right, or Right → Left — without taking the book apart.

Scan ID cards with a Mac document camera (Vizo)

Use Scan › Card for an ID or other card-sized original, then save the file on your Mac.

Scan QR codes with a Mac document camera (Vizo)

Use Scan › QR / Barcode, then choose QR or Barcode under the camera.

Save a Vizo scan as PDF, Word, Excel, or an image

After you scan, choose JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, DOCX, XLSX, or PPTX and save the file on your Mac.

OCR from a document camera on Mac (Vizo)

Open Text to Speech on the Present view, then copy the recognized words from the text panel.

Read scanned text aloud from a Mac document camera

Use Text to Speech on the Present view, then Play Audio to hear the recognized words.

Record a document camera session on Mac (Vizo)

From Present, choose Record › Video Record for the camera, board, or tiles — or Screen Record for the Mac display.

Trim and export Mac teaching recordings (Vizo)

Trim the ends, set quality and size, then export the recording as MOV or another format you choose.

Document camera capture history on Mac (Vizo)

Open Capture History to find snapshots, scans, recordings, and documents, then open, pin, share, or delete them.

Live stream a Mac document camera over RTMP

Paste an RTMP URL and stream key, then publish the current Present or Scan view.

Play an RTMP live stream on Mac (Vizo)

Open Live Stream, paste a playback URL from your provider, and Play the live stream in Vizo.

Stream a Mac document camera to Restream

Open Restream’s RTMP encoder settings, paste the URL and stream key into Vizo, then publish the current view.

Restream to YouTube: relay a Vizo RTMP stream

Relay the Vizo → Restream stream to YouTube, and see every platform Restream can send to.

Stream a Mac document camera to Livepush

Create a Livepush live source, paste the RTMP URL and stream key into Vizo, then publish the current view.

Send Livepush (from Vizo) to YouTube live

After Vizo publishes to Livepush, add YouTube as a destination. Livepush also supports Twitch, Facebook, Kick, and many more platforms.

Which Mac window manager for snap, layouts, or throw

Compare Mac window managers for the arrangement you repeat — edge snap, saved layouts, or cursor throw — then keep one habit.

Best Magnet Alternative for arranging Mac windows

Throw the window under your cursor to a half, a corner, or two-thirds with Gablet instead of Magnet.

Best Moom Alternative for saving and restoring a Mac window layout

Save the windows you actually use and put that desk back with Gablet instead of Moom.

Snap Mac windows to halves and corners (Gablet)

Throw the window under your cursor to a half, the center, a corner, or two-thirds with Quick Throw.

Mac window snapping to edges and custom zones

Drag a Mac window to a screen edge, or to a snap area you drew, and drop it there.

Save and restore Mac window layouts

Save the windows you have open and put that same desk back with one layout.

Stash Mac windows off-screen and bring them back

Stash one side of the desk, hide every window but one, or cycle what you slid away.

Pin one Mac window while arranging the rest

Turn on Pin Mode so one window stays put and the other windows reflow around it.

Mac window manager keyboard shortcuts

Give Quick Throw, snap, Stash, or a saved layout its own shortcut in Gablet.

Scan a printed table to Excel on iPhone or iPad

Compare apps that turn a photo or PDF table into Excel on iPhone and iPad — then keep one scan-and-export path.

Photo of a table to Excel: check cells, then export

After you photograph a printed table, check the grid, fix wrong cells, then export Excel on iPhone or iPad.

Best Microsoft Lens Alternative for turning a table into Excel

Turn a photographed table or a PDF table into editable Excel cells with Tablune. Coming soon.

Best Adobe Scan Alternative for pulling a table into Excel

Open a photo or PDF of a table on iPhone or iPad and export editable Excel with Tablune. Coming soon.

Turn a photo of a table into an Excel sheet

Photograph a printed table on iPhone or iPad, check the rows and columns, and save an Excel file.

Pull a table out of a PDF and into Excel

Open a PDF on iPhone or iPad, read one table into rows and columns, and export Excel.

Compare ways to turn a picture of a table into Excel

See what you get if you retype a table, copy plain text, or scan it into rows and columns.

Fix a scanned table before you export it to Excel

Change a cell, add a row or column, or copy a value in the scanned grid before you export.

Switch between list and grid when you browse files

Browse documents on iPhone or iPad as a list or a grid, and sort by name, date, size, or kind.

Preview a photo or open a PDF on iPhone or iPad

Open a PDF when you tap it, or preview a JPEG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, or GIF, without turning it into Excel.

Import a photo or PDF onto iPhone or iPad

Bring a file into Tablune from the camera, Photos, Files, Wi-Fi, the built-in browser, or a link.

Zip files or open a ZIP or RAR on iPhone or iPad

Pack files into a ZIP, or open a ZIP or RAR you received, in Tablune.

Share or email a file from iPhone or iPad

Email or export the files you picked in Tablune, including an Excel sheet you scanned.