Guides for screenshots, window layouts, a camera, and tables

Choose one capture mode from the Shoverlay menu

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

Best CleanShot X Alternative for Mac screenshots and screen recording

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 screenshots and screen recording

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

Capture a rectangular area on your Mac

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

Capture one window on your Mac

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

Recapture the same rectangle on your Mac

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

Capture a long scrolling page as one image on your Mac

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

Capture the full Mac screen

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.

Hide desktop icons in a Mac screenshot

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 above your 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.

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.

Connect a camera in Vizo on your Mac

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

Present with the camera in Vizo

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

Record the Mac screen in Vizo

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

Switch Present to a whiteboard in Vizo

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

Annotate the live Present view in Vizo

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

Annotate a saved image in Vizo

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

Add picture-in-picture in Vizo Present

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

Compare views with Tiles in 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 part of the Present view

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

Save a Snapshot in Vizo Scan

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

Scan a document in Vizo

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

Scan an open book in Vizo

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

Scan a card in Vizo

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

Read a QR code or barcode in 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.

Copy text with OCR in Vizo

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

Read camera text aloud in Vizo

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

Record the Present view in Vizo

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

Trim and export a Vizo recording

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

Browse Capture History in Vizo

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

Live Stream from Vizo over RTMP

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

Play an RTMP live stream in Vizo

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

Stream Vizo to Restream on Mac

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

Send a Restream stream from Vizo to YouTube

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

Stream Vizo to Livepush on Mac

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

Send a Livepush stream from Vizo to YouTube

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

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.

Move a Mac window to a half, a corner, or two-thirds in one motion

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

Snap a Mac window to the screen edge or a size you draw

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

Save a Mac window layout and restore it later

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

Slide extra Mac windows off the screen and bring them back

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

Keep one Mac window fixed while you rearrange the others

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

Set a keyboard shortcut for a Mac window action

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

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.