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

Screenshots, recording, and annotation

Shoverlay on Mac

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.

A camera on Mac

Vizo

Best IPEVO Visualizer Alternative for Mac

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

Connect any camera in Vizo on your Mac

The built-in camera and a USB webcam both work. A document camera is better for paper. Select it in Vizo.

Show a paper live on your Mac

Freeze, zoom, rotate, or mirror the camera so a class can see the page.

Switch the camera view to a whiteboard on your Mac

Open a light or dark board in Vizo, write the explanation, then return to the camera.

Draw on the live camera view while you explain

Annotate the live camera picture with drawing and text while the page stays on screen.

Compare several pages side by side

Open 2, 4, or 6 panes in Vizo and compare the live page with a snapshot or an imported image.

Cover or spotlight part of the camera view

Use a mask in Vizo to hide a region of the page or to spotlight the part you are explaining.

Save a snapshot from the camera on Mac

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

Scan a document with a camera on your Mac

Scan a document page with the camera, crop it, and add more pages to the same batch.

Scan an open book on your Mac without taking it apart

Scan one page or a two-page spread from an open book. A normal camera works. A document camera is steadier and clearer.

Scan a card with a camera on Mac

Scan an ID or other card with the camera and save that scan on your Mac.

Read a QR code or barcode with a camera on Mac

Point any camera at a QR code or barcode and read it in Vizo.

Copy text from the camera on your Mac

Recognize the words in the camera view and copy them, without reading them aloud.

Read text from the camera out loud on your Mac

Have the Mac speak the words in the camera view with text-to-speech.

Arrange the windows already on your Mac

Gablet

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.

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