A little shortcut. A clearer point.
Make yourself at home, Mac.
Find SnapApp in your Dock, in Command-Tab, or in the menu bar. Click its Dock icon to return to an open screenshot or Settings. Capture an area, add your annotations, and send the image on its way.
Mac app v0.3.19
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon & Intel
Make room for your point.
A light editor with native glass controls keeps your screenshot in focus. Choose Doodle for hand-drawn marks or Formal for clean shapes and refined arrows. Your style choice is saved, and arrow thickness is adjustable.
Draw, move, or type past any edge of the screenshot. The canvas grows to fit your annotations, adding a consistent neutral surface around your image. Copy and autosave include that extra space at full resolution.
A quick start.
- 01
Install the app
Get it from the Mac App Store, or unzip the direct download and move the app into your Applications folder. Open it to find capture and shortcut settings.
- 02
Allow screen capture
Start a capture. When macOS asks, enable the app in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording. Reopen the app if macOS requests it.
- 03
Take your first snip
Press ⌘⇧2, drag to select a region, and release. The editor opens and saves your PNG automatically. Add annotations, then use Open in Finder or Copy.
Leave it open. Stay up to date.
The Mac App Store keeps its copy up to date. The direct download updates itself: SnapApp checks for updates every hour while it’s running and downloads them in the background. An arrow beside its menu-bar icon lets you know an update is available. Choose Install Update to review it and relaunch, or let it install when you next quit.
Open snips return with their annotations and undo history. In Settings, choose Allow update notifications for a macOS reminder, and control automatic checks and downloads separately. Notifications respect your Mac’s notification and Focus settings.
Upgrading from 0.1.8 or earlier?
Those versions don’t have an updater. Quit the old app, download this release, replace it in Applications, and open it once. Future updates are handled inside the app. Keep the app in Applications so macOS can replace it safely.
Keep your hands on the keyboard.
Change the global capture shortcut in Settings. Click its current key combination, then press your preferred shortcut with Command or Control. If it is already in use, your previous shortcut is kept.
- Capture an area
- ⌘ ⇧ 2
- Copy image
- ⌘ C
- Open in Finder
- ⇧ ⌘ F
- Undo / redo
- ⌘ Z / ⇧ ⌘ Z
- Select / arrow / line
- V / A / L
- Rectangle / ellipse
- R / O
- Triangle / pen / text
- G / P / T
- Cancel capture
- Esc
Your screenshots stay yours.
The native app captures and processes images on your Mac. It does not upload your screenshots. Captures and edits save automatically as PNG files in your Pictures folder, inside the app’s folder. Filenames use the active window or browser tab title when available, with the app name as a fallback. Naming and image processing happen entirely on your Mac.
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