What's New

Added

• Customize your annotation toolbar. A new Toolbar tab in Settings lets you choose which tool each group button (Shapes and Text) selects by default, and pin up to four of your favorite tools as one-click buttons right on the control panel. Emoji is pinned by default — keep it, remove it, or swap in other tools. A live preview shows exactly how your control panel will look as you make changes, and your setup is saved between sessions and stays in sync across editor windows.

• Turn system notifications on or off. A new System Notifications switch in Settings (off by default) controls the pop-up notifications for captures, recordings, pinned/deleted screenshots, and uploads. Error and permission alerts always appear, so you'll never miss something that needs your attention.

Improved

• Rectangle tools now have full styling controls. The Rectangle tool now offers color and line-thickness controls alongside corner radius, and the Filled Rectangle offers color and corner radius. Previously both tools only exposed corner radius, with no way to change their color or border.

• Pinned quick-access tools stay independent. Selecting one of your pinned toolbar buttons no longer changes the default tool shown on the Shapes or Text group buttons — the two work independently.

• Refreshed the software update screen with a cleaner, clearer look.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash when your displays change during capture. The capture overlay could crash with a "renderer launch-failed" error when monitors went to sleep, woke up, or were connected or disconnected — for example when docking or undocking a laptop. The app now recovers automatically and rebuilds the overlay instead of failing.

• Area capture no longer gets stuck on multi-monitor Macs. When starting an area screenshot, the selection overlay could vanish on the monitor you were actually using (while still showing on your other screens), forcing you to press Esc and start over. The overlay now stays put on the active monitor so you can draw your selection right away.

• Screen Recording permission is handled gracefully. If Screen Recording access is turned off, the app now guides you to enable it cleanly instead of failing with an error.

• Various stability and polish fixes, including a fix for an issue with the right-click menu.

What's New

Added

• Area capture now reaches the macOS menu bar. Previously the selection rectangle stopped at the top of the active app's window, so you couldn't grab the menu bar or anything sitting in front of it. You can now drag a selection across the full screen and include the menu bar in the shot.

• Shorter options for Capture Delay. The countdown now offers 1 and 2 seconds in addition to 3, 5, 7, and 10 — handy when you just need a moment to move the cursor or reveal a hover state before the shot is taken.

What's New

Fixed

• Selection now matches the screenshot on Windows multi-monitor setups. When monitors ran at different scales (e.g. a 150% laptop next to a 100% external), the captured area was shifted slightly up and to the left of the rectangle you drew. The crop math is now anchored in physical pixels, so what you select is exactly what you get on every monitor.

• Recording with audio on macOS Tahoe. A change in macOS 26's permission system meant the recording helper sometimes couldn't access the microphone even when ScreenSnap Pro was allowed in System Settings — recordings would fail with a vague "controller is not available" message. ScreenSnap Pro now asks macOS for the helper's microphone permission directly, and shows a clear, actionable message if it's blocked.

What's New

Improved

• OCR copies just the text — no more JSON blob on Windows. A handful of Windows users saw the entire raw OCR output (positions, bounding boxes, the whole structure) end up in their clipboard instead of clean text. Fixed: OCR now reliably returns just the recognized text, every time, on every version of Windows.

• Behind-the-scenes security updates. Refreshed the app's underlying libraries to bring in the latest security patches. Nothing visible changes, but you're now on the safest, most up-to-date foundation.

What's New

New

• Pick the corner style for rectangles and callouts. When you draw a rectangle or callout in the editor, you can now choose between Sharp, Curved, or Round corners from a quick dropdown. Resize the shape and the curve stays nicely proportional — no manual fiddling. The saved or shared image matches exactly what you see on screen.

• A fresher editor look. The dropdowns inside the editor's tool panel (Arrow style, Text style, the new Corner Radius) now wear the same clean dark-glass design as the rest of the app. The Save button in the editor header is bolder too, and clearly responds when you hover over it.

Improved

• The Library tab catches new screenshots right away. Take a screenshot, drop it where you like — it appears in the Library immediately, no app restart needed.

• Capture Website is easier to find. It now sits right above Record Screen in the tray menu, so it's the first thing you spot when you want to grab a webpage.

What's New

New

• Capture Website — paste a URL instead of scrolling. A cleaner alternative to scrolling capture. Just paste a website link, pick the device you'd like it to look like, and get a clean, full-page screenshot in seconds. No more manual scroll-and-stitch, no duplicated sticky headers, no cookie banners getting in the way. Choose a current device preset — iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPad Pro 13″, Galaxy Tab S10, and more — or grab the desktop view in HD or Full HD. Open it from the tray menu or press ⌘⇧W, and the result lands in your usual preview window, ready to edit, save, or share like any other capture.

What's New

New

• 25 languages. ScreenSnap Pro now speaks your language. Pick from 25 languages in Settings → General → Language — English, Українська, Deutsch, Русский, Español, Português (Brasil), Português (Portugal), Français, Italiano, 简体中文, 日本語, 한국어, Polski, Nederlands, Türkçe, Čeština, Svenska, Dansk, Norsk (Bokmål), Suomi, Magyar, Română, Ελληνικά, हिन्दी, and Tiếng Việt. Each language appears in its own native script with a country flag, so finding yours is easy even before you switch.

What's New

New

• Capture History. Every capture is now kept in a private, local history so you can re-open recent shots even after deleting the original. Choose how long entries are kept — 1 day, 3 days, 1 week, or 1 month — from the new History section in Settings. Open the History tab from the left navigation or directly from the tray menu, hover any thumbnail to restore it straight into Quick Preview, and clear the entire history at any time with one click. Off by default; turn it on whenever you want.
• Background effects — Blur and Noise. Soften the background behind your screenshot with a Blur effect, or add cinematic film grain with Noise. Dial in exactly how strong the effect is with the intensity slider.
• Shadow styles. Choose between three shadow presets — None, Spread (a soft, wide drop shadow), and Hug (a tight shadow that follows the screenshot edges) — and tune the opacity to taste.
• Quick Preview customization. A new Quick Preview section in Settings lets you pick where the preview appears (any corner), its size (Extra small through Extra large), how long it stays on screen before auto-closing (1–11 seconds), whether it closes after you drag it somewhere, and whether it follows your cursor across displays.

Improvements

• The Library tab now updates instantly when a new capture is saved or a file is deleted — no more switching tabs or refreshing to see your latest shot.
• Taking a screenshot no longer pulls the editor to the front. If your editor was tucked behind other windows when you grabbed a quick screenshot, it'll stay right where it was.

Fixes

• Pixelate and blur annotations in exported images now match exactly what you see on the canvas. Arrows, shapes, text, and other annotations placed on top of a pixelated or blurred area stay sharp and visible in the exported file.
• Multi-selecting annotations with Shift+Click now reliably works for three or more elements. Previously, after selecting two, adding a third would sometimes drag the existing selection instead of adding the new one.
• Fixed screen recording with Hide desktop icons enabled so Finder no longer pops up during recording and desktop icons return afterward.

What's New

Fixes

• Fixed Cmd+C in the screenshot editor so it copies the edited image again.
• Fixed screen recording with Hide desktop icons enabled so Finder no longer pops up during recording and desktop icons return afterward.

What's New

Improvements

• Area capture now opens faster and feels more responsive.
• Crosshair lines appear more reliably when starting a capture.
• Windows multi-monitor capture is more reliable, especially when moving between displays.

What's New

Improvements

• The annotation toolbar is cleaner and more stable when switching between tools.
• The editor now remembers your last selected annotation color.
• Pixelate and Blur now look more consistent between the editor and exported images.
• The Highlighter tool now includes a strength control.
• The Emoji tool now includes more emojis, clearer categories, and a short list of recently used emojis.
• You can now drag and drop an image onto the empty editor screen to open it.
• Exported images now better match the padding you see in the editor.
• The Library now loads faster and keeps thumbnails more reliably up to date.
• App updates now happen quietly in the background and are applied the next time you open the app.
• You can now reveal Library files directly in Finder on macOS or Explorer on Windows.
• Library filters and hover states are easier to read and feel smoother.
• The editor header now only shows controls that are relevant to the current tab.

What's New

Improvements

• Improved Quick Preview drag-and-drop after taking a screenshot, making immediate drags feel smoother and preventing freezes when dropping the file into Finder or other apps.

What's New

Improvements

• Renamed the sidebar Cloud tab to Library and updated its icon.
• Expanded Library to show local screenshots and recordings from the configured save folder, alongside cloud-backed files.
• Added Library filters for All, Cloud, Images, Videos, and GIFs, plus a remembered Grid/List view toggle.
• Added cloud badges, source-aware actions, local Save As conversion, and a cloud delete dialog for deleting cloud-only or both local and cloud copies.
• Improved Library performance for large folders with paged indexing, virtualized grid/list rendering, lazy thumbnails, and bounded thumbnail cache cleanup.
• Improved Pencil drawing reliability, especially for Windows users, by keeping active strokes alive when the pointer leaves the image edge.
• Added OCR inside the editor with selectable recognized text regions and automatic full-text copy when OCR is activated.
• Added editor image Crop mode with draggable/resizeable crop bounds, Apply/Cancel controls, and annotation-preserving image replacement.
• Added an Eraser mode alongside Hand for hover-previewing annotations and deleting them with a click.
• Reworked the primary tool panel: Emoji is now a first-row tool, Pencil is the default Text-group tool, and emoji placement switches to Hand with the new emoji selected.
• Made tool controls more consistent with disabled placeholders for unavailable color/size controls, plus a more opaque tool panel and higher-contrast sidebar labels.

What's New

Improvements

• Made Quick Preview appear faster after area, fullscreen, and window captures by showing the preview before background save work finishes.
• Cleaned up the window picker so ScreenSnap's own hidden helper windows no longer appear as capture choices.
• Improved OCR packaging on macOS so production users do not need Xcode command line tools to use text recognition.
• Improved native recording diagnostics and stability when ScreenCaptureKit exits unexpectedly.

What's New

Improvements

• Improved the blur tool so the editor preview now matches the exported result.
• Refined the default blur intensity for a more natural, less aggressive look.
• Fixed dragging, resizing, and rotating so they no longer get interrupted when the cursor moves near the edge of the canvas.

What's New

Improvements

• Fixed an issue where the editor could appear while selecting a screenshot area on Windows.
• Fixed captures on Windows so the selected area is captured instead of ScreenSnap's own overlay or editor window.
• Improved the capture flow so the editor hides before clipping and returns after the capture is complete.
• Improved screen recording startup on Windows to prevent ScreenSnap setup or picker windows from appearing in the recording.
• Added native Windows window controls to the editor, including minimize, maximize, and close buttons.
• Adjusted the Windows editor header spacing so native window controls have their own space above the app controls.
• Preserved the existing macOS editor experience, including the custom rounded window and native traffic light controls.
• Kept the fast macOS capture flow intact while improving shared capture reliability across platforms.
• Maintained the current macOS screen recording behavior while tightening startup timing for a more consistent experience.

What's New

Smoother recordings

• We made screen recordings start and stop cleanly every time, even after long sessions of back-to-back recordings.
• We now let you know straight away if something goes wrong while recording, instead of leaving you with a broken video.
• We cleaned up leftover background activity after a recording ends, so the app stays light and responsive.

Snappier everywhere

• We stopped the brief pause that happened when cloud uploads were getting started.
• We made preview thumbnails for recordings appear faster.
• We tidied up preview windows so the app keeps feeling fresh, even after a full day of use.

Safer under the hood

• We picked up the latest security updates from the tools we build on.

Screenshots and the editor are just as instant as before — we made sure not to touch what already feels fast.

What's New

• Significantly reduced CPU and GPU usage. Disabled CSS animations, transitions, and backdrop-filter blur effects that were causing a constant 25–30% CPU/GPU load on Mac even while idle.

What's New

Performance

• Screenshot activation is now near-instant — pressing the screenshot shortcut now shows the capture overlay in under 30ms, even on repeated use. Previously, subsequent activations could take up to 6 seconds.
• Fullscreen & window screenshots show previews faster — the quick preview now appears immediately after capture, without waiting for file saving to finish. Saving happens silently in the background.
• Text recognition (OCR) no longer has a cold-start delay — previously, using OCR after a few minutes of inactivity caused a 5+ second wait. Now it responds in under half a second every time.
• Editor zoom is smoother — zooming with trackpad pinch or scroll wheel is now fluid and responsive, with no more stuttering at higher zoom levels.
• Panning while zoomed in is smoother — dragging the canvas with the hand tool no longer lags.

New Features

• Quick Preview position setting — choose which corner of the screen the preview appears in: Bottom Right (default), Bottom Left, Top Right, or Top Left. Find it in Settings > Quick Preview.
• Auto-hide toggle for previews — choose whether previews disappear automatically after a few seconds, or stay on screen until you swipe or close them. Find it in Settings > Quick Preview.

What's New

• Smoother captures and recordings
  Starting a screenshot or recording should feel quicker and more responsive, especially when you jump straight into saving, editing, or recording.

• Faster preview popups
  Your preview window now appears more smoothly when you finish a capture, while the app stays lighter in the background when you are not using it.

• More reliable setup and license screens
  Opening onboarding or Settings repeatedly should feel more stable, with fewer chances of buttons or status updates acting strangely behind the scenes.

• Better wallpaper browsing
  Browsing large custom wallpaper collections should feel lighter and less memory-hungry, while keeping the currently selected wallpaper quick to view and use.

What's New

• Camera overlay on Mac
  Using your webcam in recordings should work more reliably. If a permission window doesn’t appear when you ask for camera access, the app can take you to the right place in Settings, with short tips on the permissions screen. If ScreenSnap Pro isn’t listed there yet, installing the latest version of the app again often sorts it out.

What's New in ScreenSnap Pro

• Choose your default screenshot format
  You can now pick whether screenshots and editor exports save as PNG, JPEG, WebP, or AVIF.

• More flexibility for sharing
  Stick with PNG for maximum quality, or choose smaller formats when you want files that are easier to send and upload.

• Clearer format choices in Settings
  The screenshot format setting now includes simple guidance so it is easier to choose the option that fits your workflow.

• Better support for modern image formats
  ScreenSnap now works more smoothly with newer formats like AVIF when opening, exporting, and managing images.

• Save As still gives you control
  Even with a default format selected, you can still choose a different format anytime you use Save As.

What's New

• Smarter performance behind the scenes — Reduced unnecessary background work so ScreenSnap makes better use of your Mac's CPU, GPU, and memory (RAM), helping the app feel lighter while keeping captures fast when you need them.
• Improved resource handling — Cleaned up temporary capture elements more efficiently and trimmed extra startup activity, which helps reduce overhead and supports a more stable experience over longer sessions.

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What's New

• Overall polish — Refined the app's UI and UX and improved overall stability for a smoother, more reliable experience.

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What's New

• Custom file naming — Added a new File Name Pattern setting. Use tokens like {{datetime}} and {{UUID}} to customize saved screenshot names.
• Smarter saves — Your naming pattern now applies to screenshots, edited image exports, and recordings, with automatic duplicate handling.
• Faster tool access — The active grouped tool icon now opens the same tool dropdown as the chevron.
• Cleaner control panel — Removed hover motion and extra chevron chrome for a calmer, more polished tool panel.
• Steadier text controls — The text style dropdown now keeps a fixed width and no longer resizes the control panel.
• Settings tab fix — The control panel now stays hidden on Settings, Shortcuts, and Cloud even after screenshot refreshes.

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What's New

• General improvements — Stability tweaks, minor UI polish, and under-the-hood fixes for a smoother experience.

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What's New

• Cleaner video sound — Screen recordings now sound much smoother and more polished, especially when capturing app audio.

• Camera overlay for recordings — You can now add your camera while recording and keep it visible as a floating preview.

• More control while recording — It is now easier to choose what shows up in your recording, including your cursor and camera.

• Less clutter on screen — You can hide desktop icons before recording and have them come back automatically when you are done.

• A more polished recording flow — Starting, pausing, and finishing a recording now feels more natural and dependable.

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What's New

• Faster screenshot capture — Taking a screenshot now feels quicker and more responsive, especially when starting a new capture.

• Smoother first editor open — The editor now opens faster on first launch and avoids the awkward empty-state flash before your screenshot appears.

• Smoother wallpaper switching — Background and wallpaper changes now fade more smoothly instead of switching with a harsh blink.

• Better control panel layout — The tool panel was reorganized to make the main tools easier to reach, with a cleaner and more focused layout.

• Cleaner hand and move tools — The hand/move controls were simplified, updated visually, and made more consistent with the rest of the toolbar.

• Improved dropdown behavior — Tool menus now open in smarter directions when space is tight, so they are less likely to get cut off near the bottom of the screen.

• Better color and slider controls — Color selection and tool settings were cleaned up visually and made easier to use.

• More reliable cursors — Cursor behavior was improved across tools like move, pencil, screenshot capture, and color picking so the app feels more consistent.

• More stable zooming and drawing — Drawings now stay in place more reliably when zooming, and effects like pixelate behave properly even on zoomed screenshots.

• Improved Spotlight behavior — Spotlight now layers correctly with other annotations, so it no longer appears behind older drawings.

• Better export reliability — Exports now preserve wallpapers and backgrounds more reliably, matching what you see in the editor more closely.

• Pinned screenshot OCR fix — Text recognition from pinned screenshots now works properly again.

• Better editor window behavior — If the editor is open in the background, regular screenshots no longer force it to jump in front unless you explicitly open the editor.

• Capture quality and accuracy fixes — Selection, crop alignment, and screenshot bounds were improved to make captures feel more precise.

• General stability improvements — Many smaller issues were fixed across screenshot capture, dropdowns, annotation tools, editor loading, and overall app behavior.

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What's New

• Faster Cloud Previews — Items in Cloud now open more smoothly, with quicker playback and a better chance of using files already saved on your Mac before loading them again.

• Better Recording Experience — Screen recording is now cleaner and less distracting, with the editor staying out of the way while you record.

• More Reliable Editor Controls — The editing toolbar now behaves more consistently, stays available when you need it, and comes back properly after switching between sections.

• More Background Options — Added support for a transparent background, giving you more flexibility when preparing images for different uses.

• Unlimited Screen Recording — You can now record screen videos without the previous time limit, making it easier to capture longer sessions in one go.

• Faster, Smoother Editing — The overall editing experience now feels quicker and more responsive, with smoother interactions throughout the editor.

• Polished Navigation — Moving between Editor, Cloud, and Settings feels more stable, with fewer odd UI states and smoother transitions overall.

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ScreenSnap V3 — Major Release

Complete Editor Redesign

This release represents a ground-up redesign of the ScreenSnap experience. The editor has been completely reimagined with a unified, modern interface.

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New Left Navigation Sidebar

A brand new navigation sidebar gives you quick access to everything — your editor, cloud uploads, keyboard shortcuts, and settings — all from one place.

Stunning Visual Overhaul

• Animated Background: Beautiful floating orbs with gradient effects throughout the app
• Frosted Glass Design: Modern blur effects across all panels for a sleek, premium look
• Consistent Visual Style: Every part of the app now shares the same polished aesthetic

Unified Single-Window Experience

Everything now lives in one window. Settings, keyboard shortcuts, and onboarding are all built directly into the editor — no more juggling multiple windows.

Redesigned Onboarding

• Beautiful full-screen welcome experience
• Faster setup — get started in seconds
• Can be relaunched anytime from the menu

Simplified Editing

• The control panel is now always visible while editing
• Cleaner header with fewer buttons
• More intuitive workflow

Refreshed Settings & Shortcuts

• Clean, left-aligned layout
• Better organized sections
• Easier to scan and configure

Updated Menu

• Quick access to Settings directly from the menu
• New Shortcuts option for fast keyboard customization
• Welcome Guide to revisit the onboarding anytime

Cloud Tab Improvements

• Cleaner layout with better spacing
• Filters are easier to find and use

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ScreenSnap V3 — A completely reimagined screenshot experience.

New Features

Capture Delay

You can now add a timed delay before any screenshot is taken. This gives you a few seconds to prepare the screen — open a menu, hover over a tooltip, or arrange windows exactly how you want them before the capture happens.

• Works with all capture types: area, fullscreen, and window
• Choose from 3, 5, 7, or 10 second delays
• Quickly toggle the delay on or off from the tray menu without opening settings
• Change the delay duration directly from the tray submenu
• Enable, disable, and configure the delay in Settings

What's New in ScreenSnap

New: Spotlight Tool

A brand new annotation tool that lets you highlight a specific area of your screenshot by dimming everything around it with a dark overlay. Perfect for drawing attention to a particular UI element or detail.

• Draw a rectangle to spotlight any region
• Adjustable overlay darkness via slider
• Supports multiple spotlight areas at once
• Hold Shift to constrain to a perfect square
• Move and delete spotlight areas in hand mode
• Fully exported in saved images and clipboard copies

New: Line Tool Improvements

• Angle snapping — Hold Shift while drawing a line to snap to 0, 45, 90, 135 degree angles. Previously, 0 (horizontal) and 90 (vertical) angles were missing.
• Live preview fix — Perfectly straight horizontal and vertical lines now show up while you're drawing them, not just after releasing the mouse.

Improved: Editor Empty State

• Bigger, more visible animated icon when no image is loaded
• Cleaner look with sidebar and header hidden until you open an image
• Opening an image from the empty state now activates the arrow tool and shows the control panel automatically, matching the behavior of other entry points

Improved: Settings Sidebar

• Inset color picker and auto button moved to the same row as the section title for a cleaner, more compact layout
• Fixed a layout shift where changing the inset slider value would push the color pickers around

Improved: Performance

• Faster startup — Machine ID is now cached after first launch instead of being recalculated every time, saving up to 2 seconds on macOS
• Faster startup — Non-essential modules (preview, GIF recording, OCR, auto-updater) are now loaded on demand instead of all at once
• Smoother drawing — Pencil strokes build incrementally instead of recalculating the entire path on every point
• Smoother rendering — Annotation overlays update more efficiently using batched DOM operations
• Faster exports — Removed unnecessary delays in the save and copy-to-clipboard pipeline
• Reduced GPU usage — Removed invisible blur effects from opaque UI elements that were wasting GPU resources
• Lighter event handling — Color picker mouse tracking only runs while the picker is active, instead of listening globally at all times
• Async file operations — File reads and writes no longer block the UI during cloud uploads, saves, and image loading

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where changing tools and taking a new screenshot would leave the previously selected tool inactive until manually re-selected
• Removed unused code and cleaned up dead files

What's New in ScreenSnap Pro

Instant Editor Opening

The editor now opens instantly in all scenarios. Previously, there was a 2–3 second delay showing a black window before the UI appeared.

• Instant launch from screenshots — When you take a screenshot, the editor appears immediately with your image ready to edit. No more black screen while waiting for the UI to load.
• Instant launch from tray menu — Opening an empty editor from the tray menu is now equally fast. Previously, the loading overlay was stuck visible until a failsafe timeout kicked in.

Editor Auto-Hides During Screenshot Capture

The editor now automatically hides itself when you initiate a new screenshot, so it won't appear in your captures. It restores automatically once the capture is complete.

Open Images Directly from Finder

You can now right-click any image in Finder and use "Open With > ScreenSnap Pro" to edit it directly.

What's New in ScreenSnap Pro

Beautiful GIF Recording

GIF recording has been completely rebuilt from the ground up. The result — smooth, vibrant GIFs with no visual artifacts.

• Stunning quality — GIFs now look clean and accurate with smooth color transitions, no more blocky patches or flickering dots in dark areas.
• Vibrant colors — Colors in your GIFs now match what you see on screen, even in colorful scenes with lots of detail.
• Sharp on Retina displays — GIF recordings on high-resolution screens are now crisp and detailed.
• Works out of the box — Everything you need for perfect GIF recording is built right into the app. No extra software required.

Recording UX Improvements

• ESC cancels area selection gracefully — Pressing ESC while drawing a recording area now brings back the recording toolbar instead of closing everything.
• Smarter controls for GIF mode — Microphone and system audio buttons are now automatically disabled when recording a GIF, since GIFs don't have sound.
• Cleaner toolbar — Removed distracting tooltip popups when hovering over recording buttons.

Fix for some Mac on Intel chip were crashing.

Added support for Macs running on Intel chip.

What's New in ScreenSnap Pro

Sharper Screenshots on Non-HiDPI Displays

Screenshots captured on external monitors or displays with lower pixel density are now crisp and sharp. Previously, captures could appear blurry due to incorrect resolution handling on non-Retina screens.

• Fixed fullscreen capture blur — Fullscreen screenshots no longer upscale beyond the display's native resolution. The old behavior applied a quality multiplier to logical pixel dimensions, which caused artificial upscaling and visible blur on non-HiDPI monitors.
• Accurate display scaling — All capture paths (area selection, fullscreen, and window) now use the actual display scale factor instead of assuming 2x Retina. This ensures the correct resolution is requested for every type of monitor.
• Higher-quality window captures — Window screenshots now capture at the display's full native resolution instead of being capped at 1920x1080.
• Pixel-accurate selection dimensions — The selection overlay now shows actual pixel dimensions during capture. On Retina displays, you'll see the true output resolution (e.g. 600 x 400px) rather than CSS points.

What's New in ScreenSnap Pro

Cloud Uploads Gallery

Your cloud uploads now have a dedicated home. Open the Cloud Uploads tab in the sidebar to browse everything you've shared — screenshots, videos, and GIFs — all in one beautiful grid.

• Browse and preview — Double-click or press Space to open a full-size preview. Navigate between files with arrow keys.
• File details at a glance — Select any upload to see its name, type, size, dimensions, and upload date in the sidebar.
• Filter by type — Quickly narrow down to just Images, Videos, or GIFs with one click.
• Copy share links — Grab the share link for any file instantly. It's copied to your clipboard and ready to paste.
• Download in any format — Save cloud images locally as PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, TIFF, or PDF — right to your Downloads folder.
• Open in Editor — Pull any cloud image directly into the ScreenSnap editor for annotations.
• Delete from cloud — Remove files you no longer need. The file and its share link are permanently deleted.
• Storage summary — See how many files you have and total storage used at the bottom of the gallery.

Multi-Select and Bulk Actions

Select multiple files at once for faster management.

• Cmd+click to pick individual files, or Shift+click to select a range.
• Selected files are highlighted with a checkmark badge.
• A floating action bar appears with Copy Links (all selected) and Delete (bulk remove).
• Press Delete on your keyboard to bulk-delete, or Escape to clear your selection.

Right-Click Menu

Right-click any upload for quick access to all actions — Copy Link, Open in Browser, Open in Editor, Save As, and Delete — without needing the sidebar.

Upload Progress

When you upload a file to the cloud, a live progress card now appears in the gallery grid with a spinner animation, so you always know an upload is in progress.

Screen Recording — Now in MP4

Screen recordings are now saved as MP4 (H.264) by default, which means they open natively on your Mac — no extra apps needed. Recordings use hardware acceleration for smooth performance and smaller file sizes.

• Up to 5 minutes of recording for video, 30 seconds for GIF.
• Choose Video or GIF format before you start, right from the recording toolbar.
• Microphone audio — Optionally record your microphone. Pick which mic to use from the dropdown, and your choice is remembered.
• Multi-monitor support — The recording toolbar appears on whichever monitor you're using. When recording a display, other screens are dimmed so you know exactly what's being captured.
• Recording controls — Stop, pause, restart, or discard your recording at any time. Click the timer to stop.
• Invisible to recordings — The recording toolbar is hidden from the capture, so it never appears in your videos.

Faster Video Thumbnails

Video uploads now generate lightweight thumbnails, so the cloud gallery loads instantly — no more waiting for full video files to render a preview.

Smarter File Sizes

Recording quality has been optimized across all presets to produce significantly smaller files while keeping visuals sharp. Uploads can now be up to 300 MB.

More Cloud Storage

Your cloud upload limit has been increased from 2,000 to 10,000 files per license.

What's New in ScreenSnap Pro

Faster Screenshots, Everywhere

Screenshots now feel instant. Whether you're capturing a region, a full screen, or a window — your image is on the clipboard and the preview appears immediately. No more waiting for processing to finish before you can keep working.

Stacked Previews

Taking multiple screenshots in a row? Previews now stack neatly in the bottom-right corner — up to 3 at a time. Each one is independent: drag to share, pin, upload, or dismiss them individually.

Smoother Preview Experience

• The quick preview no longer flashes white before your screenshot appears
• Animations (fade-in, fade-out, loading spinners) are now buttery smooth
• Drag-to-share works even if you grab the preview right after capturing

Cleaner Update Screen

The "Check for Updates" window has been refreshed:

• Shows a loading indicator while checking for updates
• Cleaner error and success states
• Faster retry when something goes wrong

More Frequent Update Checks

ScreenSnap Pro now checks for updates every hour (instead of every 6 hours), so you'll always be running the latest version.

Updated File Naming

Screenshots and GIFs are now saved as ScreenSnapPro-... for easier identification in your folders.

Enhancement: OCR Now Supports Multiple Languages

Automatic Language Detection for Text Recognition

What's New

• OCR (text recognition) now automatically detects the language in your screenshots
• Supports Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and many other languages
• No manual configuration needed - just capture and extract text

How It Works

• Take a screenshot containing text in any supported language
• Use the OCR feature (Cmd+Shift+6 or click the text icon)
• The text is automatically recognized regardless of language

Requirements

• macOS 13 (Ventura) or later for automatic language detection

Bug Fix: Pinned Screenshot Display Issue

Fixed: Pinned Screenshots Were Cut Off

What Was Wrong

• When pinning screenshots, parts of the image were being cut off or cropped
• Black bars appeared on the sides of pinned screenshots

What's Fixed

• Pinned screenshots now show the complete image without any parts being cut off
• The entire screenshot is visible in the pinned window
• No more black bars on the sides

What's New in v1.9.0

Performance Improvements

Faster Screenshot Capture

• Optimized capture flow – Screenshots now capture faster with reduced latency between trigger and image save
• Streamlined processing pipeline – Removed redundant operations for snappier performance

Multi-Monitor Support

• Improved multi-display handling – Screenshot selection now starts more reliably on systems with multiple monitors
• Better display detection – Fixed issues with screen positioning and coordinate mapping across displays

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App Updates

Automatic Update Checks

• Periodic update checks – The app now checks for updates in the background, not just on startup
• Non-intrusive notifications – You'll be notified when an update is available without interrupting your workflow

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed various edge cases in the screenshot capture flow
• Improved stability and error handling throughout the app
• Code cleanup and optimization for better maintainability

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What's New

Custom Background Images (New Feature)

Use Your Own Images as Backgrounds

• Add your own images – Import any PNG, JPG, or WebP image as a custom background
• Automatic optimization – Images are automatically compressed and resized for optimal performance
• Fast thumbnail previews – Small thumbnails load instantly in the picker, full resolution applies to your screenshot
• Easy management – Remove custom backgrounds anytime with a single click

How It Works

• Go to the Wallpaper tab and select Custom from the category tabs
• Click Add Image to import your own background images
• Your custom backgrounds are saved and available across all sessions
• Perfect for brand backgrounds, textures, or personal photos

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Inset Padding (New Feature)

Add a Colored Frame Around Your Screenshots

• Inset slider – Add inner padding between your screenshot and the background
• Auto color detection – Automatically picks the border color from your screenshot edges
• Custom color picker – Choose any color you want for the inset frame
• Smart styling – Shadow and rounded corners apply to the outer frame, keeping your original screenshot crisp

How It Works

• The inset creates a colored border around your screenshot
• Your original image stays untouched (no shrinking or cropping)
• The total output size expands to accommodate the inset
• Perfect for adding breathing room or matching your brand colors

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Shadow Improvements

More Professional Shadow Effect

• Softer shadows – Improved blur for a more natural, diffuse look
• Better defaults – New default values produce a more polished appearance out of the box
• Extended range – Shadow size slider now goes up to 150 for more dramatic effects when needed
• Refined intensity – Lower default intensity (25%) prevents overly dark shadows

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Selection & Movement Enhancements

Keyboard Nudge

• Arrow keys – Move selected elements by 1 pixel
• Shift + Arrow keys – Move selected elements by 10 pixels
• Works with all element types (shapes, arrows, text, callouts, emojis, etc.)

Multi-Select Support

• Shift + Click – Add or remove elements from selection
• Move multiple elements – Drag to move all selected elements together
• Delete multiple elements – Press Delete/Backspace to remove all selected items
• Visual feedback – All selected elements now show selection highlight (not just the first one)

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Text Tool Enhancements

Live Editing Updates

• Change colors on the fly – Adjust text or background color while typing and see changes instantly
• Switch styles seamlessly – Change between Standard, Boxed, Rounded, and other text styles without interrupting your work
• Resize text live – Adjust text size with the slider while editing

Improved Editing Experience

• Uninterrupted workflow – Clicking on color picker, style selector, or size slider no longer closes the text editor
• Bigger default text – Text now starts at a larger, more readable size by default

What's New

GIF Recording Improvements

Respect Your Settings

GIF recordings now follow the same upload behavior as screenshots:

• Auto-upload only when enabled – GIFs will only upload automatically if you have auto-upload turned on in Settings
• Manual upload option – When auto-upload is off, the preview shows an upload button so you can choose when to share

Preview Overlay for GIFs

After recording a GIF, you'll now see a preview popup just like screenshots:

• Pin – Keep the GIF floating on screen
• Upload – Share to cloud (when auto-upload is disabled)
• Delete – Remove the recording

Pin Animated GIFs

You can now pin GIF recordings to your screen:

• GIFs play with full animation in the pinned window
• Use zoom controls (+/-) to resize
• Drag anywhere on screen

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Code Quality

• Improved GIF recording code organization for better reliability
• Fixed preview display for GIF recordings
• Optimized button layout in pinned windows

What's New

Text Recognition (OCR)

You can now copy text directly from any screenshot! Perfect for grabbing text from images, documents, or anything on your screen.

How to use it

From the menu bar:

• Click "Recognize Text" or press Cmd+Shift+6
• Select an area containing text
• The text is instantly copied to your clipboard

From the preview popup:

• Take a screenshot
• Click the scan icon in the preview
• Text is copied to clipboard

From pinned screenshots:

• Pin any screenshot to your screen
• Click the scan icon to extract text anytime

Customize the shortcut

Go to Settings to change the keyboard shortcut for text recognition.

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Refreshed Menu Design

The menu bar now features cleaner labels and icons:

• Capture Area – Select a region to screenshot
• Capture Area (Editor) – Screenshot and edit immediately
• Capture Screen – Capture your entire display
• Capture Window – Screenshot a specific window
• Recognize Text – Copy text from screen
• Record a GIF – Create animated screen recordings

Recent Updates

New Features

Copy to Clipboard Button

Added a new button next to "Save Screenshot" in the editor that copies the edited screenshot directly to clipboard.

What it does:

• Copies the fully edited screenshot (with all annotations, background, etc.) to clipboard
• Does NOT save to disk
• Does NOT show the preview popup
• Does NOT upload to cloud (even if cloud is enabled)

When to use: Perfect for quickly pasting screenshots into chat apps, emails, or documents without cluttering your screenshot folder.

Bug Fixes

Fixed Background Export Not Using Selected Background

What was wrong: When exporting a screenshot with a custom gradient, preset gradient, or any non-default background, the export would use the first/default background instead of the one you selected.

What's fixed: The export system now correctly reads the current background state from the Background System. All background types are now properly exported:

• Wallpaper backgrounds
• Preset gradients (cool, beach, violet, neon, cosmic, etc.)
• Custom gradients with multiple color stops
• Radial gradients (galaxy, phoenix, ocean, etc.)
• Conic gradients (rainbow)
• Plain solid colors

Fixed Save Screenshot Button Changing Size During Export

What was wrong: The "Save Screenshot" button would change width when clicking it, jumping from "Save Screenshot" to "Exporting & Saving..." text.

What's fixed: The button now has a fixed width of 180px, preventing any size changes during the loading state.

Fixed Window Screenshots Not Using Compression

What was wrong: Window screenshots were saved without compression, resulting in larger file sizes compared to other screenshot types.

What's fixed: Window screenshots now use the same maximum lossless PNG compression as all other screenshot types.

All screenshot types (quick, fullscreen, window, and editor exports) now consistently produce the smallest possible file sizes while remaining 100% lossless.

Recent Updates

Bug Fixes

Fixed Cmd+Q Quitting Other Apps

What was wrong: Pressing Cmd+Q in any app would quit ScreenSnap first, even when you wanted to quit a different app.

What's fixed: Cmd+Q now only quits ScreenSnap when ScreenSnap is the active app. You can quit other apps normally without ScreenSnap interfering.

Fixed Editor Popping Up During Screenshots

What was wrong: When taking quick screenshots, the editor window would jump to the front of all your windows, covering everything else.

What's fixed: The editor window now stays where it is. It only appears when you:

• Take a "Screenshot with editor" (edit mode)
• Click the edit button on a preview
• Click the edit button on a pinned screenshot
• Open the editor from the tray menu

New Feature

Window Screenshot Picker

What it does: Capture a specific window instead of selecting an area or taking a fullscreen shot.

How to use:

1. Click the tray icon
2. Select "Window screenshot"
3. A grid shows thumbnails of all open windows
4. Click any window to capture it

Features:

• Shows 4 windows per row in a clean grid
• Displays window thumbnails and titles
• Scrollable if you have many windows open
• Press ESC to cancel

✨ New Features

• Pan functionality for zoomed screenshots: Added pan/drag support when using the hand tool on zoomed screenshots. You can now:
  • Click and drag on empty space to pan around zoomed screenshots
  • Use middle mouse button (wheel) hold + drag to pan
  • Pan automatically resets when zoom returns to 1x or hand tool is disabled
• Edit button on pinned screenshots: Added an edit button to pinned screenshot windows that opens the screenshot in the editor, matching the preview overlay functionality
• Callout Tool: Added new callout tool for annotations (multiple improvements and fixes)

⚡ Performance Improvements

• Speed up screenshot preview: Optimized preview window loading and display performance in 10 times (now it's almost instant).

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Hand tool now restores previous tool: Fixed issue where deactivating the hand tool didn't restore the previously selected tool. The hand tool now properly remembers and restores your last active tool when toggled off
• Screenshot image dragging prevention: Enhanced protection to prevent accidental dragging of the screenshot image itself.
• Export images fix: Fixed issues with image export functionality
• Tool rendering fixes: Improved rendering for blur and rectangle tools

✨ What's New in v1.7.0

New Drawing Tools

• 🖊️ Pencil Tool - Express yourself with free-form drawing. Perfect for hand-drawn annotations, sketches, and highlighting specific areas with a natural drawing experience.

• 💬 Callout Tool - Draw attention to important details with professional callouts. Create clear, focused annotations that guide viewers to what matters most.

Enhanced Emoji Experience

• 😊 Emoji Tool Moved to Main Editor - The emoji tool is now directly accessible in the main editor toolbar for faster access. Add expressive emojis to your screenshots without switching contexts.

✨ New Features

🎯 Presets System

• Save and manage custom presets - Create unlimited presets to save your favorite editor configurations
• One-click preset switching - Instantly switch between different styling configurations
• Persistent presets - All presets are saved locally and persist across sessions
• Preset management - Easy-to-use dropdown interface in the top header for quick access
• Delete custom presets - Remove presets you no longer need (default preset cannot be deleted)
• Automatic preset application - Last used preset is automatically applied when opening the editor

Each preset saves:

• Padding, rounded corners, shadow settings
• Aspect ratio preferences
• Background type (wallpaper/gradient/plain color)
• Inset and shadow intensity
• Complete styling configuration

🖼️ Professional Wallpaper Backgrounds

• 171 curated wallpapers across 6 premium categories:
  • Energy (30 wallpapers) - Vibrant, dynamic backgrounds
  • Iridescent (30 wallpapers) - Holographic, colorful gradients
  • Midnight (30 wallpapers) - Dark, elegant tones
  • Radiant (27 wallpapers) - Bright, warm gradients
  • Spring (24 wallpapers) - Fresh, natural colors
  • Sunset (30 wallpapers) - Warm, atmospheric gradients

🚀 Performance & UX Improvements

⚡ Smooth Editor Loading

• Professional loading screen - Clean spinner animation while editor initializes
• Fade-in transitions - Smooth content appearance for polished UX
• Optimized initialization - Deferred non-critical operations for faster perceived load times
• Failsafe mechanisms - Prevents stuck loading screens with timeout protection
• No visual glitches - Eliminates flashing/blinking during startup

🎯 UI/UX Enhancements

• Cleaner header design - Removed unnecessary icons from preset section
• Improved visual hierarchy - Better organization of editor controls
• Consistent styling - Unified design language across all components
• Better performance - Optimized background preview rendering
• Smooth preset switching - Instant configuration changes with no lag

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed preset blinking on editor startup
• Resolved wallpaper loading performance issues
• Fixed loading overlay visibility on dark backgrounds
• Improved error handling for initialization failures
• Fixed background application timing issues

🎨 Design Polish

• Enhanced loading spinner visibility with better contrast
• Removed redundant text from loading screen for cleaner look
• Improved preset dropdown styling and interactions
• Better visual feedback for preset selection

📝 Technical Improvements

• Modular background system architecture
• Efficient wallpaper thumbnail generation
• localStorage-based preset persistence
• Robust error handling and fallback mechanisms
• Optimized initialization sequence
• Deferred non-critical rendering operations

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🎉 What This Means For You

This update transforms ScreenSnap Pro into a professional-grade screenshot editor with:

• Faster workflow - Save your favorite configurations as presets
• Beautiful results - 171 professionally designed wallpaper backgrounds
• Smoother experience - Polished loading and transitions
• More flexibility - Multiple background types and customization options
• Better performance - Optimized rendering and initialization

Enjoy the new features! 🚀

New Features

Recent Custom Colors System

• Added memory for recently used custom colors across all tools
• Recent colors appear at top of color dropdowns for quick access
• Persistent storage between app sessions
• Smart filtering (excludes default palette colors)

New Filled Circle Tool

• Added filled ellipse/circle tool to complete shape suite
• Full control panel integration with color picker and tool selector
• Consistent behavior with other filled shape tools

Perfect Shape Constraints (Shift Key)

• Hold Shift while drawing to create perfect shapes:
  • Rectangle → Perfect squares
  • Filled Rectangle → Perfect filled squares
  • Ellipse → Perfect circles
  • Filled Circle → Perfect filled circles
• Real-time preview during drawing (Figma/Photoshop style)
• Works for both preview and final shape creation

Bug Fixes

Tool Control Panel

• Fixed arrow thickness preview (was hardcoded, now uses actual setting)
• Fixed tool control panel icons not displaying after tool selection
• All tool properties now reflect immediately in preview

Sidebar Tool Selection

• Fixed sidebar tool buttons not responding to clicks
• Resolved template loading race condition
• Tool event listeners now initialize after templates load
• Perfect synchronization between sidebar and control panel

Color System

• Fixed color inconsistencies across UI elements
• All tool color previews now update uniformly
• Enhanced visual feedback for selected colors

Technical Changes

• Improved template loading and component initialization
• Better event handling for tool selection
• Enhanced state management and UI synchronization
• Fixed race conditions in UI component setup