Snapshot X is a fast, private, native screenshot and screen-recording tool for macOS
Snapshot X is a fast, private, native screenshot and screen-recording tool for macOS. It lives in your menu bar — no dock clutter, no account, no cloud. Everything happens on your Mac.
CAPTURE
• Grab any area with a crosshair and a live size readout
• Capture the full screen under your pointer
• Copy to the clipboard and auto-save a PNG at full resolution
ANNOTATE
• Arrow, rectangle, ellipse, pen/marker, highlighter, pixelate and text
• A real pen/marker tool with an adjustable thickness slider
• Drag text anywhere and recolor it after you place it
• Undo, copy (Command-C) to paste anywhere, or save
RECORD
• Record the whole screen or just one area to H.264 MP4
• When you record an area, the rest of the screen dims so your viewer stays focused
• A movable control popup shows elapsed time and lets you pause/resume, stop, and mute or unmute the microphone
• Optional microphone and system-audio tracks
TEXT RECOGNITION (OCR)
• Select any region and copy the text inside it
• Powered entirely by Apple's on-device Vision framework
PIN
• Keep a screenshot floating on top of everything while you work
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• 100% on-device — Snapshot X makes no network connections
• No analytics, no tracking, no sign-in
• Your screenshots and recordings never leave your Mac
Fully customizable keyboard shortcuts. Built natively with SwiftUI and ScreenCaptureKit for macOS.