Free for macOS
Print Screen for Mac.
Hit Print Screen, grab a region, and mark it up with rectangles, circles, arrows, and text. Then copy to the clipboard or save. Native menu-bar app — no subscription, no cloud.
The whole loop — capture to marked-up screenshot — without leaving the keyboard.
The Windows Print Screen workflow, on a Mac: capture, choose a destination, annotate if you need to, done.
Press Print Screen (F13) or ⌃⇧⌘4. The screen freezes. Drag a region.
Copy to Clipboard, Save to Desktop, Save As…, or Open Editor.
Rectangles, ellipses, lines, arrows, and text. Color, line width, and resize handles.
Copy or save from the editor when the annotation is done.
Enough for bug reports, docs, and quick callouts — kept light on purpose.
PC keyboards fire Print Screen as F13 on macOS. Mac keyboards use Control-Shift-Command-4 for a region, or Control-Shift-Command-3 for the full display.
After every shot, pick Clipboard, Desktop, Save As, or the editor. No hunting through extra windows.
Draw rectangles, circles, lines, and arrows. Add text. Pick color and stroke width, then resize with handles.
When you are done editing, copy to the clipboard or save a PNG. The app stays in the menu bar until you quit.
Open BlueShot.pkg and click through the installer — it places BlueShot.app in your Applications folder for you. Signed and notarized, no security warnings.
System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording → enable BlueShot.
Press Print Screen, or use the menu-bar camera. Then pick Copy, Save, or Open Editor.
Free. Requires macOS 14 or later. Grant Screen Recording when prompted.
Download BlueShot.pkg — free