Free for macOS

BlueShot

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.

Download for Mac — free How it works

macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon & Intel

How it works

The Windows Print Screen workflow, on a Mac: capture, choose a destination, annotate if you need to, done.

  1. 1
    Capture

    Press Print Screen (F13) or ⌃⇧⌘4. The screen freezes. Drag a region.

  2. 2
    Choose

    Copy to Clipboard, Save to Desktop, Save As…, or Open Editor.

  3. 3
    Mark up

    Rectangles, ellipses, lines, arrows, and text. Color, line width, and resize handles.

  4. 4
    Ship it

    Copy or save from the editor when the annotation is done.

Simple markup tools

Enough for bug reports, docs, and quick callouts — kept light on purpose.

Print Screen capture

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.

Destination menu

After every shot, pick Clipboard, Desktop, Save As, or the editor. No hunting through extra windows.

Shapes, arrows, text

Draw rectangles, circles, lines, and arrows. Add text. Pick color and stroke width, then resize with handles.

Copy or save

When you are done editing, copy to the clipboard or save a PNG. The app stays in the menu bar until you quit.

First launch

  1. 1
    Unzip and open

    Download the zip, then drag BlueShot.app to Applications. On first open, right-click the app and choose Open.

  2. 2
    Allow Screen Recording

    System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording → enable BlueShot.

  3. 3
    Capture

    Press Print Screen, or use the menu-bar camera. Then pick Copy, Save, or Open Editor.

Get BlueShot

Free while we keep building. Requires macOS 14 or later. Grant Screen Recording when prompted.

Download BlueShot.zip — free

If macOS says the app can’t be opened: that’s Gatekeeper on an unsigned build. Right-click BlueShot.app → Open → Open. We’ll notarize a later release.