Drag it anywhere.
Pull a Cap into another app or a Finder window. Choose a background and padding once, and each drag, copy, or share uses a styled image. Your original stays untouched.
Your screenshots,
one keystroke away.
Caps slides in from the edge of your screen with every recent screenshot close at hand. Click to copy, drag anywhere, pin, and mark up in a moment. Nothing ever leaves your Mac.
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Live demo. Click a Cap to copy it or drag it into another app. Bring Caps back with the menu bar icon or⌃⌥C, and try↑↓ ↩ Space ⌘FLive demo. Tap a Cap to copy it; tap the menu bar icon to bring Caps back.
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Screenshot like always
⇧⌘4 or any tool you like. Nothing new to learn.
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It's already in Caps
Choose your screenshot folder once. New screenshots appear in the menu bar as they're saved.
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Put it to work
Copy, drag, share, pin, or mark it up — then get back to what you were doing.
Small app. Big relief.
No more digging through the Desktop or a Downloads-shaped junk drawer. Screenshots saved to your chosen folder show up in Caps, ready for whatever comes next.
A right-click away.
Copy, share, annotate, rename, pin the keepers, reveal in Finder — or send it to the Trash.
wallpaper-dusk.pngFind it by name.
Press ⌘F and start typing. Filenames filter instantly — rename a Cap and it's easy to find later.
Mark it up without regret.
Arrows, boxes, freehand, and text in seven colors, with undo and redo. Save a Copy writes a new full-resolution PNG — the original is never touched.
Space to look closer.
Tap Space — or double-click — for a big, sharp preview without opening another app.
Clear the deck. Undo anytime.
Clear Caps tidies the list without touching a single file. Changed your mind? Restore brings them all back.
Keep it light.
Retention hides older Caps from view — files stay safely in their folder. Pins are exempt.
Caps, meet keycaps.
One shortcut opens Caps from anywhere — keep ⌃⌥C or choose your own in Settings. Everything after that is muscle memory you already have.Go ahead — press them.
⌃control⌥optionC
- ⌃⌥COpen Caps from anywhere — or pick your own
- ↑↓Move through your Caps
- ↩Copy the selected Cap
- SpacePreview it full size
- ⌘FSearch by filename
- escLeave search, then close Caps
- ⌘NOpen the macOS Screenshot toolbar
- ⌘,Open Settings
What's on your Mac stays on your Mac.
Screenshots are full of things that aren't anyone else's business — messages, invoices, half-finished work. Caps was built so none of it ever needs to leave your computer.
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uploads
No cloud sync or app servers. Screenshots stay local until you copy, drag, or share them to a destination you choose.
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analytics
No tracking, no telemetry, no "anonymous usage data." We don't know you're using it.
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accounts
Nothing to sign up for or log into. Choose your screenshot folder once and you're ready.
- Files stay in their original folder
- Annotations are saved as a new copy
- Delete means the macOS Trash — recoverable
- Clearing and retention only hide, never delete
Made for the Mac. Only the Mac.
Caps uses native Mac windows, menus, and keyboard shortcuts. It stays close at hand in your menu bar and works without an internet connection.
- Backgrounds
- Six included, or use your own image
- Thumbnails
- Decoded in the background, cached with a limit
- Built with
- Swift 6, AppKit + SwiftUI
- Internet
- Not needed for everyday use
- Requires
- macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon
- Lives in
- Your menu bar — no Dock icon
Good questions.
Something else on your mind? Visit support or write to us — a real person reads every note.
Does Caps upload my screenshots?
Caps has no account, cloud sync, or analytics, and never uploads screenshots to us. It works with a folder you choose on your Mac. Copying, dragging, or sharing sends a Cap only to the app or destination you choose.
Will it move, rename, or delete my files?
Not on its own. Your screenshots stay in their original folder. Clear Caps and the retention setting only hide Caps from the list — both can be undone. Renaming happens only when you ask, and Delete Cap moves the file to the macOS Trash so you can still recover it.
Which folder does it watch?
You choose your screenshot folder when you first open Caps. Use the same folder selected under Options → Save to in the macOS Screenshot toolbar (⇧⌘5). Caps remembers your permission, and you can choose a different folder in Settings.
Do I have to change how I take screenshots?
No. Keep using ⇧⌘4, ⇧⌘5, or any tool that saves to your screenshot folder. New Caps appear automatically. ⌘N inside Caps opens the macOS Screenshot toolbar if you want it.
How do backgrounds work?
Choose one of six backgrounds or your own image in Settings → Appearance. Copying, dragging, and sharing then use a separate PNG with that background, rounded corners, and padding. Smart padding adjusts to each screenshot, or you can set it yourself. Choose Original to turn the background off, or right-click a Cap and choose Copy Original for a single unframed copy. Your source file stays unchanged.
Does annotating change the original?
No. Arrows, boxes, drawing, and text are saved to a new full-resolution PNG with Save a Copy — or copied straight to your clipboard. The original Cap is left exactly as it was.
What do I need to run it?
A Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
