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Screenshots that wait for you

Shelf Screenshot is a Mac screenshot tool that never rushes you.

Capture pixel-perfect, mark it up right on the spot, then copy, save, or pin it to the edge of your screen. It stays there until you need it — no forced editor, no vanishing thumbnail.

Free download with trial · Pro from $1.99/mo · macOS 13+

Selecting area — drag to adjust, ⏎ to pin
920 × 540
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How it works

Four keys, from screen to done

Freeze the screen, select, mark it up, and choose where it goes. The whole flow lives under your fingertips.

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Capture

Double-tap the right or press ⌘⇧1. The screen freezes so nothing moves while you aim.

02

Select

Drag a pixel-perfect region with a live magnifier and W×H readout. Then nudge and resize it freely.

03

Annotate

Arrows, shapes, text, blur — right on the selection, before it's ever saved. One-key tools, full undo.

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Copy · Save · Pin

⌘C to clipboard, ⌘S to a folder, or to pin it as a floating card.

Everything inside

A screenshot tool that gets out of your way

Fast where it should be fast, calm where you need a moment to think.

Instant capture

Double-tap the right Command key or hit ⌘⇧1. The screen freezes the instant you trigger it.

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Pixel-perfect selection

A magnifier zooms in on the edge you're chasing while live width × height numbers follow the cursor.

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Move & resize freely

Got the region slightly wrong? Drag it around or pull the corner and side handles until it's exactly right.

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Window & full screen

Hover a window and click to grab it cleanly, or capture the whole display straight from the menu bar.

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Annotate in place

Pencil, line, arrow, rectangle, circle, text and blur — applied before the shot is saved, never destructive.

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One-key tools

A arrow · R rectangle · C circle · L line · P pencil · T text · B blur · O OCR.

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Floating pins

Press and the shot docks to the right edge as a card. Click to edit, hover to dismiss.

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Drag anywhere

Grab a pinned card and drop it straight into Slack, Mail, Finder or any app that takes an image.

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On-device OCR

Pull the text out of any screenshot with one key. Fully offline, English and Ukrainian.

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Non-destructive blur

Cover a token, an email or a face. The blur is baked into the exported file — the data underneath is gone.

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Local history

Every capture is kept on your Mac with a retention limit you choose: 50, 100, 300 or unlimited.

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Private by design

No account, no cloud, no analytics, zero network access. Nothing ever leaves your computer.

Explore every feature in detail →
🔍 Text recognition
Copy the text out of any screenshot

Grab an error message, a receipt, a slide, a screenshot someone sent you — press O and Shelf Screenshot reads it. A window pops up with the recognized text, ready to copy in one click.

  • 100% on-device. Powered by Apple's Vision framework — nothing is uploaded.
  • English & Ukrainian recognized out of the box.
  • Instant copy. Recognized text lands in your clipboard right away.
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🚫 No account ☁️ No cloud 📡 No network 📊 No analytics 🍏 On-device OCR 🗂️ Local history
🔒 Privacy
Your screen never leaves your Mac

Shelf Screenshot makes zero network connections. There's no sign-up, no telemetry, and no third-party services. Screenshots live in the app's local container and OCR runs entirely on your machine.

  • Configurable local history — keep 50, 100, 300 or an unlimited number of captures.
  • The only permissions asked are the macOS ones needed to see the screen.

Read the privacy policy →

Pricing

Free to try. Yours to keep.

Download and try it free. Unlock every Pro feature with the plan that suits you — cancel anytime, or pay once and keep it forever.

Monthly

$1.99 /mo
Billed monthly
  • All Pro capture & annotation tools
  • On-device OCR
  • Floating pins & unlimited history
  • Cancel anytime
Choose Monthly
Pay once

Lifetime

$49.99 once
One payment, no subscription
  • Everything in Pro, forever
  • All future updates included
  • No recurring charge, ever
  • Own it outright
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Ready when you are

Give your screenshots a place to wait. Download Shelf Screenshot and try it free.

Download on theMac App Store