v4.3.0

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:46:46 +0000

Element snapping — press Tab to select buttons, fields, and panels, including in browsers and Electron apps. Requires Accessibility access. (#360)
Video editing — style text overlays, add effects at the playhead, and preview zooms as they will export. GIFs have a 5–30 fps picker. (#296, #301, #307)
Screenshot paths — Enter can save and copy the final full path; an optional Output setting does the same after any screenshot save. (#399)
Capture and editor shortcuts — auto-adjust selections to visual edges; Cmd+D duplicates annotations. Optional settings fit wide captures in the thumbnail and close the editor after copying. (#317, #366, #394)
Uploads — choose a Google Drive folder or enable public-read links on S3 services that support them. (#372, #352)

Screenshot saves and history — atomic writes prevent overwrites; failures are shown; older captures reopen with annotations and effects intact. See [downgrade and recovery notes](https://github.com/sw33tLie/macshot/blob/main/docs/history-recovery.md) before returning to an older version. (#344)
Recording and export — fixes early stops, idle resumes, fractional cuts, Bluetooth mic audio, and GIF timing. Exports show progress, support cancellation, and preserve originals after failure. (#323, #326, #340)
Clipboard compatibility — screenshots paste as images in Teams and remote desktop clients; video Copy provides playable MP4 data. (#309, #329, #337, #393)
Scroll capture — Escape cancels; controls avoid the notch; padded image rows stitch correctly. (#153, #333)
Capture and editor fixes — window shadows, effects on snapped windows, text undo, display disconnects, and sampling colors from annotations. (#88, #387)

v4.4.0-beta.5

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:52:50 +0000

Upgrading from 4.3.x or 4.4.0-beta.1/beta.2? macshot has a new developer signature, introduced in beta.3. macOS may ask you to grant permissions again. If Screen Recording already looks enabled but capture fails, remove macshot with the minus button (−) in System Settings, then add it back from Applications with the plus button (+). Re-enable Accessibility or Input Monitoring if prompted. Your settings, history and recordings are preserved. Users who already restored permissions in beta.3 or beta.4 should not need to repeat this.

OCR on macOS 27: text recognition could hang or return no text. Recognition now has a timeout and a fast fallback, shared by OCR, screenshot translation, auto-redaction and the smart marker. (#439)
Microphone recording failed even while its level meter reacted: older builds could save a temporary default microphone ID that stopped working after restarting macshot. These stale selections now resolve to the current default microphone. Explicitly selected microphones are preserved, including when disconnected.
Microphone level meter now listens to the selected recording microphone instead of always using the system default.