Changelog

4.3.1

13 July, 2022

Added new setting that allows to change behavior of "Capture Area & ..." shortcuts
Improved combining images in Annotate after cropping
Fixed bug with using Command+/Command- shortcuts on some keyboard layouts
Minor bug fixes and improvements

4.3

21 June, 2022

Watch update video

🔍 Added option to zoom the canvas in annotation tool
🔒 New "Lock mode" for pinned screenshots
🖐️ Added "Drag me" button to pinned screenshots
🧑‍💻 You can now click on camera overlay to make it full screen
📺 Added square and rectangle camera shape options
🌩️ Set password protection and expiration time before upload (Pro)
Changed behavior of "Caputure Area & ..." shortcuts - they won't ignore "After Capture" settings anymore
Added "Capture Area & Save" keyboard shortcut
Added option to set keyboard shortcut for Pin action in annotation tool
Added "Scale Retina to 1x" to Quick Access Overlay context menu (right click)
Added "Flip Horizontally" to Quick Access Overlay context menu (right click)
Improved Spotlight tool by smoothing rounded corners
Improved interactions with Spotlight and Pixelate objects
Improved camera size settings by scaling it proportionally to recording area
Subtle change of app icon
Fixed bugs with detecting links in the OCR tool and added option to disable this feature
Fixed bug with copying Retina screenshots to clipboard from Annotate
Minor bug fixes and UX improvements

4.2.2

11 May, 2022

Added animation to distinguish multiple keystroke presses on recording
Added global shortcuts to Save/Close all overlays
Added link detection to OCR tool
Added option to copy screenshot to clipboard by holding CTRL key while taking it
Added support for more keyboard layouts in the shortcuts settings
Improved PixelSnap integration when using custom file name template
Fixed bug with CleanShot not remembering last save location in Annotate
Fixed bug with recording full screen after pressing enter in Screen Recorder
Fixed bug with not saving Retina metadata in some cases
Fixed crash when using Video Editor on some older systems
Fixed bug with opening Annotate on wrong screen
Fixed some bugs with crop tool and snapping
Minor bug fixes and UI improvements

4.2.1

21 March, 2022

Fixed bug with All-In-One mode and "Freeze Screen" option

4.2

21 March, 2022

Watch update video

✨ Introducing All-In-One mode - access all capture modes with a single keyboard shortcut
🎨 Added 3 new arrow styles (including curved arrows)
🎞️ Added option to specify maximum video resolution
⬛ Added Black Out redaction tool style
🔒 Improved security of Pixelate and Secure Blur
Changed position of trimming controls to not cover the video
Improved classic arrow shape
Improved pinning transparent screenshots
Increased counter starting number limit
Added "Save All" option to Quick Access Overlay menu
Reduced app file size
Fixed some GIF compatibility issues with GitHub
Fixed bug with keystrokes overlay still being visible after ending a recording
Fixed bug with using keyboard shortcut to save a file in Annotate
Fixed "Do Not Disturb while recording" option on macOS Monterey
Fixed bug with Quick Access Overlay's keyboard shortcuts on some keyboard layouts
Other bug fixes and UI improvements

4.1

31 January, 2022

Watch update video

💧 Added Gaussian blur option to Pixelate tool
📐 Added ability to lock aspect ratio when selecting recording area
📌 Added "Pin to the screen" to after capture settings
⌨️ Added keyboard shortcuts to Quick Access Overlay
- ⌘C - Copy to clipboard
- ⌘S - Save
- ⌘W - Close
- ⌘U - Upload to Cloud
- ⌘E - Open annotation tool
Added "Move to trash" to Quick Access Overlay context menu (right click)
Added option to disable screen dimming while recording
Added option to bypass "Save as" dialog when holding ⌥ (Alt/Option) in Annotate window
Added "Save" and "OCR" options to Pinned screenshot context menu (right click)
Improved compatibility with Desktop stacks and displaying file extension
Changed close button location on Quick Access Overlay
Bug fixes and UI improvements

4.0.1

4 January, 2022

Added "Copy to clipboard" action to Pinned screenshot context menu (right click)
Added "Save as..." to Quick Access Overlay context menu (right click)
Added option to change file name auto-increment starting number
Added separate shortcut for OCR with and without line breaks
Improved scrolling capture algorithm
Fixed bug with crop tool on macOS Big Sur
Fixed bug with pinning screenshots on older macOS versions
Fixed bug when screenshot was not visible after opening a project file
Fixed bug with opening recording overlay with keyboard shortcut
Fixed bug with file names that included app name
Bug fixes and minor improvements

4.0Big Update

13 December, 2021

✨ Introducing .cleanshot file format!
- You can now save your annotated screenshot as an editable CleanShot project file
- Reopened screenshots from the Quick Access Overlay are now editable
📥 Added option to ask for destination on "Save" button on Quick Access Overlay
🔢 Added auto-increment and new month format to the file name editor
📝 Added option to change screenshot format when using "Save as" in Annotate
Improved file name compatibility by removing illegal characters
Improved displaying small pinned screenshots
Fixed bug with copying screenshot to clipboard when both copy and upload actions were enabled
Fixed bug with displaying fullscreen and scrolling capture screenshots in Annotate
Fixed crash on right-click on the Quick Access Overlay
Fixed bug with using Video Editor to convert vertical smartphone videos
Bug fixes and minor improvements

3.9.4

8 November, 2021

🔗 Links are now copied to clipboard immediately after starting an upload
✨ Improved Scrolling Capture algorithm
📐 You can now select screen recording area uniformly with Option key pressed
↔️ Added option to flip camera in screen recordings
Added TopNotch.app compatibility when capturing a window with background
Added microphone volume visualization to device selection button (only on macOS 12.0+)
Improved screen recording overlay performance
Fixed bug with warning about recording computer audio when it was disabled
Fixed bug with trimming GIFs on macOS Monterey
Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.9.3

4 October, 2021

🖐 Added option to move canvas while pressing space in Annotate
⚡️ Improved Spotlight tool performance
Added cancel button to "Ask for name and tags every upload" dialog
Improved behavior when both Upload and Video Editor actions were selected in "After Capture"
Improved displaying long screenshots in Annotate
Fixed some bugs with uploading videos to Cloud
Fixed bug with using "Drag me" button in Annotate
Other bug fixes and UX improvements

3.9.2

23 September, 2021

Small bug fixes and improvements

3.9.1

14 September, 2021

↩️ Added option to restart screen recording
🔊 Added volume control to Video Editor
💥 Added mechanism to restore screen recordings after a crash
Added preference to disable automatic update checks
Added 5 and 10 minutes intervals to Quick Access Overlay auto-close setting
Screenshot tool in Annotate is now behaving the same way as "Capture Area"
Improved Undo/Redo in Annotate
Added new API to capture a specific area with x, y, width, height parameters
Fixed bug when combined image was not saved in some cases
Fixed bug with Scrolling Capture and "Add 1px border" setting
Bug fixes and UX improvements

3.9Annotate Update

10 August, 2021

✂️ Added option to combine multiple screenshots into one in Annotate
↔️ Added option to expand the canvas in Annotate
🖥 Annotate window can be resized now
🧲 Improved snapping in crop tool
Added preference to automatically expand the canvas
Improved crop tool UI
Minor bug fixes and UX improvements

3.8.1

15 July, 2021

🧑‍💻 Introducing URL Scheme APIView documentation →
🎨 Added new rounded text style
🖨 Added option to print your screenshots - in Annotate (⌘P) and Quick Access Overlay (context menu)
😴 Prevent display from sleeping while recording a screen
New text recognition sound
Added Enterprise SSO login to CleanShot Cloud Pro
Fixed bug with saving last recording selection
Bug fixes and UX improvements

3.8Big Update

28 June, 2021

✨ Introducing Text Recognition Tool (OCR) - extract non-selectable text from images, scanned documents, videos, etc.
⏸ Added option to pause recording - with a keyboard shortcut or the new controls menu
🎛 Added new recording controls menu
⚙️ New "Screenshots" tab in Preferences
🧲 Improved snapping to edges when selecting recording area
Added new After Capture settings when both Copy to clipboard and Upload actions are selected
Improved experience with resizing recording area
Added option to reset warning dialogs
Fixed crash when using Video Editor on macOS Catalina
Fixed some bugs with Quick Look on macOS Big Sur
Fixed bug with saving last recording selection on external monitor
Fixed bug when there was no audio after merging audio tracks in some cases
Fixed bug that caused stopping recording when pressing ESC
Fixed bug with cursor highlight color on light macOS theme
Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.7.1

27 May, 2021

🎞 Changed position of trimming controls to not cover the video
🕒 Added preference to use UTC timezone in file names
You can now set 0 as a starting number in the Counter tool
Improved drawing of the text tool in some cases
Added preference to remove border from pinned screenshots
Added a notification when trying to record the built-in microphone with the Macbook lid closed
Minor UI improvements

3.7Big News

18 May, 2021

🥳 It's been one year since we released CleanShot X!Watch the video →
🚀 Introducing Cloud Pro accounts:
- Unlimited storage
- Connect your own domain
- Custom branding
- Self destruct control
- Automatically copy direct download link
- Upload screenshots in full quality
- Team management
Added auto-upload for screen recordings (in After Capture settings)
Improved keystroke visualization
Fixed bug with editing grayscale images
Fixed bug when screen didn't respond to clicks while using Self-Timer
Fixed bug with disabling Do Not Disturb after recording on macOS Big Sur

3.6.2

20 April, 2021

🔈 Fixed bug when recorded computer audio was distorted on macOS Big Sur
Fixed bug with Quick Access Overlay swipe actions and disabled 'Natural scrolling' setting
Fixed bug causing the output device to change after recording a screen and using AirPods
Fixed bug with crop area lag when moving

3.6.1

7 April, 2021

📐 Select an aspect ratio when cropping a screenshot
✍️ Added option to ask for name and tags before every upload
Added system share menu to Quick Access Overlay
CleanShot will now remember last saved location when using "Save as" in Annotate
Fixed bug when magnifier was always enabled in crosshair mode
Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.6Big Update

24 March, 2021

⚙️ Introducing new Video Editor - easily optimize videos for web use.
- Trim the video
- Change quality
- Change resolution
- Convert stereo audio to mono
- Mute audio
🎞 You can now open any video file with CleanShot (It will load in the Quick Access Overlay)
🔄 Added option to rotate image from Quick Access Overlay context menu
💾 Added option to remember recording area
🤫 Fixed bug with using "Do Not Disturb while recording" option on macOS Big Sur
Added option to disable shadow in Annotate objects
Fixed bug with annotating rotated image
Fixed crash when changing tool in Annotate on older macOS versions
Fixed bug with changing wallpaper color while using Annotate
Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.5.2

9 March, 2021

📹 Added support for virtual cameras (e.g. Snap Camera, Sony Imaging Edge, Logi Capture)
Added option to adjust copy to clipboard behavior
Added larger font sizes
UI improvements
Fixed critical bug with recording Logitech camera via Logi Capture driver
Fixed bug with cursor appearing on Scrolling Capture screenshots

3.5.1

27 February, 2021

⚙️ Added system Share Menu extensions - Easily open Annotate tool or Pin images to the screen from other aplications
📨 You can now open screenshots in your Mail client from Quick Access Overlay context menu
Added "Open Image in Annotate" shortcut
Added "Hide/Show Overlays" shortcut
Added "Pin to the Screen" shortcut
Added "Restore Recently Closed File" shortcut
Improved shortcuts preferences design
Fixed bug when sharing window in Annotate was not visible in some cases
Fixed bug with recording area after pressing Enter ⏎
Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.5Big Update

8 February, 2021

🎨 New Text styles in Annotate - You can now choose from 6 beautifully designed styles and fonts
☁️ Added GIF uploading to CleanShot Cloud
✏️ Added option to lock canvas for easier drawing
⚡️ Improved upload speed and the overall app performance
🔒 Added randomization to Pixelate tool to prevent depixelization
⚙️ Added preference to disable GIF optimization
Increased upload file size limit
You can now drag&drop a screenshot while uploading
Many UI and UX improvements
Fixed bug when keyboard shortcuts were not working in save window
Fixed bug with GIF recording on Macs with M1 chip
Fixed bug with losing focus when typing in recording area size
Fixed some memory leaks
Fixed text rendering In Hebrew
Minor bug fixes

3.4.6

13 January, 2021

✏️ Improved quality of annotated screenshots
💾 Added Save as... button to Annotate
👁 Added preference to disable "@2x" file name suffix
Fixed bug with capturing cursor in Self-Timer
Fixed bug with wrong image scale in Mail.app after adding annotations
Small bug fixes and UI improvements

3.4.5

11 December, 2020

🤫 Added silent update notifications in the menu bar
🎥 Added lower FPS settings
Fixed bug blocking the screen recording from being stopped
Fixed bug with using both screen freezing and self-timer
Minor bug fixes

3.4.4

19 November, 2020

⚡️ CleanShot X is now compatible with Apple Silicon devices
🔈 Added a preference to change the shutter sound
🎨 Added opacity slider to the color picker
UI improvements

3.4.3

12 November, 2020

⛰ Improved compatibility with macOS Big Sur
✨ New app icon
Fixed bug causing the whole screen to highlight when switching to the window screenshot mode
Fixed crash when using Scrolling Capture on macOS Big Sur
Minor bug fixes and UI improvements

3.4.2

27 October, 2020

Fixed bug with video trimming tool on macOS Big Sur
Fixed bug with displaying keystrokes on macOS Big Sur
Minor bug fixes and improvements

3.4.1

15 October, 2020

✨ Restore recently closed file - If you accidentally close Quick Access Overlay, you can bring it back by selecting "Restore Recently Closed File" from CleanShot menu.
Minor Text tool improvements
Fixed bug with Highlight tool rendering
Fixed bug that caused screenshots to change size
Fixed bug with using both "Freeze screen" and "Hide desktop icons while capturing" options
UI improvements

3.4Big Update

7 October, 2020

🎥 Show your webcam in screen recordings
👀 Temporarily hide Quick Access Overlay by sliding it down ↓
🕯 New Highlight Tool with rounded corners and ellipse shape
🔢 Change Counter style and starting number
❄️ Freeze the screen while taking a screenshot
🔍 Magnifying Glass in crosshair mode
Added option to duplicate objects in Annotate by dragging with ⌥ (Alt/Option)
Added preference to hide uploaded media in the menu bar
Improved the rendering of highlighter tool mask on screenshots with transparency
Bug fixes and UI improvements

3.3.8

7 October, 2020

Small bug fixes and improvements

3.3.7

12 September, 2020

Improved app performance
Fixed bug with capturing previous area
Other minor fixes and improvements

3.3.6

2 September, 2020

Added option to open Annotate from pinned screenshot (right-click menu)
Fixed video uploading on macOS Big Sur
Bug fixes and improvements

3.3.5

26 August, 2020

Improved recording UI
Fixed crash when file name was too short
Fixed bug with capturing previous area
Other minor fixes

3.3.4

15 August, 2020

🌈 Choose custom colors in Annotate
⚡️ Faster screenshot processing
📝 You can now add App Name or Window Title to custom file name
Added preference to disable shadow and corner radius of Pinned screenshots
Added larger Quick Access Overlay size
Fixed bug with auto-close and Quick Look
Fixed bug when using Capture Previous Area with hidden desktop icons
Other minor fixes and improvements

3.3.3

10 August, 2020

Fixed bug with inaccessible preferences on macOS Big Sur

3.3.2

22 July, 2020

Improved Quick Access Overlay drag & drop when using multiple displays
Fixed GIF trimming on macOS Sierra
Bug fixes on macOS Big Sur
Minor bug fixes and UI improvements

3.3.1

20 July, 2020

😎 Emoji support in Annotate
📸 Capture previous area
Added Share button in Annotate
Disabled dimming second screen while recording
Bug fixes

3.3Video Update

7 July, 2020

☁️ Upload screen recordings to CleanShot Cloud
🎙 Record computer audio
🎛 New recording UI
🎞 Added GIF trimming
✨ Highlight mouse clicks & keystrokes on recordings
🔇 Remove audio after recording a video
Automatically restoring files after crash
Hiding mouse cursor when recording
Fixed bug with saving file in Annotate
Other minor fixes and improvements

3.2.1

19 June, 2020

Fixed bug with disappearing video area overlay
Fixed crash when Mac was put to sleep while recordings

3.2

20 May, 2020

⚡️ Faster Annotate open time
⚙️ Set separate After Capture actions for screenshots and video
Added "Open video trimming tool" as an After Capture action
Added "Open from clipboard" shortcut
Automatically delete temporary files to save disk space
Improved custom file name setting
Fixed bug with "AM/PM" and 12h clock
Fixed crash when opening images with P3 color profile
Minor bug fixes and UI improvements

16 May, 2020

3.1.2

🕒 You can add AM/PM to the file name
⌨️ Move and resize recording area using arrow keys and Cmd/Shift modifiers
Fixed crashing when using crop tool
Fixed rendering of the "Drag me" button
Fixed 403 error when uploading to the Cloud in certain scenarios

3.1.1

12 May, 2020

🌗 Added opacity slider to the Highlight tool
Added shorter auto-close intervals
Adjustable Pixelate/Highlight intensity using keyboard shortcuts
Using CleanShot file name setting when capturing a screenshot with PixelSnap
Minor bug fixes and UI improvements

3.1

5 May, 2020

💖 Added pink color in Annotate
🖼 Add preference to disable shadow when capturing a window
⏰ New Auto-close timer preference in Quick Access Overlay
⌨️ New keyboard shortcuts:
- Capture Area & Copy to clipboard
- Capture Area & Annotate
- Capture Area & Pin to the screen
Support for F1, F2, ... keyboard shortcuts
Added "Close All..." action to right click overlay menu
Added preference to show crosshair with Command key
Support for Command+Tab in Annotate
Moved pixelate intensity slider to the Annotate window
Added transparent checkerboard background in Annotate
Enhanced snapping in Crop tool
Other minor fixes and improvements

3.0Major Release

27 April, 2020

CleanShot has been rebuilt from the ground up to provide an even better experience! The new version features over 50 changes:

What's new?

2.7.4

3 March, 2020

Minor bug fixes

2.7.3

19 January, 2020

Fixed critical bug with opening Annotate tool

2.7.2

13 January, 2020

Fixed bug with not being able to stop the GIF recording
Fixed bug changing Desktop wallpaper when using Text Tool in Annotate
Minor bug fixes

2.7.1

20 November, 2019

Fixed bug with not being able to stop the recording
Fixed bug when opening Retina screen in Annotate
Fixed bug with flashing screen when hiding the icons
Minor improvements

2.7

19 November, 2019

🎥 Added preferences to change resolution and fps of GIFs
⏳ Added progress indicator when creating GIFs
Improved welcome screen instructions
Fixed bug with Screen Recording permission alert
Fixed crash in certain scenarios

2.6.1

2 September, 2019

Added checks for new macOS Screen Recording permissions
Fixed bug that caused the desktop icons to hide

2.6

1 August, 2019

⌨️ Speed up your workflow with keyboard shortcuts in Annotate.

R for Rectangle, A for Arrow etc. (Hold the cursor on a tool to check the shortcut)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 keys - Change object size
⌘+S - Save annotations
⌘+W - Cancel editing

Fixed bug when Screen Recording was not saved in some cases
Fixed bug with deleting text objects in Annotate

2.5.4

15 July, 2019

Fixed Screen Recording on macOS Catalina
Fixed bug with hiding desktop icons on macOS Catalina
Fixed bug with opening files through CleanShot
Minor bug fixes

2.5.3

16 June, 2019

Fixed crashing on macOS Catalina
Fixed bug occurring when using a Wacom device
Minor improvements
Catalina users: Screen recording is still broken. We're aware of it and working to deliver a fix as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.

2.5.2

7 June, 2019

Fixed critical bug with exporting screenshots
Fixed bug with capturing transparent windows

2.5.1

5 June, 2019

Fixed bugs with saving annotated screenshots

2.5

19 May, 2019

🔥 Added PixelSnap 2 integration
📐 Create perfect shapes in Annotate by pressing Shift
🖼 You can now drag screenshots directly from Annotate
Fixed bug with pasting screenshots from the clipboard
Fixed bug with Text tool

2.4.2

15 April, 2019

Fixed undo/redo shortcuts in Annotate tool on other keyboard layouts
Fixed a bug which caused opening Annotate tool after saving/copying screenshots
Minor bug fixes and UX improvements

2.4.1

24 February, 2019

Minor bug fixes

2.4

29 January, 2019

💾 Set multiple default actions after capture
🔇 Mute screenshot sounds
☝️ Delete screenshot from Quick Access Overlay with two fingers swipe gesture
UX improvements

2.3.1

21 January, 2019

Fixed an important performance issue

2.3

17 January, 2019

💡 New Quick Access overlay design
⚙️ Added preference to scale Retina screenshot to 1x
Minor bug fixes and UX improvements

2.2.1

15 December, 2018

Fixed a bug with screenshots permanently staying on the screen.
Fixed Crosshair mode bug.
Other bug fixes.

2.2

5 December, 2018

📐 Added Crosshair Mode - Hold Command ⌘ while taking a screenshot to enable.
Fixed launching app at login.
Fixed the Accessibility dialog.
Fixed Activation dialog appearance on Mojave.
Other bug fixes and performance improvements.

2.1.1

13 November, 2018

Fixed a bug with editing text in Annotate.

2.1

12 November, 2018

📝 Added a text tool to Annotate
💡 Now you can use ⌘+Z / ⌘+Shift+Z to Undo / Redo in Annotate
Minor bug fixes and UX improvements

2.0

15 October, 2018

Introducing Annotate
🖍 Quickly highlight important parts of your screenshot or blur any sensitive content
🌚 Fully compatible with macOS Mojave
Fixed a bug with microphone access
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

1.3

27 August, 2018

🎞 Added GIF recording
🖥 You can now drop files on Desktop when the icons are hidden
Fixed a bug with screenshots saving

1.2.1

23 August, 2018

Fixed a bug with crashing QuickLook

1.2

20 August, 2018

🔈 Added audio recording

1.1

13 August, 2018

Introducing Quick Access Overlay 2.0 ⚡️
👀 Quick Look - easily preview your screenshots by pressing space on the overlay
📏 Customizable size and on-screen position
⏰ Adjust the autosave time
🖥 Show on active display - access your screenshot from currently used display
🎥 Video recording support
Retina screenshots are now displayed in a correct resolution
Bug fixes and performance improvements

1.0.2

27 July, 2018

Fixed a bug with not hiding Desktop icons for some users