After a long development period of over a year we finally have a Greenshot version for OS X. Greenshot for Mac is not just a port of the Windows version but a complete new development. We evaluated a lot of possibilities to share code between the platforms, but at the time being none of them lead to satisfying results, so we decided to buy a Mac, download XCode, learn Swift, get skilled in completely unknown terrain and build Greenshot for Mac up from scratch.

As of today, Greenshot is available in the Mac AppStore for all Macs running OS X 10.10 and newer.

Many of you will have some questions, we suppose, so to answer some in advance, here’s a litte FAQ:

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Is it the same as the Windows version?

Definitely not. It’s not as feature rich, it’s only available in English at the moment and there’s still a lot of work to do, but the main features are there. If you are used to using Greenshot you may miss one feature or another but you’ll feel right at home.

Why is it not free? How much does it cost?

We decided to charge a little fee for Greenshot for Mac, because of the very high effort we had to make to bring it to you. It was really time consuming and also expensive. Plus Apple charges us for being in the AppStore and we really want to use their infrastructure, because it brings a lot of security.

For a start Greenshot for Mac will be available for around 2 bucks and after adding new features we may rise it a tiny bit to cover our costs. Nevertheless, Greenshot will still be one of the cheapest screenshot tools for Mac.

By the way, developing Greenshot for Windows causes costs for us as well. As with all other open source software, you don’t really have to donate but we developers rely on our users to do so.

Why is it not open source?

That’s mainly because of the competition. There’s a lot of good software for OS X out there but only a few supply their source code, so everyone has to figure the code out by themselves. There seem to be some unwritten rules in the market and we don’t want to break them. This may change in the future but for now, we’ll stick with closed source for Mac.

Will the Windows version be closed source too?

No. Never. You can trust on that. Windows has a completely different ecosystem and we are convinced that open source is a good thing, so we’ll leave everything as it is right now.

We hope, you’ll like it

To download, search for “greenshot” in the Mac AppStore or click here

If you encounter any trouble, please file a bug here

Take pictures (screenshots) of all or part of your screen. If your Mac has a Touch Bar, you can take a screenshot of it, too.

• Capture the entire screen: Choose Capture > Screen.

  Tip: When working with multiple screens, you can capture the contents of a specific screen by clicking on it when asked to “Click outside this window.”

• Capture part of the screen: Choose Capture > Selection, drag the pointer across the area you want to capture, then release the trackpad or mouse button.

• Capture a window: Choose Capture > Window, then click a window.

• Capture an active item that displays temporarily and requires time to set up: Choose Capture > Timed Screen, then click Start Timer. Make the item active (for example, open a menu), and keep it active (don’t move the pointer) until the Timed Screen dialog closes (10 seconds).

  Tip: To immediately capture a screenshot of the active app, Finder window, or Touch Bar, Control-click the Grab icon in the Dock, then choose the type of screenshot you want to take.

• Capture the Touch Bar: Choose Capture > Timed Touch Bar, then click Start Timer. Make the app or Finder window active, then make sure the Touch Bar buttons reflect the actions you want to capture until the Timed Screen dialog closes (10 seconds).

• Include a pointer in a screenshot: Choose Grab > Preferences, then select a pointer. The pointer appears in the screenshot where it was located when the picture was taken.

• Enable sound effect: Choose Grab > Preferences, then select Enable Sound. When you take a screenshot, you’ll hear the sound effect of a picture being taken.

• View screenshot information: Choose Window > Inspector.

• Save screenshots: After taking a screenshot, choose File > Save, enter a name, add a tag (optional), choose a folder and file type (JPEG, PNG, or TIFF), then click Save. You can save screenshots as JPEG, PNG, or TIFF files.

  Tip: If you save a screenshot in a folder in iCloud Drive, it’s available on all your devices where you’re signed in using the same Apple ID.

• Share screenshots: After taking a screenshot, choose File > Share, then choose how you want to share the screenshot.

• Share screenshots with iCloud File Sharing users: After taking a screenshot, choose File > Share, choose Add People, choose how you want to send the invitation (for example, Mail, Messenger, or FaceBook). Select the sharing options you want, then click Share. Your screenshot is added to the Grab folder in iCloud Drive and the people you invited can access it.

• Convert a screenshot to another format: Open your screenshot in the Preview app. Choose File > Export, click the Format pop-up menu and choose a format, then click Save. For more information, see Convert graphics file types.

You can quickly accomplish tasks in Grab using keyboard shortcuts.

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