Annotello is a fast, private screen capture and annotation app for Mac — arrows, callouts, automatic redaction, scrolling capture, screen recording, and step-by-step guides that write themselves.
Press ⌃ ⇧ G and do the task as usual. Every click becomes a numbered, annotated step with a caption that says what you clicked.
From the menu bar or ⌃ ⇧ G.
In any app — each click is captured.
Edit, then export a guide, PDF or web page.
Take a screenshot, point at what matters, hide what doesn't, and send it — without leaving the keyboard.
Seventeen tools with sensible styles, so every capture looks polished without fiddling.
One click finds emails, phone numbers, card numbers and API keys — or every face and every line of text — and pixelates them. Review each blur before you share.
Select a few captures and Annotello lays them out as a numbered guide with captions — or exports a PDF with one page per step.
Capture a window and drop it on a gradient backdrop with rounded corners and a soft shadow — perfect for docs, decks and social posts.
One shortcut. Drag a region, click a window, or press Return — with a pixel magnifier and color readout.
Capture an entire web page or chat thread. Annotello scrolls and stitches it into one tall image.
Record with system audio and microphone, trim, and export MP4 or GIF.
Copy text from images, videos or apps that won't let you select it. Works offline.
Find any capture by name, the app it came from, or the words inside it. Collections, favorites and Quick Look.
Describe a screenshot, write step-by-step instructions or alt text, and name captures automatically — with your own API key.
Save one-click setups like "Window → backdrop → clipboard", each with its own hotkey.
Every save keeps the previous version. Restore any of the last ten in one click.
Captures never leave your Mac unless you share them. No account, no tracking, no cloud.
Show every click, the shortcuts you press, and your face — then add captions in one step.
A ripple marks every click so viewers never lose the pointer.
Keyboard shortcuts like ⌘C appear on screen. Plain typing is never shown.
Sketch on the screen mid-recording to circle what you're talking about.
A round, draggable camera bubble for walkthroughs and tutorials.
Speech is transcribed on your Mac and saved as an SRT subtitle file.
Trim the start and end, then export MP4 or an animated GIF.
Every shortcut can be changed in Settings.
Requires macOS 15 Sequoia or later. Works on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Open Annotello-1.2.1.dmg and drag Annotello into your Applications folder.
macOS will say it can't verify the developer, because Annotello isn't from the App Store. Click Done.
Go to System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down to "Annotello was blocked…" and click Open Anyway. You only do this the first time.
The welcome guide walks you through it. Then press ⌃ ⇧ C and capture something.
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Annotello.appsee latest.json
Yes. There's no account, subscription or trial.
No. Captures, recordings, text recognition, redaction and captions all happen on your Mac. The only exceptions are features you turn on yourself: AI actions (sent to Anthropic using your own API key) and "Upload & Copy Link" (sent to Imgur).
Apps that aren't distributed through the App Store or notarized by Apple show this warning the first time. Approve it once in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Open Anyway, as described in the install steps.
No. Steps captures a screenshot when you click and notes which button, menu or field you clicked. It never records keystrokes or the contents of text fields. With Accessibility permission allowed, captions can name what you clicked; without it they simply say which app you clicked in.
macOS requires it for any app that captures the screen. Microphone, Camera, Accessibility and Speech Recognition are optional and only used for the features that need them.
In Pictures › Annotello by default. You can change the folder — including to iCloud Drive — in Settings.
Download the new version and replace the app in Applications. Your captures, settings and permissions are kept.
Quit Annotello and drag it from Applications to the Trash. Your captures stay in Pictures › Annotello until you delete them.
Yes — the download runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel. macOS 15 Sequoia or later is required.