What's new in DrawShot

The editor now opens with a neutral arrow cursor instead of the pen — so clicking or moving around never leaves stray marks.

A new Move/Select tool (shortcut V) is the default. Pick a drawing tool when you're ready; press V to go back to neutral.

The annotator is a standard macOS window now — a real draggable title strip and working traffic-light buttons, with your screenshot no longer tucked under floating window controls.

Take a screenshot on your external monitor? The preview card now lands on that monitor too — no more hunting on the MacBook screen for a card you can’t see.

Previously the card was pinned to the primary display. Now it follows your cursor — works for both interactive (⌘⇧4/5) and full-screen (⌘⇧3) captures.

Closed a card with unsaved edits? The hidden editor window now closes too — no more invisible windows piling up in memory.

Hitting Enter on the newest preview card now reliably opens it, even when an older card with unsaved edits is below it.

An out-of-sync DOM was letting a stale ‘ghost’ card steal keyboard focus.

Re-saving the same screenshot file while editing it no longer flashes a duplicate preview card for a split second.

Two clear buttons replace the row of tiny tool icons — “Annotate” opens the editor, “Copy” drops the raw screenshot on your clipboard.

Both buttons sit full-width side by side at the bottom of the card. Easier to hit, easier to choose.

Copy button flashes green with a check when the screenshot lands on your clipboard, so you don't have to second-guess it.

Quieter preview hover — the centered overlay pill is gone, no more dim-on-hover dance.

The card already had a click target the size of the whole preview; the overlay was visual noise.

Enter no longer no-ops on the newest card — fixed a regression where the old expand icon's removal left the keyboard shortcut pointing at nothing.

Copy button on the thumbnail card — one tap copies the raw screenshot to clipboard, no editor needed.

Sits between Expand and Close. Flashes green when copied.

Floating preview is now invisible to screen capture — take another screenshot while it's on screen and the new image is clean, no overlay.

Uses macOS NSWindowSharingNone — same mechanism 1Password uses to hide password fields from screen recordings.

New screenshot replaces the previous preview card instead of stacking — always shows the latest.

Cards with unsaved edits are preserved, never silently dismissed.

Preview appears ~75 ms faster — tighter chokidar debounce + snappier slide-in animation.

Newest card now appears at the TOP of the stack instead of being hidden below older ones.

Enter / Esc keyboard shortcuts now act on the newest card, matching its visual position.

Signed and notarized by Apple — no more “Apple cannot verify this is free of malware” warning on open.

Open multiple screenshots in their own windows and annotate them in parallel.

Drag any old screenshot onto the app (or ⌘O) to annotate it like a fresh capture.

⌘S now saves a copy next to the original instead of overwriting.

Prefer the old overwrite behaviour? Toggle it back in Settings.

Closing an annotator with unsaved edits now asks before discarding.

Toast cards no longer disappear when you take screenshots in quick succession.

Settings tooltip wording, annotator losing focus on background click, and save-mode preference now persists.

⌘S now saves your file and copies it to the clipboard — one keystroke instead of five.

Toggle in Settings → ‘Copy to clipboard on save’ if you'd rather keep them separate.

New app theme inside the windows too — deeper blacks, blue accent, calmer in dark mode.

Keyboard hints on the onboarding screen now render with proper spacing.

New DrawShot logo — a solid D mark that reads at every size.

Refreshed brand colour palette: blue and cyan on a dark canvas.

Multiple screenshots queue as floating cards in the top-right. Click any to expand. Auto-dismiss after save.

DrawShot lives in the menu bar now — no Dock icon, no extra window.

Saving no longer triggers a duplicate toast.

Re-opening a minimised annotator now shows the latest annotations.

DrawShot watches your Desktop and pops up the moment macOS writes a new screenshot — usually within 100 ms.

11 annotation tools — arrow, rectangle, circle, highlight, blur, crop, callout, step numbers, and more — each on a single key.