Today, I’m truly excited to share my little app on macrumors.com.
The software I’m introducing is Deskeen, a screen capture utility for macOS.
Like many Mac users, I take screenshots all the time. The problem was, unless I organized them right away, they would pile up and it would always take me a lot of time to find and reuse them later. That’s what led me to start developing Deskeen — to make this process a little simpler.
Deskeen stores your captures in a small palette called Capture Preview, where you can quickly access, review, or edit them without cluttering your desktop.
What began as a small idea eventually became version 1.0, and after receiving a lot of valuable feedback, I’m now thrilled to present version 2.0 to you
Then, let me introduce Deskeen 2.
Deskeen 2 — We’ve reimagined screen capture.
Taking screenshots, recording your screen, and organizing materials each day consumes more time than you might think. Existing tools either offer fragmented features or force you to juggle multiple apps. Deskeen was born from this frustration.
The reason you need this app is simple: it unifies the entire process of capturing, organizing, and reusing your screens into one seamless workflow. No more complex shortcuts or digging through folders—get exactly what you need, exactly when you need it.
As a result, you can collect information faster, manage it more cleanly, and share it more securely. Deskeen 2 is not just another capture tool—it’s a productivity platform that reshapes your entire work environment.
In Deskeen 2, we’ve added Screen Annotation, transforming your Mac display into a canvas where you can draw and highlight directly—integrated with both capture and screen recording. We’ve also included Scrolling Capture, perfect for grabbing long screens without stitching them together.
And then comes Page Capture, an extraordinary feature that automatically captures any content you specify. Whether it’s ePub, webcomics, or manga, Deskeen turns everything on your screen into images, animated GIFs, or PDFs—automatically.
This is why Deskeen 2 isn’t just about taking screens—it’s about redesigning your entire workflow. Let’s explore how this transformation begins.
Basic Capture & Special modes
Screen/Window Recording
Capture Text, Barcode, QR Code
Capture Color
Screen Pin
Instant Screen Pin
Annotation Tools
Screen Annotation
Scrolling Capture
Page Capture
Capture Preview
Capture History
Tag System
AI Integration
iCloud Synchronization
Widgets
Menubar Customization && Desktop icon Hider
Compatibility
Links
🎁 FREE REDEEM CODES
If you’ve used one of the redemption codes below, please leave a comment with the code you used so others will know it’s no longer available.
Also, if possible, please limit yourself to just one code per person.
Even if you have multiple Mac App Store accounts, using more than one code wouldn’t be fair to other Mac users.
We also just launched on Product Hunt 🚀 - feedback from the community would mean a lot as we keep improving Deskeen.
The trial version will be ready to download from our website this September — please share it with your friends!
Thanks for reading!
The software I’m introducing is Deskeen, a screen capture utility for macOS.
Like many Mac users, I take screenshots all the time. The problem was, unless I organized them right away, they would pile up and it would always take me a lot of time to find and reuse them later. That’s what led me to start developing Deskeen — to make this process a little simpler.
Deskeen stores your captures in a small palette called Capture Preview, where you can quickly access, review, or edit them without cluttering your desktop.
What began as a small idea eventually became version 1.0, and after receiving a lot of valuable feedback, I’m now thrilled to present version 2.0 to you
Then, let me introduce Deskeen 2.
Deskeen 2 — We’ve reimagined screen capture.
Taking screenshots, recording your screen, and organizing materials each day consumes more time than you might think. Existing tools either offer fragmented features or force you to juggle multiple apps. Deskeen was born from this frustration.
The reason you need this app is simple: it unifies the entire process of capturing, organizing, and reusing your screens into one seamless workflow. No more complex shortcuts or digging through folders—get exactly what you need, exactly when you need it.
As a result, you can collect information faster, manage it more cleanly, and share it more securely. Deskeen 2 is not just another capture tool—it’s a productivity platform that reshapes your entire work environment.
In Deskeen 2, we’ve added Screen Annotation, transforming your Mac display into a canvas where you can draw and highlight directly—integrated with both capture and screen recording. We’ve also included Scrolling Capture, perfect for grabbing long screens without stitching them together.
And then comes Page Capture, an extraordinary feature that automatically captures any content you specify. Whether it’s ePub, webcomics, or manga, Deskeen turns everything on your screen into images, animated GIFs, or PDFs—automatically.
This is why Deskeen 2 isn’t just about taking screens—it’s about redesigning your entire workflow. Let’s explore how this transformation begins.
Basic Capture & Special modes
- Capture Area, Previous Area, Window, Fullscreen, and Timer modes
- Quick access to all features via keyboard shortcuts
- Freeform Mode (Capture Area only): Free area selection with Control + Drag for instant screen pin, Space for window capture
- Precision Mode (Capture Area only): Pixel-perfect control with arrow keys (1-pixel) and Shift + arrows (10-pixel)
- Instant Screen Pin without creating files (Freeform & Precision modes)
Screen/Window Recording
- Precise recording of windows or custom areas with H.264/HEVC encoding
- Frame rates from 15 to 60 FPS, audio in AAC/ALAC/FLAC formats
- All Mac system audio and microphone recording included
- Export to Animated GIF or Audio file
- Presenter Overlay with connected camera and customizable positioning
- Supports cursor display and click effects
Capture Text, Barcode, QR Code
- Support for 14 languages (English, French, German, Italian, Chinese Simplified/Traditional, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese)
- Barcode and QR code recognition
- Automatic clipboard copying of recognized content
- Automatic saving of original capture images
Capture Color
- Records color extraction location
- Three picker sizes and six zoom levels
- Size adjustment via mouse wheel/trackpad
- Color conversion to 22 formats (Web, macOS, iOS, .Net, Java and more)
- Automatic saving of original capture images
Screen Pin
- Pin screenshots to captured location with automatic position restoration
- Transparency adjustment and position locking
- Drag-and-drop saving and clipboard copying
- Text recognition, translation, and Apple Intelligence support (macOS 15.3+)
Instant Screen Pin
- Captures content without creating files, perfect for temporary viewing
- Save decision can be made after previewing the result
- Freeform Mode: Control + Drag to activate
- Precision Mode: One-click activation via Instant Screen Pin icon in Area Selection UI
- Eliminates traditional capture-file generation-viewing cycle
Annotation Tools
- Redact mode: pixel and blur effects with 10 colors, 3 checkerboard patterns
- Counter tool: drag-to-resize with 13 colors, 9 font types, custom color support
- Integrated with macOS Markup for image editing: text, drawing, shapes, rotate, and crop
- Real-time iPhone/iPad integration
- Simple original image restoration
- Drag-and-drop saving, sharing, and clipboard copy
- Text recognition, translation, and Apple Intelligence support (macOS 15.3+)
Screen Annotation
- Direct annotation on any Mac screen content with pen, lines, shapes, and text
- Perfect for presentations, online teaching, video lectures, and screen sharing
- Live capture and screen recording support during annotation
- Automatic identification in Capture History as Screen Annotation captures
- Real-time visual communication tool for enhanced collaboration
Scrolling Capture
- Captures entire long web pages or documents in a single image
- Comprehensive downward-scrolling content capture (requires slow scrolling for accuracy)
- Large-scale capture support up to 20,000 pixels maximum
- Special icon identification in Capture History for easy distinction
Page Capture
- Automatic continuous capture for multi-screen content like slides and web pages
- Simple setup: specify app, set navigation keys, define count and timing
- Perfect for HTML slides, Keynote, YouTube summaries, and multi-screen apps
- Supports horizontal slides and vertical scrolling automatically
- Multiple outputs: images, Animated GIF, PDF
- Custom folder naming and adjustable intervals with YouTube mode
Capture Preview
- Preview with Screen Pin, Annotate
- Clipboard copying, file saving, and Drag & Drop
- Tag addition and export to HEIC, Animated GIF, or Audio file
- Position settings on either edge of display
Capture History
- Effortless restoration: Instantly restore and reuse any image from anywhere, anytime
- One-click actions: Quick Look, Copy to clipboard, Export, Annotate, Screen Pin, AI-powered Rename, and Share—all readily available
- Smart retention management: Set preservation periods to effectively manage all captured content
- Universal format conversion: Colors convert to 22 different formats, images to HEIC, videos to Animated GIFs or Audio files
- Powerful tagging: Integrated macOS Finder tag system for advanced organization
- Intelligent filtering: Easily browse by media type—screenshots, videos, text, colors—with dedicated filter modes
Tag System
- Perfect integration with macOS Finder
- Searchable after export and iCloud sync
- macOS tag color support
- Synchronization across Mac, iPhone, and iPad
AI Integration
- OpenAI and Claude integration
- Screenshot analysis and filename suggestions
- Future AI feature expansions planned
iCloud Synchronization
- Sync by date, image dimensions, or file size
- Automatic archiving of existing data
- Real-time synchronization of tags and file edits
- Instant sync across Mac, iPhone, and iPad
Widgets
- One-click access to your favorite functions.
- Simple stats reveal your capture habits and workflow.
- No need to memorize shortcuts—just click and go.
- Visualize your daily progress at a glance.
Menubar Customization && Desktop icon Hider
- Drag-and-drop menu item rearrangement
- Default settings restoration
- Capture history statistics visualization
- Show/Hide Desktop icons by shortcut
Compatibility
- macOS Sonoma 14.6 or higher
- $6.99 (One-time purchase. No subscription)
Links
- Website: http://www.hohoinc.com
- Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6746357941?mt=12
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If you’ve used one of the redemption codes below, please leave a comment with the code you used so others will know it’s no longer available.
Also, if possible, please limit yourself to just one code per person.
Even if you have multiple Mac App Store accounts, using more than one code wouldn’t be fair to other Mac users.
We also just launched on Product Hunt 🚀 - feedback from the community would mean a lot as we keep improving Deskeen.
The trial version will be ready to download from our website this September — please share it with your friends!
Thanks for reading!
