How is this different from the built-in macOS screenshot?

The built-in tool ends at a file on your desktop. Floatie ends at a floating shot on your screen: you can annotate it, copy the text inside, fade it, pin it above other apps, and drag it straight into Slack or Finder — without opening an editor or hunting for a file.

Is it a subscription?

No. Floatie is free for 14 days with everything unlocked. After that, a single one-time purchase — Floatie Pro — unlocks it for good on all your Macs. No recurring billing.

Do my screenshots leave my Mac?

Never. Floatie runs sandboxed. Capture, editing, recording, and text recognition all happen on-device, there is no account, and everything keeps working with the network off.

Which languages does text recognition support?

English, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), recognized locally through Apple’s Vision framework. The interface itself ships in over 90 languages.

Can I change what the corner buttons do?

Yes. Each of the four corners can hold any action — ghost, pin, edit, OCR, shrink, flip, color picker, cute float, share, or close — in Settings → Appearance → Corner Buttons. Recordings have their own set.

Can I record my screen too?

Yes. Region (⌥⇧2), window (⌥⇧3), or full screen (⌥⇧1) to MP4. The recording lands in a floating preview you can trim, crop, and blur before dragging it out.

What happens to a shot I close?

It waits in the history rail (⌘⇧H, or nudge the screen edge). History is kept locally and survives a restart. Click a thumbnail to bring the shot back, or remove it for good.

Which Macs are supported?

macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple Silicon and Intel. Full VoiceOver support and a keyboard-only capture mode are included.

How to Record Part of Your Screen on Mac

Record the whole screen and you capture everything you didn't want. Here's how to record just a region or a window with Floatie, then tidy it up in the preview before exporting.

A full-screen recording catches your notifications, your other apps, and whatever is on your desktop. When you’re making a tutorial or a bug report, you usually want a clean take of one part of the screen instead.

Floatie records a region, a single window, or the whole screen (Pro). Everything is open during the 14-day free trial, and after that a one-time purchase keeps it (not a subscription).

Recording just a region

Press ⌥⇧2 (option+shift+2) and drag out the area to record. For a single window use ⌥⇧3; for the whole screen, ⌥⇧1.
Turn on camera, microphone, or system audio if you want them in the take.
When you stop, a floating preview opens. Trim the head and tail there, and crop or blur parts of the frame.
Export in the format you want: mp4, mov, hevc, or gif. GIFs are recorded as mp4 first and converted on export.

Try it

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⌥⇧2 Record

Start and stop the recording — it floats like a shot, ready to trim.

Camera, mic, and sound

The camera (webcam) can show on screen in a small window, or stay off-screen and go only into the recorded file. Recording your voice through the microphone needs macOS 15 or later. System audio can be added as a source too.

Where recordings go, and what usually goes wrong

Recordings aren’t saved to a folder automatically. Drag from the preview window into Finder or another app, or pick a location and save it yourself. Closing the preview doesn’t lose it — it waits in the history rail (⌘⇧H), where the screenshot/recording filter finds it again.

If recording won’t start, it’s almost always permissions. Without Screen Recording permission it never begins, and macOS asks separately the first time you use the camera or the microphone. Turn Floatie’s permissions on under Privacy & Security in System Settings and it clears up.

How this differs from the built-in recorder (`⌘⇧5`)

The macOS screenshot tool (⌘⇧5) records the full screen or a region you drag. There’s no option for a single window, though, and when the recording ends it goes straight to a file — no floating window to trim or blur in. Floatie records window by window, and the preview that opens afterward trims, crops, and blurs right there.

With Floatie running, region capture (⌘⇧2) and full-screen capture (⌘⇧1) are one keystroke away too.

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How to Record Part of Your Screen on Mac

Recording just a region

Camera, mic, and sound

Where recordings go, and what usually goes wrong

How this differs from the built-in recorder (⌘⇧5)

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How this differs from the built-in recorder (`⌘⇧5`)