The essentials
your Mac is missing

Record, capture and convert. Screen recording, styled screenshots, image and video tools, window snapping and disk cleanup in one native Mac app. Open any tool from the menu bar, or just drop a file.

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Macsential Home with Screenshot, Free Up Space, recording, image conversion and window tools, plus PDF tools marked as coming soon.

Every Mac tool you reach for, in one app

Find a tool from the search box or the menu bar, or drop a file anywhere and Macsential shows the tools that can open it.

  • Free Up Space
    Caches, logs, build data and large files
  • Clipboard Manager
    Your last 16 copies, one shortcut away
  • Convert Images
    PNG, JPEG, HEIC, TIFF, WebP, with resizing
  • Optimize Images
    Smaller files, without camera and location data
  • Image Background Soon
    Remove it, or put the subject on a new one
  • Merge PDFs Soon
    Many documents, one file
  • Split PDF Soon
    By ranges or every N pages
  • Organize Pages Soon
    Reorder, rotate, delete
  • Compress PDF Soon
    Lighter files to share
  • Images and PDF Soon
    Images into a PDF, or every page out as images
  • PDF Password Soon
    Add or remove a password
  • Convert Video
    MP4 or MOV, H.264 or HEVC
  • Compress Video Soon
    Hit a target file size
  • Extract Audio Soon
    Save the sound as M4A or WAV
  • Trim Video Soon
    Keep only the part you need
  • Video to GIF Soon
    Any clip as a GIF, with its size shown first
  • Transcribe & Subtitles Soon
    Subtitles for any video, on your Mac
  • Screenshot
    Capture, crop, style and share
  • Record Screen
    With camera, mic and Mac sound
  • Recording Editor
    Zoom, background, captions
  • Capture Text
    Copy text from anything on screen
  • Window Manager
    Halves, quarters and more
  • Window Shortcuts
    Your own global key combos
  • Menu Bar Search
    Every tool and recent file
  • Recent Activity
    Find what you made earlier

Record, capture, convert
Small jobs, done properly

Capture and edit, convert whole folders, or clear space. Native controls and local processing keep everyday tasks simple.

Screenshots

From capture to ready to share

Capture an area, window or display, or open an existing image. Crop it, add text, and style it with wallpapers, custom images, gradients or colors.

Adjust padding, corners, shadow and aspect ratio with a live preview. Edit the filename right in the header, then finish your way.

  • Done — export a PNG or JPEG and close the editor.
  • Copy and Close — put the finished image on the clipboard and close.
  • Copy or Share — send the image along and keep editing.
  • Copy Text — copy the words in the screenshot, read on your Mac. Press ⌥⇧⌘1 to copy the text in an area, window or screen without keeping a picture.
⌘ 1

Drop a file, get the format you need

Drag anything onto Macsential and it suggests the tools that can open it. Convert and resize images and video in batches today, with documents and archives next.

⌘ 2 Coming soon

The PDF jobs you do every week

Merge, split, reorder and compress PDFs. Drag pages into order and see exactly what you will export.

  • Proposal.pdf12 pages
  • Pricing.pdf3 pages
  • Signed contract.pdf5 pages
  • Merge into one PDF
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A whole folder at once

Drop a folder to convert or optimize every image. If one fails, the rest still finish. Originals are never overwritten.

  • IMG_2041.HEIC
  • IMG_2042.HEIC
  • demo.mov
  • scan-03.tiff
⌘ 4

Screen recordings that look edited

Record a display, window or area with your camera, mic and Mac sound. Then add zooms, backgrounds, captions and speed changes in the editor, and export MP4, MOV or GIF. Nothing is baked in, so you can change it later.

Free Up Space

Make room for what comes next

Find caches, logs, old build data and large files in one place. Review the scan, choose what goes, and see how much space you can reclaim.

⌘ 6

Snap windows from the keyboard

Halves and quarters for the front window, with shortcuts like ⌃⌥←. Change any of them.

Small moments
Smoother days

“I can record a quick walkthrough, tidy up the pauses and add zoom where it matters. Sharing an idea feels so much easier.”

For creators

Screen recording & editing

“A screenshot, a little context and a clean background. That’s all I need to turn a work-in-progress into something ready to share.”

For designers

Screenshot capture & styling

“Convert an image, snap a window, get back to work. Having these everyday tools in one Mac app keeps the little tasks out of my way.”

For everyday Mac work

File conversion & window management

Buy once
Keep it forever

One price for every tool, with no subscription and no account. The first 100 users get it free; after that the price steps up as each milestone fills.

Get your license
  • One year of updates included. Renewing after that is optional.
  • Yours forever. Every version released in your update year keeps working.
  • One Mac at a time. Move your license to a new Mac whenever you like.
  • 14-day full refund. No questions asked.
Early access
US$29.99
Free
Limited number of free licenses
Then US$9.99

Questions,
answered

What do I need to run Macsential?
A Mac with Apple Silicon running macOS 15 Sequoia or later.
How does the license work?
You pay once and get a license key by email. It works on one Mac at a time and includes a year of updates. Every version released in that year keeps working forever; after it, renewing updates is optional. Lost your key? Recover it here.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. Reply to your purchase email within 14 days for a full refund, no questions asked.
Do my files get uploaded anywhere?
No. Screenshots, recordings, conversions and disk scans run on your Mac. Capture Text and recording captions use Apple's on-device text and speech recognition.
Will Macsential change my original files?
Conversions and screenshot exports create new files. Free Up Space removes only the items you select: caches and logs can be deleted, while selected large files are moved to the Trash.
Do I need to install anything else?
No. Macsential is built on macOS's own image, PDF, video and capture frameworks, so there are no extra downloads or command-line tools.
Which permissions does it ask for?
Only what a tool needs, when you first use it: Screen Recording for screenshots and recordings, Microphone and Camera if you turn them on, and Accessibility for the Window Manager. Macsential opens the right System Settings pane for you.
Can I edit a screen recording after it is made?
Yes. Zoom, background, camera, speed, captions and audio are never baked in. Open the recording again at any time, change them and export again.

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Macsential 0.1.20 · macOS 15+ · Apple Silicon · 4.2 MB

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Open the downloaded file, drag Macsential to Applications, and open it. Future updates install from inside the app.

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