Sowiks

You already have a screenshot tool. It came with your Mac, it’s free, and it does exactly one thing: it makes a file. Everything that matters happens after — crop it, mark up what you meant, find somewhere to put it, send a link, hope it opens. Sowiks is that “after”. Press the shortcut you already use, and the editor is open before you’ve even let go. Add arrows, blur, spotlight, or numbered steps that turn five loose screenshots into a how-to someone can actually follow. Add a gradient behind it — or use Smart Extend, which continues your image’s own edges into the padding instead of parking it on a coloured rectangle. Recording? Camera, mic, and system sound go in; a trimmed MP4 or lightweight GIF comes out. And it finishes where you need it to: a link already on your clipboard, or in the media library of the WordPress site you connected once — published from the editor, without a single upload dialog. No Downloads folder full of “Screenshot at 14.32.11”. 20+ tools, OCR, scrolling capture, collections, and cloud sync. macOS. Free to start. Lets go!