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Presentify - Screen Annotation 8.1.2 Softal Limited is a macOS menu bar app for drawing, highlighting and annotating on any screen – including full-screen apps – during presentations, online teaching and video calls, trusted by Harvard and MIT professors.

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Presentify - Screen Annotation 8.1.2 Overview

Presentify is a menu bar app for screen annotation on macOS to assist presenters, educators and content creators in drawing, highlighting and zooming on-screen during presentations, online classes and video tutorials. Rather than moving away from the app being shared, Presentify layers drawing and annotation tools right on top of it — sketch arrows and boxes over PDFs, slides, websites or video, then hide annotations instantly when a clean screen is needed again. A floating control panel handles tool and colour switching, and can be dragged out of the way or hidden altogether while recording. In addition to freehand pen and highlighter modes, Presentify has a dedicated whiteboard layer to explain ideas without marking up the app underneath. It also includes Cursor Highlight, drawing a circle, square or rhombus around the pointer, with optional click animations for product demos. The app works with Keynote, PowerPoint, browsers, code editors and drawing tablets from Wacom, XP-Pen and similar brands. With Sidecar/Astropad support, an iPad and Apple Pencil can send input to the Mac directly. Presentify is a true native, lightweight macOS app that weighs in at only 1MB for download, uses an average of only 25MB of memory and has negligible impact on your CPU. 8.1.2 is a maintenance release that improves annotation reliability. It follows 8.1.0, which added the ability to copy annotated screens directly to the clipboard and added copy/paste support for annotations, and 8.0.4, which improved Interactive Mode. Presentify requires permission to record your screen to run (it takes screenshots and draws over other windows) and current builds are for MacOS Ventura and up.

Key Features

Screen Drawing & Annotation Overlay Annotate, highlight and draw directly on top of any shared screen content — images, videos, PDFs, code, slides or websites — without having to switch out of the current app. Interactive Mode Presentify doesn’t take over the screen, it opens in the background and allows the user to work normally on the apps underneath and annotate by holding down the key they want (Fn or Caps Lock). Cursor selection Draws a circle, square or rhombus around your mouse pointer to orient viewers while you share your screen Optional click animations pulse on right click for product demos Exclusive Whiteboard Mode Present on a white or custom-colored board (like green or red) instead of marking up the underlying app, useful for explaining ideas from scratch rather than annotating existing content. Multi-Screen Support Annotate across multiple connected displays, with session, undo/redo stack, colours, and controls for each display saved and preserved when switching between displays. Support for Drawing Tablet and iPad Works with drawing tablets from Wacom, XP-Pen and similar. Supports Sidecar and Astropad to route iPad and Apple pencil input directly into Presentify on the Mac. Rich Keyboard Shortcuts & Stream Deck Support Nearly every action in the app can be triggered with a remappable keyboard shortcut, and shortcuts integrate seamlessly with Stream Deck for fast tool switching during live sessions. Dock and Menu Bar Icon Preferences As of version 8.1.0 Presentify has a Dock icon in addition to the menu bar icon. The Dock icon has a right-click menu for quick access and the user can choose to keep either or both icons visible. Copy Annotated Screen to Clipboard Added in 8.1.0 Copy an annotated screen (or copy and paste separate annotations) directly to the clipboard for faster sharing of marked-up screenshots.

Programs Details

Release Date2026-08-05
File Size8.3 MB
Version8.1.2
DeveloperSoftal Limited
PublisherSoftal Limited
LanguagesEnglish

System Requirements

Minimum
OSmacOS 13
ProcessorIntel Core i3
RAM2 GB
Storage500 MB
GPUIntegrated
Recommended
OSmacOS 15
ProcessorApple Silicon (M1 or newer)
RAM4 GB
Storage500 MB
GPUIntegrated

How to Use Presentify - Screen Annotation 8.1.2

Step 1: Download Presentify Get It Download Presentify from macospace.com. Step 2: Install and Allow Screen Recording Permission Launch the app and when prompted, allow Screen Recording permission. This is needed because Presentify captures and draws over other windows. Step 3: Start Annotation Click Annotate, on the menu bar (or Dock icon) to expose the floating control panel and start drawing right on your screen. Step 4: Select Tools & Colours Choose pen, highlighter or whiteboard mode and select from your favourite colours, shapes and gradients to highlight anything you want to highlight during your presentation. Step 5: Turn on Cursor Highlighting Enable Cursor Highlight to draw a shape around your pointer. You may also want to enable Click Animations for demos where clicks need to be visually obvious. 6. Live Work Interactive Mode Hold your chosen key (Fn or Caps Lock) to annotate while still interacting normally with the underlying app, rather than freezing the screen entirely. Step 7: Configure Multi-Screen Annotation (If Applicable) Configure Presentify across multiple displays if needed, switching between screens while each one's session and settings stay intact. Step 8: Hook up a Drawing Tablet or iPad (Optional) For a more natural pen input when annotating, set up a Wacom or XP-Pen tablet, or connect an iPad using Sidecar or Astropad. Step 9: Customise Shortcuts & Stream Deck Or, customise your keyboard shortcuts for your style, even connect to a Stream Deck for a tactile, one-touch control of tools during a live session.

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