AI NEWS.ccScreenRedact
ScreenRedact is a developer‑tool app exclusively for macOS, developed by Ahmad Tibi and offered free of charge. The app leverages on-device machine learning models to recognize text in images, allowing users to quickly select and mask sensitive text with a single click. The processed image can be saved as a PNG file, maintaining the original dimensions.
ScreenRedact is a lightweight, macOS‑only image‑text masking tool (just 224.8 KB in size), designed for developers and professional users who need to swiftly anonymize sensitive information in screenshots. It does not collect any user data; all text recognition and masking are performed locally on the device, ensuring robust privacy protection. Compatible with macOS 14.0 or later.
Features
It supports direct masking of recognized text regions with intuitive, efficient operations;
A new “Image” menu item has been added to the menu bar, enabling users to either select an image locally or save the masked image;
Right-clicking on an image allows users to copy it to the clipboard, as well as save it as a PNG file—both operations preserve the original image size.
Use cases
Locally blur sensitive text in images on Mac, suitable for screenshots or scanned documents that require privacy protection.
Quickly edit text regions identified in an image, supporting one-click red-box selection and blurring.
Save the blurred image as a PNG file, maintaining its original dimensions.
How to use
Open the ScreenRedact application.
Click on the text area in the image that needs to be blurred (automatically recognized).
Click the “Save Image” button to export it as a PNG file.
Alternatively, right-click the image and select “Copy Image to Clipboard.”
Pricing
A free app with no subscriptions, in-app purchases, ads, or usage limits.
Traffic data
Third-party estimates, not first-party analytics. Periods, devices and providers are shown separately.
No verifiable traffic data available