I’m happy to announce that ScreenFloat – your Mac’s Screen Capture All-Rounder – is now part of Setapp!
So now you can get ScreenFloat on the Mac App Store, directly from my website, and on Setapp.
How cool is that?
On Setapp, ScreenFloat joins my apps Yoink and Transloader, as well as over 200 other awesome Mac apps!
ScreenFloat Website + free 28-day Trial + Direct Purchase
ScreenFloat on the Mac App Store
ScreenFloat on Setapp
Get to Know ScreenFloat (User Guide)
ScreenFloat Usage Tips
Let’s take a tour through DeskMat and see how it can sweep things under the rug for you – virtually.
DeskMat covers the files on your Mac’s Desktop instantly with the click of a button (or automatically) –
for nicer streams, video conferencing, screen sharing, and distraction-free work!
DeskMat runs completely in the background.
By default, it shows a button on your screens’ Desktops that you can click to toggle the Desktop cover. But you can also move it to your menu bar, use a keyboard shortcut, or have it trigger automatically.
To reach DeskMat's Settings and other options, right-click the button, or double-click DeskMat in Finder when it's already running.
From the Desktop
DeskMat runs in the background and shows a button on the bottom of your screens’ Desktops.
Click it to cover your Desktop, then click it again to uncover it.
Right-click it (or the Desktop cover) to reach DeskMat’s Settings and other options.
From the Menu Bar
Alternatively, you can have the button in your menu bar instead.
Click it to cover your Desktop, then click it again to uncover it.
Right-click it (or the Desktop cover) to reach DeskMat’s Settings and other options.
By default, clicking DeskMat's button covers just that screen's Desktop, so if you have multiple screens, the other Desktops will not be affected.
You can change this in DeskMat's Settings, or hold down the option key ⌥ when clicking.
Via Keyboard Shortcut
Toggle the Desktop cover with the press of a shortcut on your keyboard.
Via Auto-Triggers
DeskMat can cover your Desktop automatically when specified apps are running, or come to the foreground. More on that below.
Using the keyboard shortcut or auto-triggers will always cover all your screens' Desktops.
You can have the button appear on all your screens’ Desktops, only on your main screen’s, in the menu bar, or nowhere at all.
If you place the button on your Desktop, you can change on which edge of your screen(s) the button should appear.
If you choose to not display a button at all, you can trigger DeskMat’s cover via the keyboard shortcut or via auto-triggers.
DeskMat can automatically cover your Desktops when specific apps are running, or come to the foreground.
DeskMat can automatically cover your Desktops when you activate specific Focus modes.
In System Settings > Focus, select the Focus where, when activated, DeskMat should cover your Desktops, and add the app as a Focus Filter. Select whether you’d like to just cover your main Desktop, or all of them (on all screens), and you’re set.
Now, when you activate the Focus, DeskMat will cover your Desktops in tandem.
Choose between your current wallpaper*, the macOS Default Wallpaper (whatever the current version of macOS defaults to – on macOS Sequoia 15, it’s the forest), a solid color, a custom image, or blurring the Desktop with different strengths and appearances.
If you use your current wallpaper, you can select between Static and Live:
Static means that DeskMat will use your current wallpaper as-is the moment you activate DeskMat, which is great for when your wallpaper doesn’t change.
But if you have a dynamic wallpaper, or shuffle through them at an interval, you might want DeskMat to reflect that change, too. For this, select Live, which makes DeskMat “stream” your wallpaper as it changes. It uses a bit more of your Mac’s CPU, but is still very efficient, thanks to macOS’ capture APIs.
* To use your current wallpaper, DeskMat requires Screen Recording permissions. Although there is an API on macOS to get the current wallpaper, it is not reliable when it comes to dynamic wallpapers that change during the course of the day. So what DeskMat does, when you click its button to cover your Desktop, is to screenshot your wallpaper and use that as the cover, guaranteeing that it’s your actual wallpaper.
You might wonder: with my Desktop covered, how do I reach it?
Just right-click the cover, or DeskMat’s button, and select Open Desktop in Finder, and a new Finder window will open up, showing your Desktop’s contents.
And that’s about it. I hope you’ll find DeskMat useful!
If you have any feedback or questions, please don’t hesitate to write me!
DeskMat Website + Trial + Direct Purchase
DeskMat Trial Download
DeskMat on the Mac App Store
Contact & Connect
I have a new app out that lets you sweep things under the rug – virtually: DeskMat for Mac.
With DeskMat, you cover the mess of files and folders on your Desktop with a single click – and show them again in just the same way.
It makes for clean streams, screen sharing, and distraction-free work!
DeskMat is available as a one-time purchase directly from my website, and on the Mac App Store.
It is currently available in English and German and requires macOS Sequoia 15 or newer.
For the next couple of days, DeskMat is about 30% off, at €3,99 / USD 3.99 / GBP 3.99
(regular pricing: €6,99 / USD 5.99 / GBP 5.99).
A free, 28-day trial is available on the website.
DeskMat Website + Trial + Direct Purchase
DeskMat on the Mac App Store
DeskMat Trial Download
Get to Know DeskMat (User Guide)
I hope you’ll like this little app. If you’re interested in an NFR copy for reviews, please don’t hesitate to write me here.
If you have any feedback or questions, please do write me here.
Cheers!
I goofed. I had a build of DeskMat approved and ready to go on the Mac App Store for release, but I discovered a bug and thought I’d take the risk to fix it, since the first submission went rather quickly and smoothly. I thought I still had time – (at that time more than a week).
Well, of course now the app is sitting “In Review”, and has been for over 6 days, without any notice on what’s going on, even though I got an expedited review, and inquired subsequently about what the holdup was (got a non-informative response, as always).
Anyway, I’m positive this will get sorted in time, I’ll keep bugging App Review about a status update and hopefully have DeskMat available on the Mac App Store soon. In the meantime, there’s the 28-day trial, and you can purchase it on my website, as described above.
My apologies for the inconvenience.
Update: It’s now available on the Mac App Store : )
Today’s my 39th birthday. Yes, I’m that old. It’s the last time my age will have a leading 3.
Unless I live to be 300. But I’ll cross that bridge once I get there.
To mark this random occasion, I thought I’d do a little giveaway of my apps Yoink for Mac, Yoink for iPhone and iPad, ScreenFloat for Mac, Transloader for Mac, iPhone and iPad, and Tameno for Apple Watch, iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV.
Because I don’t have a fancier way of doing it, I’ll just list the promo codes to be used on the App Store here.
Please be so kind as to add a comment with the one you used so I can update this post and cross them off – thank you!
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Have a good one, and thank you for stopping by!