Export a Mac screenshot as PNG, JPEG, TIFF, or WebP

Still screenshots export as PNG, JPEG, TIFF, or WebP. Recordings do not use this list. A recording is MP4, MOV, GIF, or animated WebP, chosen when you start it. Use this guide only for a still image you already captured.

Export the still image

Install Shoverlay on the Mac App Store. macOS 11.5 or later.
Open the capture from Quick Access or from History.
Save it, and choose PNG, JPEG, TIFF, or WebP.
If the first save to Downloads, Desktop, or Documents asks for folder access, allow it, or pick a folder in Settings.

Which format

PNG keeps a sharper graphic. JPEG is smaller. TIFF and WebP are there when the place you are sending the file asks for them. The file stays on your Mac. Annotation and OCR are separate steps before or after this export; they do not change the format list.

Keep this guide to one job. Open a related article only when that next step is the thing you need — do not mix capture, edit, and share in the same pass unless a later step requires it.