Presentify 8.1.2

Presentify

A macOS overlay tool for annotating whatever is on screen during presentations, tutoring sessions, and remote meetings without switching out of your current app.

When you share your Mac in Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, or OBS, viewers often lose track of the cursor or miss fine UI details. Presentify sits above other windows and adds drawing, highlighting, and magnification on demand. You can sketch arrows and boxes over PDFs, slides, websites, or video, then hide annotations when you need a clean screen again. A floating control panel switches tools and colors; you can drag it aside or hide it entirely during recordings.

Annotation, whiteboard, and focus tools

Beyond freehand pen and highlighter modes, Presentify offers a dedicated whiteboard layer when you want to explain ideas without marking up the underlying app. Cursor Highlight draws a circle, square, or rhombus around the pointer; optional click animations pulse on right-click for product demos. Spotlight dims everything except the area around your cursor, and Zoom magnifies a region so small text or icons stay readable for the audience. Version 8 added adjustable line weight, customizable keyboard shortcuts, background dimming in zoom, and faster Setapp builds according to the vendor.

Workflow and compatibility

Presentify targets presenters, teachers, designers, and developers who live in screen sharing. It works with Keynote, PowerPoint, browsers, code editors, and drawing tablets from Wacom, XP-Pen, and similar brands; Sidecar and Astropad can route iPad input to the Mac. Screen Recording permission is required because the app captures and draws over other windows. Most actions have shortcuts you can remap in settings, which keeps tool changes quick during live sessions.

Licensing and fit

Presentify is a one-time purchase on the Mac App Store, also available via Setapp and direct download from the vendor site; the App Store listing has no standalone trial, though Setapp offers a broader trial window. Current builds focus on macOS Ventura and later per the FAQ. If you rarely present, built-in meeting markup may be enough; for frequent tutoring, sales demos, or technical walkthroughs, Presentify fills a ZoomIt-style niche on Mac. Version 8.1.2 is a maintenance release that restores annotation over full-screen apps for affected users.