--- title: ZoomIt for Mac: Ultimate Presentation Enhancement Tool description: ZoomIt, the popular Windows presentation enhancement tool from Sysinternals and PowerToys, is now available on macOS. It can be installed via GitHub or... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/zoomit-for-mac-ultimate-presentation-enhancement-tool-dqrocegty twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ZoomIt for Mac: Ultimate Presentation Enhancement Tool | daily.dev og:description: ZoomIt, the popular Windows presentation enhancement tool from Sysinternals and PowerToys, is now available on macOS. It can be installed via GitHub or... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/zoomit-for-mac-ultimate-presentation-enhancement-tool-dqrocegty og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dQroCegty.png og:image:alt: ZoomIt for Mac: Ultimate Presentation Enhancement Tool og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ZoomIt for Mac: Ultimate Presentation Enhancement Tool **[We Are .NET](https://daily.dev/sources/wearedotnet)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ZoomIt, the popular Windows presentation enhancement tool from Sysinternals and PowerToys, is now available on macOS. It can be installed via GitHub or Homebrew. Key features include screen zoom (Ctrl+4), freehand drawing and annotation (Ctrl+1), shapes like rectangles, arrows, and circles via keyboard shortcuts, color selection (Y for yellow, B for blue, G for green), whiteboard mode (Ctrl+W), screen recording (Ctrl+5), screenshots (Ctrl+6), OCR text extraction (Ctrl+Option+6), and a countdown timer for workshops (Ctrl+3). Settings are accessible from the menu bar. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I install ZoomIt on Mac? ZoomIt for Mac can be installed directly from its GitHub repository or via Homebrew with a single command. Once installed, it runs from the menu bar and provides keyboard-driven screen zoom, annotation, drawing, whiteboard, screen recording, screenshot, and OCR features. _Developers doing live demos on macOS track tools like ZoomIt on daily.dev._ ### What keyboard shortcuts does ZoomIt for Mac use for drawing and annotation? ZoomIt for Mac uses Ctrl+1 to enter drawing mode, where you can draw freehand, hold Ctrl for a rectangle, Ctrl+Shift for arrows, Tab for a circle, and Shift for a straight line. Press T to type text anywhere on screen. Color shortcuts include Y for yellow, B for blue, and G for green. Ctrl+W opens a whiteboard, and Escape exits. _Presenters and workshop leads who rely on annotation shortcuts find tool updates like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [PowerToys just got 28% smaller and absorbed three separate apps I used to install](https://daily.dev/posts/powertoys-just-got-28-smaller-and-absorbed-three-separate-apps-i-used-to-install-4axux2uzw) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [PowerToys 0.99 is here: new monitor controls, easier window management, and Dock upgrades](https://daily.dev/posts/powertoys-0-99-is-here-new-monitor-controls-easier-window-management-and-dock-upgrades-buq2ggj6w) · Windows Command Line · 142 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#mac](https://daily.dev/tags/mac) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/zoomit-for-mac-ultimate-presentation-enhancement-tool-dqrocegty) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"ZoomIt for Mac: Ultimate Presentation Enhancement Tool","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/zoomit-for-mac-ultimate-presentation-enhancement-tool-dqrocegty","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/zoomit-for-mac-ultimate-presentation-enhancement-tool-dqrocegty"},"datePublished":"2026-08-10T13:49:40.465Z","dateModified":"2026-08-10T13:50:05.835Z","description":"ZoomIt, the popular Windows presentation enhancement tool from Sysinternals and PowerToys, is now available on macOS. 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