# DejaShot

> DejaShot is a Mac app that reads the text in every screenshot in the folders you choose, and notes which app each new one came from, so you can search them by what you remember. Nothing leaves your Mac.

DejaShot is made by SoneaLabs and runs on macOS 14 or later. It reads the text in the screenshots in the folders you choose, using the text recognition built into macOS, and searches them from a panel opened with ⇧⌘Space. For screenshots taken while it’s running, it also notes the app and window that were in front. Older screenshots are read for their text only. Everything stays on the Mac. It is not a capture tool. It reads what ⌘⇧4, CleanShot X or any other capture app saves.

## Price
- One-time purchase per Mac. The current price is at https://dejashot.com/pricing.md.
- One-time license for one Mac at a time. Move it to another Mac yourself, any time. No subscription. No trial. Every future update is included. 14-day refund.
- Current price and terms: https://dejashot.com/pricing.md (checked 2026-10-01T23:16:19.314Z)

## What it does
- Reads the text in every screenshot in the folders you choose, newest first. The first 200 are searchable in under a minute.
- A search panel on ⇧⌘Space over any app, with filters: app:figma, after:march, “exact phrase”, has:text.
- A timeline of screenshots by day, Smart Collections (Receipts, Code, Conversations, Documents, Designs), rename from a pattern with Undo, Show Text Regions to copy any line, export a search as files or Markdown, and apps it ignores.
- 31 ms to search 20,000 screenshots. At the 95th percentile, on an M2 Pro, measured in the search engine itself.

## Limits
- The source app is noted only for screenshots taken while DejaShot is running. Older screenshots are read for their text only. The source is a strong hint, not a certainty.
- Window titles need the optional Accessibility permission. Every screenshot is still read without it.
- macOS 14 or later. It runs on a Mac only, and doesn’t read PDFs or videos.
- No account, no cloud and no sharing. One Mac per license.
- It doesn’t capture, annotate or record the screen.
- Text recognition uses the languages macOS supports. The app itself is in English.

## Pages
- [DejaShot: screenshot search for your Mac](https://dejashot.com): DejaShot reads the text in your screenshots, and notes which app each new one came from, so you can find them by what you remember. All on your Mac.
- [DejaShot pricing: pay once, keep it](https://dejashot.com/pricing): A one-time purchase for one Mac with every future update included. DejaShot launches in small, numbered editions.
- [Download DejaShot for Mac](https://dejashot.com/download): Download DejaShot for macOS, check the SHA-256, and install it in four steps. You’ll need the license key from your purchase email.
- [Privacy policy · DejaShot](https://dejashot.com/privacy): DejaShot reads your screenshots on your Mac and keeps what it learns there. Here is exactly what the app and this site send, and when.
- [Terms of use and License Agreement · DejaShot](https://dejashot.com/terms): The license you get when you buy DejaShot: one Mac at a time, every future update, sold by Dodo Payments as merchant of record.
- [Refund and cancellation policy · DejaShot](https://dejashot.com/refund): If DejaShot isn’t for you, email within 14 days of buying for a full refund. No forms.
- [Uninstall DejaShot](https://dejashot.com/uninstall): How to remove DejaShot from your Mac completely, and free your license for another Mac first.
- [Guides: search and find screenshots on a Mac](https://dejashot.com/guides): How to search the text in your screenshots, find old ones and get Spotlight to see them on a Mac. The way built into macOS first, every time.
- [Compare DejaShot with other screenshot tools](https://dejashot.com/compare): DejaShot next to the screenshot apps and the built-in search you already use. Every claim about the other side is checked on its own site, and dated.
- [About DejaShot and SoneaLabs](https://dejashot.com/about): SoneaLabs, a small studio in Mumbai, makes DejaShot, a Mac app that reads your screenshots so you can search them. Why it exists, and what it isn’t.

## Guides
- [How to search the text in screenshots on a Mac](https://dejashot.com/guides/search-text-in-screenshots-mac): Find a screenshot by the words in it with Spotlight and Live Text, list every screenshot with mdfind, and see what macOS can’t search.
- [How to find an old screenshot on a Mac (even deleted)](https://dejashot.com/guides/find-old-screenshot-mac): Sort by date, build a Smart Folder, search by a word in it, or recover a deleted one from the Trash or Time Machine.
- [Spotlight not finding screenshots? Fix it in order](https://dejashot.com/guides/spotlight-not-finding-screenshots): Why Spotlight can’t find a screenshot, and the fixes in order: excluded folders, indexing, Live Text, and checking one file with mdls.
- [Rename screenshots automatically on a Mac: 4 ways](https://dejashot.com/guides/rename-screenshots-automatically-mac): Change the default name in Terminal, batch-rename in Finder, set a folder automation, or name each by its app and window.
- [Copy text from a screenshot on a Mac in 3 steps](https://dejashot.com/guides/copy-text-from-screenshot-mac): Open it in Preview, drag across the text, choose Copy Text. What to do when nothing selects, plus a Shortcuts option.
- [Where do screenshots go on a Mac? How to change it](https://dejashot.com/guides/change-where-screenshots-save-mac): Screenshots save to the Desktop by default. Change the folder in Screenshot Options (⇧⌘5) or with one Terminal command you can undo.
- [9 ways to search your screenshots on a Mac](https://dejashot.com/guides/ways-to-search-screenshots-mac): Spotlight, the Finder, Photos, Shortcuts and five apps that search screenshots, with what each finds, what it costs and when it fits. Checked Oct 2026.

## Compare
- [CleanShot X alternative for finding screenshots](https://dejashot.com/compare/cleanshot-x): DejaShot doesn’t replace CleanShot X’s capture tools. It searches the screenshots on your Mac by text, and new ones by app. Checked Oct 2026.
- [Spotlight and Live Text vs DejaShot for screenshots](https://dejashot.com/compare/spotlight-live-text): macOS already searches text in images for free. See what Spotlight and Live Text cover, where they stop, and when a search made for screenshots helps.
- [ScreenFloat alternative: DejaShot compared](https://dejashot.com/compare/screenfloat): ScreenFloat captures and floats screenshots. DejaShot searches the ones on your Mac by text, and new ones by app. Facts checked Oct 2026.
- [Raycast Search Screenshots vs DejaShot: what each reads](https://dejashot.com/compare/raycast-search-screenshots): Raycast’s Search Screenshots is free and searches the text in your screenshots. DejaShot adds the source app for new ones. Checked Oct 2026.

## Optional
- [Pricing](https://dejashot.com/pricing.md): the current price, what’s included, requirements
- [Everything on one page](https://dejashot.com/llms-full.txt): the home page, all questions and answers, every guide and comparison