Saving and formats
One folder
Every capture is saved as a plain file in your captures folder (default Pictures › Frayo). Change it in Settings › Library › Folder; pick iCloud Drive to share across Macs. See Cloud sync folders.
Unsaved captures expire after the time set in Settings › Library. Save keeps one forever. See Library.
Save and Save As
- Save (⌘S in the editor, swipe right on a thumbnail, or the Save icon) keeps the capture forever, without a copy. If your default format differs from the capture's, it also writes that format beside it.
- Save As… (⇧⌘S, or right-click) opens a save panel with options just for that file.
Screenshot formats
| Format | Notes |
|---|---|
| PNG | Lossless. The default. |
| JPEG | Smaller. Has quality. |
| HEIC | Smaller than JPEG at the same look. Has quality. |
| TIFF | Large, lossless. |
Options (Settings › Saving › Screenshots, or the Save As… panel):
- Quality: a slider for JPEG and HEIC. The default is 85%.
- Target size: instead of quality, give a maximum size (in KB). Frayo finds the best quality that fits. If it doesn't fit chooses what happens when quality alone is not enough: Shrink to Fit (default) makes the image smaller, Keep Full Size only lowers quality. PNG and TIFF are lossless, so with Keep Full Size they are saved as they are and you are told the size is over the limit; use JPEG or HEIC for a size limit. The panel shows the estimated size and whether the target can be reached.
- Downscale Retina to 1×: halves the pixel size of Retina screenshots.
Recording formats
| Format | Notes |
|---|---|
| MOV | Keeps the recording as is. |
| MP4 | Plays almost everywhere. Written beside the recording when you save. |
| GIF | The default for recordings. No sound. Choose width (480, 720 or 960 px) and speed (10, 15 or 24 fps). |
See Recording and GIF.
File names
Names look like "Screenshot 2026-11-05 at 16.12.30.png". The date and time in the name always use year-month-day and a 24-hour clock, so files sort correctly in Finder. They do not change with your region. Dates shown inside Frayo, such as in the Library, do follow your region. Give a capture a name and the file name follows it.
Copy
Click a thumbnail, or press ⌘C in the editor, to copy. Pasting into most apps gives you the image. Pasting into Finder gives you the file.