Settings
Open with ⌘, (when Frayo is active), or Settings… in the menu. There are six tabs.
General
- Open at login: start Frayo when you sign in.
- After Capture › Action: what happens right after a capture.
- Show Thumbnail (default)
- Copy
- Save
- Edit
- Close thumbnail after: Never (default), 5, 10 or 30 seconds.
- Capture › Self-timer delay: 3, 5 or 10 seconds. Play sounds plays the system screenshot sound when you capture and a quiet tick each second of the self-timer (on by default).
- Capture › Window shadow: on by default.
- Capture › Show crosshair: crosshair guides while you drag.
- Updates: check automatically. Direct download only. See Updates and license.
- Data: crash reports (off by default) and Remove All Data…. See Diagnostics and your data.
- Version: the version with Check for Updates… (direct download only), the license state with License… (direct download only), and Feature Tour…, What's New… and Contact Support… under Help. These sit in the App section.
Settings in the menu
The Frayo menu has two items that mirror parts of Settings, so the common ones are two clicks away. Project: <name> sits with Library and Recent.
- Redaction: <mode>: the title shows the Auto-Redact mode. It holds the three Find switches (Secrets, Names and Emails, Phones, Addresses and IPs) as checkmarks, then Auto-Redact, Cover Style, Keep First N Visible and Redaction Settings….
- Capture Options: Window Shadow, Crosshair, Self-Timer Delay, Play Sounds and Close Thumbnail After; then the recording items Sound (None, Microphone, System Audio, Both) and Show Clicks; then Hide Desktop Icons.
Switches show a checkmark when on; click to flip. Choices open a submenu with the current one checked. There are no shortcuts for these.
Saving
- Screenshots: format (PNG, JPEG, HEIC, TIFF), quality or target size, Downscale Retina to 1×. A target size has If it doesn't fit: Shrink to Fit or Keep Full Size. PNG and TIFF are lossless, so Quality reads "Full Quality".
- Recordings: format (GIF by default, MP4, MOV), width and frame rate (24 fps by default).
- Sound (MP4 and MOV only; GIF has no sound): None (default), Microphone, System Audio or Both.
- Show clicks (on by default).
Save As… starts from these, and Save writes this format beside a capture taken in another. See Saving and formats.
Library
- Folder: where every capture is saved: Pictures, iCloud Drive and other synced folders, or Choose Folder…; Show in Finder. See Cloud sync folders.
- Keep unsaved: 7 days, 30 days (default), 90 days, 1 year, Forever. Saved and project captures are always kept, and only this Mac's own captures expire. If a shorter time would remove existing captures, you see how many and can cancel. They go to the Trash and can be restored.
- Export Library…: a zip of every capture. See Diagnostics and your data.
Shortcuts
Every global shortcut, grouped as Capture, More and App. The Preset menu switches between layouts. See Shortcuts.
Privacy
- Find: three switches (Secrets, Names and Emails, Phones, Addresses and IPs) choose what is looked for. All off means nothing. Best effort, on this Mac only.
- Redact: auto-redact new captures, cover style and keep visible, with a preview.
- Custom patterns: add your own name and regular expression. Empty, invalid or very slow patterns are refused.
See Secret detection.
Integrations
- Allow scripts and agents to capture: one switch, off by default. Turning it on adds
~/.local/bin/frayoif it is missing and allows access; turning it off refuses access and keeps the link. While the link exists its path shows with an Uninstall button. When that folder is not on your shell's PATH, a line to add to your shell profile appears, with a Copy button. See Command line. - Claude Code skill: Install puts the skill in
~/.claude/skills/frayo, so Claude Code knows how to use the command-line tool. Show in Finder shows the file. Update appears after an app update brings a newer skill. - Raycast and Logitech: Setup Guide for Raycast and Logitech.
Where else things live
- Projects: the menu-bar icon › Project.
- Code Screenshot from Clipboard: menu › More Captures. Hide Desktop Icons: menu › Capture Options. Save All Thumbnails, Close All Thumbnails and Unlock Pins appear in the menu only when there is something to act on.