ScreenPointer

Name: ScreenPointer
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Author: Takuto Nakamura

Essential for Presentation!

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

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Takuto Nakamura
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ScreenPointer is an agent application that emphasizes the mouse cursor. · You can activate the pointing function by pressing the left and right modifier keys simultaneously or long-pressing a modifier key. · By default, only "Spotlight" can be used in the free version. · By purchasing Pro Edition (In-App Purchase), you can use a total of 19 types of pointers. · You can use ScreenPointer with Keynote or PowerPoint. Please use it for presentations or screen sharing. If you want to use ScreenPointer with screen-sharing software, please check the page of the support URL. Note: The developer may end support for older macOS without notice.

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Still doesn’t replace ZoomIt! on Windows
08/17/2018

trailstrider
I’m a mac user. But I have to use Windows a lot for presenting. This utility partially fills a gap and thats awesome!On Windows we have a utility called ZoomIt! that works marvelously, because it is completely stealth until you use it. 4 ModesCtrl+1 zoomes the screen in a freeze frame way based upon the pointer’s location. Its useful for complex applications or rooms with poor quality projectors. In this mode you can click and start drawing. In the drawing mode, keyboard keys will change pointer color, size, and modifiers give you shape draws like arrows, straight lines, circles and rectangles. You can also type stuff on the screen.Ctrl+2 is just the drawing mode.. Everything from above w/o the zoom part. Ctrl+3 is an on screen timer. Its pretty common that we need to take a break during a longer presentation… this gives the audience the 5 or 10 min timer til we get started again. Or maybe you need to give them a questionnaire or the likeCtrl+4 Is the active zoom mode. Its like Ctrl+1, except the screen stays active.
Still doesn’t replace ZoomIt! on Windows
08/17/2018

trailstrider

I’m a mac user. But I have to use Windows a lot for presenting. This utility partially fills a gap and thats awesome!On Windows we have a utility called ZoomIt! that works marvelously, because it is completely stealth until you use it. 4 ModesCtrl+1 zoomes the screen in a freeze frame way based upon the pointer’s location. Its useful for complex applications or rooms with poor quality projectors. In this mode you can click and start drawing. In the drawing mode, keyboard keys will change pointer color, size, and modifiers give you shape draws like arrows, straight lines, circles and rectangles. You can also type stuff on the screen.Ctrl+2 is just the drawing mode.. Everything from above w/o the zoom part. Ctrl+3 is an on screen timer. Its pretty common that we need to take a break during a longer presentation… this gives the audience the 5 or 10 min timer til we get started again. Or maybe you need to give them a questionnaire or the likeCtrl+4 Is the active zoom mode. Its like Ctrl+1, except the screen stays active.
Really good
11/11/2019

Cantankerous
Update 2: I clicked "update all" and now I have version 4 but I wish I still had version 3.5 since I've lost features. I respect the developer's right to get paid for his work but I'm sad that I lost some features. Oh well still a nifty app. You still get spotlight for free and that's the most useful.Updating my review to 5 stars -- all three of my suggestions below were implemented! What a great little app for free!-----------------------------------I'm on High Sierra and it worked fine on my MacBook in my quick testing. Haven't tried multiple monitors.IMHO only one of the options is truly useful -- the spotlight. My suggestions:1. A preference for the delay. I'd like an option to see the spotlight immediately.2. A pref for the opacity. It would be nice to dim the background not quite so dark, so you could still see it.3. A pref to use the key as a toggle -- press once to turn on, again to turn off -- so you don't have to hold it down the whole time.Thanks to the dev for giving us this cool little app!
Really good
11/11/2019

Cantankerous

Update 2: I clicked "update all" and now I have version 4 but I wish I still had version 3.5 since I've lost features. I respect the developer's right to get paid for his work but I'm sad that I lost some features. Oh well still a nifty app. You still get spotlight for free and that's the most useful.Updating my review to 5 stars -- all three of my suggestions below were implemented! What a great little app for free!-----------------------------------I'm on High Sierra and it worked fine on my MacBook in my quick testing. Haven't tried multiple monitors.IMHO only one of the options is truly useful -- the spotlight. My suggestions:1. A preference for the delay. I'd like an option to see the spotlight immediately.2. A pref for the opacity. It would be nice to dim the background not quite so dark, so you could still see it.3. A pref to use the key as a toggle -- press once to turn on, again to turn off -- so you don't have to hold it down the whole time.Thanks to the dev for giving us this cool little app!
Nice pointers, bad implementation
10/30/2020

mxdmmt
I used to like this tool until I realized that the app will overtake my arrow keys, meaning that pressing arrow keys would simply change the type of pointer instead of performing the original functions of these keys. How am I supposed to change slides while presenting?? (I don't remember running into this problem when I tried this app a few weeks ago. Wonder if this is a poorly implemented new feature introduced in a recent update?)
Nice pointers, bad implementation
10/30/2020

mxdmmt

I used to like this tool until I realized that the app will overtake my arrow keys, meaning that pressing arrow keys would simply change the type of pointer instead of performing the original functions of these keys. How am I supposed to change slides while presenting?? (I don't remember running into this problem when I tried this app a few weeks ago. Wonder if this is a poorly implemented new feature introduced in a recent update?)
Great idea however ...
09/03/2020

E&ML
I used the trial version which only has a spotlight (which is fine). I couldnt get it to work with Zoom when I share screen a Power point presentation. The spotlight pointer appears on my screen butis not broadcast to my class online. The other bug is that my mouse cursor ocassionally disappears when I switch back from the Screen Pointer. This makes it unreliable for presentations.

Developer Response
If you use ScreenPointer with PowerPoint and share the screen via Zoom, you should share the Desktop instead of the Window. It's certainly an existing issue that the mouse cursor often disappears.
Great idea however ...
09/03/2020

E&ML

I used the trial version which only has a spotlight (which is fine). I couldnt get it to work with Zoom when I share screen a Power point presentation. The spotlight pointer appears on my screen butis not broadcast to my class online. The other bug is that my mouse cursor ocassionally disappears when I switch back from the Screen Pointer. This makes it unreliable for presentations.
Developer Response 09/09/2020
If you use ScreenPointer with PowerPoint and share the screen via Zoom, you should share the Desktop instead of the Window. It's certainly an existing issue that the mouse cursor often disappears.

Modifications - You can adjust the long press seconds.

Version 6.5

10/19/2024

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