MASTER YOUR CRAFT

Elevate Your Presentations

These apps will up your Keynote or demo game.

Even a perfectly prepared presentation can benefit from some onscreen focus. These apps can help improve your Keynote or demo skills with spotlights, highlights, annotations, and more.

Presentation Assistant

Presentation Assistant dims everything but what’s under the pointer, creating a digital spotlight to highlight what’s important.

Cursor Pro

Cursor Pro surrounds your pointer with a prominent circle (or other shape) that changes color whenever you click (with different colors for click and Control-click). Perfect for UI demos, the app’s magnification feature reveals even the tiniest details.

Keystroke Pro

Are keystrokes and shortcuts integral to your demo? Keystroke Pro displays on the screen whatever you press.

Presentify

Add lines, arrows, shapes, or text right over your screenshare—and erase everything with a keypress. Pro tip: Press W to draw on a temporary whiteboard.

ScreenBrush

For complex annotations on your UI demos, use ScreenBrush to add lines, arrows, shapes, and text beforehand, then capture them for overlays you can apply—and edit—on the fly. Use the iOS version of ScreenBrush to control your presentation and annotations without having to be in front of your Mac.

Mirror Magnet

Put a live camera feed on your screen so viewers can see you while you present—or show the screen of your iPhone or iPad. The video fades when the cursor passes over it, so it never gets in the way of your content.

Desktop Curtain

Have a messy desktop—or just a mess of windows distracting from what’s important? Desktop Curtain gives you a virtual backdrop that reveals only the windows you want to show.

AppSwitcher

Switching among apps in a presentation? AppSwitcher hides all but the active app, making it easier to keep the audience’s focus where you want it.