OCRKit
OCRKit is an optical character recognition (OCR) tool for macOS that converts scanned documents and images into editable text. Users can import PDFs, screenshots, or photos of printed documents and extract the text content for editing, searching or further processing. The app supports multiple languages and is commonly used by students, researchers and office workers who need to digitize paper documents or extract text from images without relying on cloud-based OCR services.
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1 suggestionOCRKit does not appear to have received an update to a native Apple Silicon build. The available evidence suggests the app may be inactive or unmaintained — there is no clear information about recent development activity or vendor commitment to supporting Apple's transition away from Intel. Since the Intel-only build of OCRKit will stop launching entirely when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (September 2028), you should not plan long-term around this app. If you rely on OCRKit for regular OCR work, contact the developer directly to ask about Apple Silicon support, or begin evaluating native alternatives like PDFpen Pro (which includes OCR), Prizmo, or the free Tesseract-based tools available via Homebrew. These alternatives run natively on Apple Silicon and will continue to work after the Rosetta 2 deadline.
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