OmniDazzle

OmniDazzle is a presentation and screen-capture utility from The Omni Group that provides tools for highlighting portions of the screen during live demonstrations, screen recordings and presentations. It includes a spotlight effect (a spotlight you can move around to focus attention), screen pointer enhancements, and cursor magnification. Educators, presenters, software trainers and content creators use it to make screen recordings and live demos more engaging and easier to follow. The app was popular in the early-to-mid 2010s but appears to have fallen out of active development.</description> <parameter name="recommendation">OmniDazzle appears to be abandoned — there is no evidence of active development from The Omni Group in recent years, and the app does not have a native Apple Silicon build. It currently runs on Intel-only under Rosetta 2, but Apple is removing Rosetta in macOS 28 (September 2028), so this app will stop working entirely on that release and beyond. For spotlight and screen-highlighting effects during presentations or screen recordings, modern native alternatives on Apple Silicon include ScreenFlow (which has built-in annotation and highlighting tools), Screenium 3 (a native screen recorder with pointer options), or open-source tools like KeyCastr combined with other presentation software. Epic Pen and ScreenBrush, mentioned in community recommendations, offer drawing and annotation features but availability and Apple Silicon support vary — check their current distribution channels before committing.