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Settings

Settings are accessible via the menu bar icon → Preferences...

General

  • Global Hotkey: Key combination to start capture (default: ⌘⇧7)
  • Capture window shadows: Includes window shadows in the screen capture
  • Show capture hint: Shows "Select area · ESC to cancel" when starting a capture
  • Launch at Login: Automatically open FreezeText when your Mac starts (macOS 13+)

OCR

  • Recognition languages: Select languages for text recognition (default: system languages + German + English)
  • QR/barcode detection: Automatic detection of QR codes and barcodes (always active)

Text Processing

  • Remove line breaks: Joins multi-line text into a paragraph (default: off)
  • Cleanup whitespace: Removes extra whitespace (default: on)
  • Fix hyphenation: Removes hyphens at line ends (default: on)

History

  • Enable history: Saves captured texts in history (default: on)
  • Sidebar position: Left or right edge of the screen (default: right)
  • Sensitivity: How far the mouse must "push" past the screen edge to open the sidebar — High (fast, 150 px), Medium (300 px, default) or Low (slow, 500 px)
  • Show clipboard preview: Show the current clipboard contents in the sidebar for quick saving (default: off)
  • Direct insert: Show an insert button to paste text directly into the active app (default: off, requires Accessibility permission)
  • Maximum entries: 10 to 500 (default: 50)
  • Auto-delete after: 7, 14, 30 or 90 days — or never (default: never)
  • Clear all: Removes all history entries (with confirmation dialog)
  • Export: Download history as JSON or CSV

API

  • Enable API server: Starts the local HTTP server (default: off)
  • Port: HTTP port of the server (default: 9876)
  • API token: Optional Bearer token for authentication