Screenshot Reviewer - Native macOS Cleanup Tool
A keyboard-driven macOS app for quickly reviewing, keeping, or deleting screenshots and downloads.
Role: macOS Developer. Team: Individual. Status: Complete. Year: 2026.
Overview
Screenshot Reviewer is a native macOS cleanup tool built for quickly working through screenshots and downloads. The workflow stays on the keyboard, so users can keep, delete, or open the current file without slowing down.
The app uses Quick Look for file previews and Vision OCR for automatic categorization. Deleted files go to Trash, so the cleanup process stays recoverable.
Stack:
- Language: Swift
- Interface: SwiftUI
- Categorization: Apple Vision OCR
- Previews: Quick Look
- Dependencies: Zero external packages
Key features
- Keyboard-driven keep and delete workflow
- Screenshot, Downloads, and All Files review modes
- Quick Look previews for images, PDFs, videos, and documents
- Vision OCR for automatic categorization
- Safe delete to macOS Trash
- Zero external dependencies
Technical details
- Language: Swift 5.9
- Interface: SwiftUI
- OCR: Apple Vision framework
- Previews: Quick Look
- File safety: macOS Trash integration
- Dependencies: Apple frameworks only
Challenges
- Keeping keyboard controls fast and predictable across file types
- Generating useful categories from imperfect OCR results
- Previewing many file formats without adding external packages
- Making deletion fast while keeping it recoverable
Tags: Swift, SwiftUI, macOS, Vision OCR, Quick Look