Backdrop

Some Mac utilities feel like they should have shipped with the OS. Backdrop is one of them — a single, perfectly blank window that fills your screen (or every screen) with a solid color or image, and gets out of your way.

Use it for screen recordings and webinars where a chaotic desktop would distract. Use it as a clean stage for screenshots, app demos, and web design mockups. Use it for presentations, focus sessions, or color testing across displays. Multi-monitor support, a Fullscreen Color Cycle mode for calibration, and that's it. No ads. No in-app purchases. Free.

From the App Store

If there was any justice in this world this functionality would be built into the OS… Absolutely essential for screen recording.

— @dr.Peterson, App Store, 2024

Hello Old Friend! I've been using it for over a dozen years… Sometimes the simple apps are the ones I appreciate the most.

— @Ekwoman, App Store, 2023

Does exactly what it says it does. Works well. Doesn't crash. Doesn't have crap like ads or in-app purchases. Thank you!

— @Madrobby, App Store, 2020

The epitome of "one thing well."

— @antititus, App Store, 2026

So helpful it should be built into macOS. I use it at least a couple times a week for screenshots or screensharing.

— @100 Watt Walrus, App Store, 2026

What's new in 3.2

Native Apple Silicon, still free, still one window. 4 Mouse Rating from Macworld.