Text and QR codes

Both tools read your screen on your Mac. They use macOS's built-in Vision framework. Nothing is uploaded.

Copy Text (⇧⌘2)

Press the shortcut, or choose More Captures › Copy Text.
Drag over the text.
The text is on your clipboard. A message says how many lines were copied.

Nothing is saved to disk. If no text is found, you see "No text found".

You can also run it on a saved capture: right-click it and choose Copy Text.

When the text is code, Frayo keeps the indentation. See Code-aware Copy Text.

Scan QR Code (⌥⇧9)

Press the shortcut, or choose More Captures › Scan QR Code.
Drag over a QR code or barcode.
What it says is copied to your clipboard. For Wi-Fi codes, the password is copied.

For a web link, you see "Copied link to example.com" and a button Open example.com. Frayo never opens a link by itself.

Risky links

If a link looks like a phishing trick, clicking Open shows a warning first, with the reasons:

It is not encrypted (http).
The address uses look-alike characters.
It goes to a bare IP address.
It is a known short link that hides the real site.
It hides text before an "@".

Choose Cancel, or Open Anyway.

Wi-Fi, contacts and more

Some codes hold more than a link. When an area has exactly one code of these kinds, the message names it and offers a button. Frayo never runs the button by itself.

Code	Message button	What it does
Wi-Fi	Join	Joins the network. The password is on your clipboard.
Contact (vCard or MECARD)	Add to Contacts	Opens the contact in Contacts.
Calendar event	Add to Calendar	Opens the event in Calendar.
Email	Compose Email	Opens a new message with the address, subject and body.
Phone number	Call	Starts a call.
Text message	Message	Opens a message to that number.
Map location	Open in Maps	Opens the place in Apple Maps.

If Frayo cannot join a Wi-Fi network, it copies the password and opens Wi-Fi settings so you can pick the network. The risky-link check above applies to web links only.

Several codes in one area are all copied, one per line. If nothing is found, you see "No QR code or barcode found".

This check looks for common tricks. It does not know whether a site is safe.