A private Mac workspace beside a clean Protected Share preview

Protected screen sharing for macOS

UNSHOWN

Keep your private tools
off the shared screen.

Use the apps you need locally. Share the protected window. Keep private apps local.

Built-in 90-second compatibility check. Test your meeting or recording workflow before a live session. Requires macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon and Intel.

Unshown

Protected Share Active

3 apps excluded

LOCAL WORKSPACEPrivate tools stay openPROTECTED OUTPUTOnly the clean view is shared

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POV: private apps stay local during the call@unshown · macOS

The moment before you click Share

Keep the workspace.
Lose the accidental reveal.

Slack, email, terminal output, and private notes are useful while presenting. Unshown lets them stay open locally while publishing a separate, presentation-safe output.

No tricks. No cloud. Just a privacy-first way to share.

See the protected path

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One wrong click can expose a private message, customer data, or an internal tool.
With Unshown, choose the apps that must never appear.
Start Protected Share, then keep using them normally on your Mac.
Your audience sees only the protected output, with every chosen app excluded.
Private apps stay private.
Try Unshown free for seven days.

One workspace. Two views.

Share the clean output, not the setup.

Illustrated local Mac workspace with several private apps open

Illustrated Protected Share output without the private app stack

Share only the window named Unshown Protected Share. Sharing the original display bypasses protection.

How it works

Three steps between private and presented.

No meeting plugin and no virtual display driver in the current release. Your meeting app receives a normal macOS window.

Choose private apps

Pick the apps that should never appear in the protected output.

Actual Unshown Excluded Apps screen with private apps enabled — Actual beta UI

Start Protected Share

Unshown creates a separate share window using macOS app-exclusion filters.

Actual Unshown General screen with Protected Share controls — Protected output ready

Share that window

Select Unshown Protected Share in a meeting or recording app that supports macOS window sharing.

Illustration of a private Mac workspace beside a clean Protected Share output — Choose the protected window

Built for live work

Keep the context. Present the part that matters.

Founder demos

Keep roadmap notes, metrics, and internal chats nearby without adding them to the demo.

Sales calls

Reference private account context locally while the prospect sees only the walkthrough.

Customer support

Use internal tools and macros while sharing only the customer-safe workspace.

Screen recordings

Record clean tutorials without reorganizing your entire desktop before every take.

Local-first by design

Your screen stays
on your Mac.

Unshown is built around a narrow job: create a protected presentation output without turning your screen into cloud data.

Capture-level exclusion

Configured apps are removed by the capture filter before frames reach Protected Share.

No cloud screen processing

Screen content stays on your Mac. Unshown does not upload the protected stream.

No OCR in the Protected Share path

The active sharing path does not read, classify, or analyze text on your screen.

Simple pricing

Try the full product before checkout exists.

Seven days to test your real workflow. One proposed founder price if Unshown earns a place in it.

Free beta

7-day full beta

$0for seven days

Unlimited Protected Share sessions during the trial
All app-exclusion controls
Signed and notarized by Apple

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Proposed founder licenseCheckout not live

Planned lifetime access

$39planned one-time price

No payment is collected today. Join the first-checkout list if this proposed offer fits your workflow.

Unlimited days on the licensed version
One active Mac at a time
12 months of product updates

Purchase intent only. No order, payment, or license is created.

Current build: 1.0.0 beta (109) for macOS 14 or later. Verify SHA-256 Release manifest

Before you share

Clear limits. No magic claims.

Does Unshown automatically mask sensitive text?

Sensitive-content masking is deprecated behind a code-only flag. Protected Share does not run OCR or semantic text analysis.

Can excluded apps still be used locally?

Yes. Configured apps remain visible and interactive on your Mac while being omitted from Protected Share.

What should I share in my meeting app?

Share only Unshown Protected Share. Directly sharing the source display is outside Unshown's protected path.

Which meeting and recording hosts are supported?

No meeting or recording host is certified yet. Use the built-in 90-second compatibility test before relying on Unshown in a live session.

Share the clean output.

Keep your workspace yours.

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