Prepare your Mac screen for calls, demos, and captures
DemoVeil is a focused macOS menu bar utility that helps you prepare your screen fast before calls, live demos, screenshots, and recordings. It includes 3 presets: • Call • Present • Capture You can quickly hide desktop clutter, hide selected apps, and show a neutral clean screen depending on the situation. Current limitations: Finder windows are not hidden automatically, and some Dock items can remain visible.
Hi everyone — I made DemoVeil because I wanted a very simple way to prepare my Mac screen before calls, demos, screenshots, and recordings.
A lot of tools try to do too much. I wanted something faster and more focused: open from the menu bar, choose a preset, adjust a couple of toggles, and clean up the screen in seconds.
DemoVeil currently focuses on three use cases:
• Call
• Present
• Capture
It is intentionally simple in v1, and I’m launching it early to learn what people actually need most.
Known limitations in the current version:
• Finder windows are not hidden automatically
• Minimized Dock items remain visible
• Some hidden apps may still require one Dock click after Restore
I’d love feedback on two things:
1. Is the positioning clear?
2. Which preset is the most useful to you?
About DemoVeil on Product Hunt
“Prepare your Mac screen for calls, demos, and captures”
DemoVeil launched on Product Hunt on April 2nd, 2026 and earned 96 upvotes and 10 comments, placing #18 on the daily leaderboard. DemoVeil is a focused macOS menu bar utility that helps you prepare your screen fast before calls, live demos, screenshots, and recordings. It includes 3 presets: • Call • Present • Capture You can quickly hide desktop clutter, hide selected apps, and show a neutral clean screen depending on the situation. Current limitations: Finder windows are not hidden automatically, and some Dock items can remain visible.
On the analytics side, DemoVeil competes within Mac, Productivity and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 765.4k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how DemoVeil performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted DemoVeil?
DemoVeil was hunted by Mattia Vascellari. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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