One click away
Nabbit lives in your menu bar and shows the most recent files from your Desktop and Downloads, newest first. Open it with a click or a global keyboard shortcut you choose, then drag what you need straight into any app.
Nabbit
Your newest files, one click from the menu bar.
Grab the latest screenshot, download, or document and drag it into any app — no digging through Finder. Everything stays on your Mac.
Coming soon to the Mac App Store
What makes it different
A tiny menu-bar helper that respects your files and your privacy.
Copy-only by design
A normal drag always makes a copy — your original never moves or changes. The one exception is dragging a file to the Trash, which deletes it, just like Finder. Nabbit makes no other changes to your files.
Private, with no strings
No accounts, no analytics, no tracking, no servers. Nabbit only sees the folders you grant it, and your files never leave your Mac. Nothing to sign up for, nothing phoning home.
Free to use
Everything you need to grab a quick file, at no cost.
Newest files, instantly
Watches your Desktop and Downloads and lists the newest items first, so the screenshot you just took is right at the top.
Drag anywhere
Drag files straight into Mail, Slack, your editor, a web upload — anywhere that accepts a file. Quick Look any item with the spacebar before you grab it.
Nabbed marks
Files you’ve dragged out dim with a checkmark so you can work through a long list in batches without losing your place. Clear one with a click, or clear them all at once.
Multi-select & trash
Select and drag up to three files at once on the free tier, and drag any file to the Trash to delete it on the spot.
Made to fit in
Adjustable row density, an optional modified date, launch at login, and a global shortcut you assign yourself.
Quiet and quick
Opens fast and does nothing in the background — with the dropdown closed there are no timers, no file watchers, and no background tasks. Zero CPU until you call on it. Check Activity Monitor yourself.
Nabbit Pro
A one-time $4.99 unlock — no subscription, ever.
Unlimited at once
Select and drag as many files as you like in a single grab. The free tier drags up to three.
Add your own folders
Watch any folder you choose — projects, screenshots, a scratch folder — not just Desktop and Downloads.
See every file
Folders show their entire contents, not just the newest five. A slider sets how many appear at once; the rest are one click away.
Filter by type
Show only what you want — images, documents, code, Apple Creator Studio and Adobe formats, or your own custom extensions.
Reorder folders
Arrange your watched folders in the order that suits the way you work.
One purchase, yours
Pay once and it’s unlocked. Restore it on another Mac any time — handled entirely by the App Store.
Built for macOS
Native, sandboxed, and lightweight.
Nabbit is a native macOS menu-bar app built with SwiftUI. It runs in the App Sandbox and reaches only the folders you explicitly grant, using the system’s security-scoped access. It requires macOS 26 or later.
App legal & help pages: Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Support.