Arazio Docs
Arazio converts files from the drag itself. Pick a file up in Finder, hold a modifier, and a ring appears around the cursor; let go toward what you want. 283 conversions across 43 formats, 14 tools, and six file actions — all of it on your own Mac, with nothing uploaded.
Start here
Six short lessons. Each one is a thing to try rather than a thing to read, and together they are the whole app.
- 1Your first conversionConvert a file on a Mac with one drag: pick it up, hold Shift, let go toward the format you want. The new file lands beside the original.
- 2The three ringsArazio has three rings on three modifier keys — formats on Shift, tools on Option, file actions on Control. What each one holds and when to reach for it.
- 3Many files at onceSelect any number of files in Finder and convert them all in the same drag. What happens to a mixed selection, and where the results go.
- 4The ShelfDrop files on the Shelf, carry on working, then drag them out into mail or any other app later. How to open it, clear it and move it.
- 5Tools, not conversionsThe Option ring holds tools that change a file without changing its format: compress, resize, crop, rotate, trim, split, merge and more.
- 6Make it yoursChange which modifier opens which ring, where converted files are written, and how Arazio behaves in the menu bar.
I want to…
The answer, not a promise of one. Follow a link only if you want the detail.
| I want to | Do this |
|---|---|
| Convert one file | Pick it up, hold ⇧, let go toward the format. |
| Convert a whole folder | Select them all, then the same gesture. |
| Make a PDF smaller | Hold ⌥, let go toward Compress. |
| Turn iPhone photos into JPG | Hold ⇧, let go toward JPG. |
| Get the audio out of a video | Hold ⌥ → Extract Audio. |
| Strip location data from a photo | Hold ⌥ → Strip Metadata. |
| Park a file to use later | Hold ⌃ → Shelf. |
| AirDrop without opening Finder | Hold ⌃ → AirDrop. |
| Change which key opens which ring | Settings → Modifiers. |
| Move Arazio to a new Mac | Deactivate on the old one, activate on the new. |
| Work out why the ring will not appear | Usually Accessibility permission. |
Reference
A page for every format Arazio reads and every tool it offers, generated from the app's own capability list — so they describe this build rather than the one we meant to ship.
- EverydayThe things people actually open the docs for.
- SetupInstalling, buying and keeping it up to date.
- HelpWhen something is not behaving.
- FormatsEvery format, what it converts to, and which tools accept it.
- ToolsWhat each of the 14 tools does and which files it takes.