Upscayl
Upscayl is a desktop AI image upscaler for macOS that enlarges and enhances photos and graphics on your Mac.
What is Upscayl?
Upscayl is a native desktop graphics app for enlarging and enhancing images with AI on macOS. It is designed for people who want to improve low-resolution photos, artwork, screenshots, and other visual files without switching to a complex editing suite. The app focuses on local image upscaling workflows, letting users load an image, choose an upscale model, and export a higher-resolution result. It also supports batch-style use cases and gives users control over output handling and model selection. Upscayl is published by Mayank Sharma and is also available on other desktop platforms, which makes it useful for creators who work across Mac, Windows, and Linux systems.
Key features
- Upscale images to a higher resolution on your Mac
- Enhance photos, artwork, and screenshots with AI models
- Choose from multiple processing models for different image types
- Process single images or larger sets for repeat workflows
- Save enhanced output files locally for use in other apps
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Upscayl is a legitimate image upscaling app for macOS. Its file access is consistent with its purpose because it needs access to images you open and folders where you save results. Review the app's requested file permissions before granting broad library access, especially if you only want it to work with selected folders.
Recommendation: Keep Upscayl if you use AI upscaling for photos, graphics, or scanned images. If you no longer use it, removing the app should mainly affect your ability to run those local enhancement workflows and open its saved settings from the app.
Common paths
/Applications/Upscayl.app
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