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macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
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Re: macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
#162Here is a key sequence I use very often. It takes a screenshot of a chosen window without the window's shadow. - First, type command + shift + 4 (the mouse pointer turns into crosshair). - Then type the space bar (the crosshair turns into a camera icon). - Hover the mouse pointer (a camera icon now), to highlight the chosen window. - Finally, hold the option key and click. This sounds like a lot of steps but it becom…
Wow thanks! Never knew about pressing the spacebar to toggle to window capture mode.
Re: macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
#163Here is a key sequence I use very often. It takes a screenshot of a chosen window without the window's shadow. - First, type command + shift + 4 (the mouse pointer turns into crosshair). - Then type the space bar (the crosshair turns into a camera icon). - Hover the mouse pointer (a camera icon now), to highlight the chosen window. - Finally, hold the option key and click. This sounds like a lot of steps but it becom…
I think Mac OS has the most inaccessible hidden hotkey shortcuts out of every OS I've used. Even essential functions like showing hidden files in a directory is uniquely done through an hidden shortcut in Mac OS.
I have to look this one up every few months. just rare enough that it won't stay in long term memory.
Re: macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
#164Here is a key sequence I use very often. It takes a screenshot of a chosen window without the window's shadow. - First, type command + shift + 4 (the mouse pointer turns into crosshair). - Then type the space bar (the crosshair turns into a camera icon). - Hover the mouse pointer (a camera icon now), to highlight the chosen window. - Finally, hold the option key and click. This sounds like a lot of steps but it becom…
What does the option key do in this case? I'm familiar with all the other steps, but the option key's purpose eludes me.
Re: macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
#165Here is a key sequence I use very often. It takes a screenshot of a chosen window without the window's shadow. - First, type command + shift + 4 (the mouse pointer turns into crosshair). - Then type the space bar (the crosshair turns into a camera icon). - Hover the mouse pointer (a camera icon now), to highlight the chosen window. - Finally, hold the option key and click. This sounds like a lot of steps but it becom…
Add in the control key in the shortcut above and the screenshot will go to the clipboard instead of a file. Useful for pasting a screenshot into something like Messages or Slack. Also there's no need to hold down Option when clicking. You can however hit Esc to cancel the screenshot action.
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Re: macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
#166windows has the best screenshot shortcut and it saves to clipboard it's so much faster
Re: macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
Add in the control key in the shortcut above and the screenshot will go to the clipboard instead of a file. Useful for pasting a screenshot into something like Messages or Slack. Also there's no need to hold down Option when clicking. You can however hit Esc to cancel the screenshot action.
I just tested it - Holding option seems to remove the gradient shadow of the application window in the screenshot. Not needed, but it’s better in my opinion.
I didn't lose the shadow when doing this. There's a setting ...
`defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow true`
Have you ever run that? Presumably changing to false gets you the shadow again.
Re: macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
#168Y'all definitely need to check out Shottr too, it has built in annotation and OCR and doesn't cost anything unlike CleanShot (which admittedly, is great too!)
Re: macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
and adds screen recording functionality as a video
I’ve been using this to visually demonstrate features in pull requests. Combined with Gifski for gifs, it’s really nice.
I'm usually committing visual changes for reviewers without easy access to the environment, so I mark up the screenshots in my PRs. It's great
Re: macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
#170Y'all definitely need to check out Shottr too, it has built in annotation and OCR and doesn't cost anything unlike CleanShot (which admittedly, is great too!) https://shottr.cc/
Thanks for this.
Well I already bought cleanshot but always good to know !