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Fixed! Thanks for the help. I think 4 might technically work, but I meant to say "4", not "5".
I was just talking about DJ9 the other day. You are missed!
Awwwww! Thank you!
macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
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#212Just pony up for Cleanshot - it's an absolute joy to use, extremely customisable and they ship updates at an impressive rate.
You might also try out https://shottr.cc (free, and I think Open Source).
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That's fair, particularly the "Googling it" part. Still don't think it falls under "intuitive" - it's not something I'd just try or figure out without somehow looking it up.
For sure. I wonder if there’s a better solution short of a “Screenshot” key.
You meant Print Screen?
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#214The annotation tool in macOS is the worst. The amount of clicks it takes to add an arrow, position it, then add text by the arrow is insane.
I wish more people would be annoyed by this, but they’re not, so Apple will never fix it.
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#215Tip, May be not a pro tip for people who can’t remember hot keys:
CMD + Space Screenshot enter
You can do everything from here. CMD shift 4, CMD shift 5, etc are all accessible through here.
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#216Hold control to save to your clipboard instead of a folder/desktop.
people love to talk about how many useful features MacOS has and how user-friendly it is but too many are buried behind a keyboard shortcut with no other way to access. And no "read the manual" isn't it. From certain scale the manual should be out of the window and UI should accomodate for people to learn while using it.
There’s literally a screenshot app that you can launch with 0 shortcuts needed.
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#217Here 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.
Features the typical user can't access/discover are wasted development effort.
So sad...
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#218Why is cmd + shift + 4 the default that folks use/recommend? I've always used cmd + shift+ 5 which is the short cut to launch the full-blown screenshot app.
It remembers what you had set last time as well like capturing to clipboard and everything.
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#219Here 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.
Most of the time Mac shortcuts also come with a more discoverable approach. I’m not at my desktop atm, but isn’t there also the “grab” application for taking screenshots?
Re: macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
#220Here 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.
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