Simon Bromberg
@shimmb · iOS Engineer @LifeBEAM, sbromberg.com
You can paste screenshots directly into a lot of programs. Maybe people don't realize the many screenshot - keyboard shortcuts and modifiers that MacOS has?
For example, ⌘ + shift + 4 gets you a cursor you can drag and save a screenshot that saves to your desktop. If you add the control key to that it copies the screenshot, and then you can paste it into apps like iMessage, Messenger, Slack, JIRA, Preview etc. Adding the spacebar switches from a dragging screenshot to a camera icon that you can click on any window to get a screenshot for the whole window.
Using 3 instead of 4 gets you full screen screenshots, and again using the control key copies the screenshot instead of saving it to the desktop.
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Arun Pattnaik
@arunpattnaik · UX'er for web startups, maker of things.
@shimmb Macbook user for 6 years, didn't have a clue. Thank you!
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Patrick Thompson
@neurohacked
@shimmb Yeah, I was trying to understand what the advantage of this app is and why it is being upvoted so much; Especially at a cost of $9.99 and the fact that I can do almost anything this can do using the built-in features of the OS...
You can also change where screenshots are saved and the file format using some Terminal commands.
I still don't see what the appeal of this app is.
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Tom Kennedy
@tkennedysa · Founder & CEO, 8Bit
@shimmb I had no clue about the spacebar and ctrl options. Great tip, thanks!
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Chase
@billchase2 · Enabling Technologies Informationist
My thoughts, as well. Though, this does give you easy access through the menubar, which is nice!
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Pete
@peet818 · Freelance Social Media Manager
@shimmb Agree, the Mac's keyboard shortcut for screenshots is much easier to use.
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Girl Bosses
@girlbossesau · GIRL BOSS
@shimmb you just blew my mind! Just like Arun, Mac user (however novice) for many years and never knew the added 'control' aspect of screen shots.
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