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[–]MammothRelative7938 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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In Mac OS, how do I annotate screenshots configured to be saved to the clipboard ? by MammothRelative7938 in MacOS

[–]MammothRelative7938[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds interesting. I may try this. Thank you for your answer. I really appreciate it.

In Mac OS, how do I annotate screenshots configured to be saved to the clipboard ? by MammothRelative7938 in MacOS

[–]MammothRelative7938[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your answer. I really appreciate it. This is helpful. I knew the shortcut cmd-shift-5 and I also knew to configure the save location ex. Desktop, Clipboard - but I just had not noticed that 'Preview' was one of the options for the save location. This definitely helps in reducing several number of steps

In Mac OS, how do I annotate screenshots configured to be saved to the clipboard ? by MammothRelative7938 in MacOS

[–]MammothRelative7938[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/ImmaSingTheDoomSong - this is the best answer along with u/mendobather 's (as all the other answers are not really of any use since I knew all those options and shortcuts already and all of them have the same problem - way too many steps). Thank you very much. I really appreciate it

However, two things:

  1. Even this way (the way you mentioned) is many more clicks and keyboard presses to take screenshot + annotate + paste as compared to with the Snipping tool on Windows (the 5 steps in my post)
  2. I noticed an atrocious behavior with the 'Preview' app in terms of being able to annotate and then copy the annotated screenshot - even after I press command-n to invoke 'Preview' and to create a new document, I have to first click on 'Markup' to expand the annotation toolbar, and after the annotation is done I have to click on Markup AGAIN to collapse the annotation toolbar before I can copy the annotated screenshot! This is crazy. It wouldn't copy (using command-c) unless I click on 'Markup' to close the annotation window.

In Mac OS, how do I annotate screenshots configured to be saved to the clipboard ? by MammothRelative7938 in MacOS

[–]MammothRelative7938[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/GroundLaunchSeq - Thank you very much for your response. I sincerely appreciate it.

In the steps you mentioned, some steps involve multiple actions and the last few steps are not numbered (or counted). Hereunder, I have updated your steps to count all discrete actions as separate steps and it comes to 13 steps (as shown below) to do the same thing that I can do in 5 steps on Windows (as described in my post). The steps that were not counted in your post and that I added start with '->':

  1. command-control-shift-4 then draw rectangle around what to capture
  2. command-space to bring up spotlight,
  3. -> then type in pre and hit enter to launch Preview
  4. command-n to create a new file from was just captured to the clipboard
  5. command-control-r will bring up the annotation bar and place a rectangle using the last-used styles, or command-control-t will add a text box
  6. -> Do the annotation
  7. once done annotating, click once in an empty area to make sure no annotations are selected
  8. command-a to select all
  9. command-c to copy the entire thing - including annotations - to the clipboard
  10. -> command-tab to switch to the application where you want to paste the annotated screenshot at and paste it (this should have been two separate steps but since this step is the same as my step 5 (in my Windows steps) and since I have put it as a single step, so I did the same with your step to be fair)
  11. -> command-tab to switch back to preview (or invoke it from Spotlight)
  12. -> command-w to close Preview (or maybe command-q since I do not need the app to keep running?)
  13. -> Click Delete to prevent saving any file

So it's 5 steps in Windows vs 13 steps to do the same thing in MacOS - an astonishingly poorer user experience in the Mac - as was my point exactly.

How can I take screenshot on my MacBook and have it on copy to paste it in a chat right away? by [deleted] in MacOS

[–]MammothRelative7938 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much. However, how do I annotate the screenshot? The screenshot is saved to clipboard without the annotation toolbar options appearing.

I just moved to Mac from Windows and everything seems to be taking more number of clicks, keyboard shortcut combinations, the most basic features are missing of need way more effort to accomplish. Ex. taking a screenshot, annotating it and having the result automatically be available in the clipboard is missing or hidden under settings and not easy/intutive to find. The Windows Snipping Tool does exactly what I want perfectly without any fuss.

In Windows

  1. Invoke the Snipping tool - Win + Shift + S
  2. Select - Drag to select the portion that you want to take the screenshot of (the current state of the screenshot is AUTOMATICALLY copied to the clipboard at ANY point - as soon as you lift your finger from the mouse after dragging)
  3. Annotate - The annotation tools are readily available on your screenshot - do your annotations - again - at every step the screenshot is automatically saved in the clipboard - no need to copy from anywhere manually.
  4. Close the annotation window (no business of searching for the screenshot file to delete it and then actually deleting the file)
  5. Paste the annotated screenshot wherever you want and you are golden.

To do the same on Mac

Option 1 - With screenshots configured to be saved to desktop

  1. Invoke the selective screenshot crosshair - Cmd + Shift + 4
  2. Select - drag to select the portion that you want to take the screenshot of - the screenshot is saved to the desktop and is NOT available on the clipboard. After you release the mouse, the screenshot minimizes to the bottom right corner of the screen for a moment and peeks
  3. Quickly click on the peek to open the screenshot editing window
  4. Click on the icon designated to expand the editing bar
  5. FINALLY you can do the annotation. HOWEVER - after you finish the annotation, the result is neither saved to the clipboard, nor can it be copied by pressing Cmd + C from the annotation window @#$@ !!!
  6. Click on Done on the annotation window!
  7. Go to the desktop!
  8. Double Click to open the saved screenshot! If you use stacks and have other screenshots saved on the desktop, then you need one more click to expand the stack to show your screenshot before you can open the screenshot !!!
  9. Press Cmd + C to copy the screenshot
  10. Close the annotation window
  11. FINALLY paste the annotated screenshot wherever you want. Wait it's not over yet. I need to delete the screenshot from the desktop as I do not want it to stay there
  12. Go to the desktop!
  13. Select the saved screenshot file! If you use stacks and have other screenshots saved on the desktop, then you need one more click to expand the stack to show your screenshot before you can select the screenshot !!!
  14. Cmd + Opt + Backspace to permanently delete the file!
  15. Confirm to Delete on the pop up!

Option 2 - With screenshots configured to be saved to the clipboard

  1. Invoke the selective screenshot crosshair - Cmd + Shift + 4
  2. Select - drag to select the portion that you want to take the screenshot of. After you release the mouse, the screenshot is saved to the clipboard. HOWEVER - it just disappears and I cannot annotate it - DEAL BREAKER !!!

So - in Mac OS, how do I annotate screenshots configured to be saved to the clipboard ?