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Mac screenshot & recording guides

Short, honest walk-throughs for the things macOS makes harder than it should — capturing long pages, recording your face over your screen, marking things up. Native way first, faster way second.

How to take a scrolling screenshot on Mac · macOS has no built-in scrolling screenshot. Here’s how to capture a wh… How to record your screen with a webcam on Mac · QuickTime can’t record your screen and webcam together. Here’s how to … How to annotate a screenshot on Mac (free) · Add arrows, text, numbered badges and blur to a screenshot on your Mac… How to copy a table from a screenshot into Excel on Mac · Stop retyping tables. Here's how to grab a table from any screenshot, … How to turn a scrolling screenshot into a multi-page PDF · Don't send a 9,000-pixel-tall image. Capture a long page, chat or docu… How to draw on your screen on Mac · macOS can’t draw over your live screen. Here’s the free way to annotat… How to blur sensitive info in a screenshot on Mac · Hide emails, API keys, faces and card numbers before sharing a screens…

Comparisons & round-ups

The 8 best screenshot apps for Mac · tested round-up 7 best CleanShot X alternatives · honest round-up 6 best Shottr alternatives · honest round-up Lovely vs CleanShot X · head to head Lovely vs Shottr · head to head
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