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Screenshot tools tend to focus on windows, specific areas on the screen, or the entire screen. On macOS, those are the three types of screenshots you can take out of the box. Third-party screenshot tools have similar options and they all tend to focus on entire screens, whole windows, or …

There is no shortage of Chrome extensions that can take screenshots in the browser. The niche is so crowded that they tend to come with image editors and support for cloud services that you can upload the screenshots to. Unless you need an image editor or a quick way to …

Screenshots are harmless for the most part but there are always exceptions. Some apps, particularly those that play DRM protected content tend to disable capturing screenshots. Netflix is an obvious example of this though there are ways around it. If you have an app that is blocking screenshots, and you’re …

On macOS you can take a timed screenshot. The timer can be set for 5 or 10 seconds from the Screenshot utility. If you need a longer timer, for whatever reason, the default screenshot tool won’t let you set one. You can find a third-party app to do the job …

macOS has always had the ability to take a screenshot but a few versions ago, the feature was modified slightly so that when you take a screenshot, you get a floating thumbnail of it in the bottom right corner. This feature was also added to iOS where it is far …

Taking screenshots of a YouTube video is fairly simple so long as you do not pause it, or you do not switch to the full screen view. If you do switch over to the full screen view, you will find that you cannot take a screenshot without the media controls …

Windows 10 adds a subtle dropdown shadow to windows. It gives them a slight floating effect and allows you to distinguish against items behind them. For the most part, it’s an aesthetic effect and it looks good. That said, if you try and capture a window with this shadow, you …

macOS has the best screenshot and screencast support of any mainstream desktop OS. It’s hard not to compare it to Windows 10 since it’s the only other desktop OS that’s close in number of users. Windows 10 is the first version of the OS to have a screenshot feature and …

If you’ve run a Linux operating system before, you might have noticed that the default screenshot tools available in most desktop environments are not suitable for modern computer use, and lack advanced features such as drawing on screenshots, uploading to cloud support, drawable shapes, and more. Introducing Flameshot. It’s an …

Snip & Sketch is replacing the Snipping tool on Windows 10. If you were to launch the Snipping tool now, you’d see a message at the bottom telling you to give this new tool a try. It’s a good tool but it doesn’t work quite the same way that the …