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I don't THINK there is a way to do it straight from the snipping tool, but someone correct me if I'm wrong. It can be done from the screenshot tool. Take the
by reaperducer 3y ago
I don't THINK there is a way to do it straight from the snipping tool, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.
It can be done from the screenshot tool. Take the screenshot, and an icon will appear in the lower-right corner of the preview. Click that icon and it selects all of the text in the preview.
If you don't want all to select all of the text in the window, just select the text in the image the same way you'd select text in any other program.
I find it easier & faster than having to deal with Preview.
OCR is system-wide on macOS without Preview.
- solardev 3y agoGreat, thanks for the explanation!
- mediumsmart 3y agoHave a look at textgrabber in this article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38711357 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38711357
- solardev 3y agoI think the parent is saying you don't need any third-party apps anymore, it's just built in to macos now.
- mediumsmart 3y agoIt does say that yes, and that is correct. at least it is on my macos. Did you try textgrabber? The article refers to 2024.