How To Capture Any Text From Your Screen On Mac, iPhone or iPad
Sometimes it can be difficult or impossible to select text to copy from a web page or image. But you can use Live Text or take a screenshot and copy text from that instead.
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Comments: 5 Responses to “How To Capture Any Text From Your Screen On Mac, iPhone or iPad”
John C
6 days ago
Using Command-Shift-5 to copy a portion of the screen leaves that portion of the screen bright and the rest of the screen dim. This is a bug in the OS that has been there for ages. I have to log out and log back in to recover.
John: Are you sure you aren't starting a recording instead of a screenshot? I remember seeing that bug years ago, but not for a long time.
Jim Terrinoni
6 days ago
Yes, useful! The Screen Shot could man’s is one of the MOST useful I have learned from Gary. I use it daily. I’ve wondered what the button at the bottom right was; now I know. Thank you Gary. Every day I get more efficient because of the work you but in and clearly communicate.
Keith Richardson
2 days ago
I prefer to use Command-Shift-4.
This immediately allows me to select the area of the screen that I am most interested in.
Alex Rodriguez
2 days ago
Gary, you're a genius! It worked just as you said. I watched a YouTube video with some text on the screens that I wanted to copy, and—bingo! It worked perfectly. Thank you!
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Using Command-Shift-5 to copy a portion of the screen leaves that portion of the screen bright and the rest of the screen dim. This is a bug in the OS that has been there for ages. I have to log out and log back in to recover.
John: Are you sure you aren't starting a recording instead of a screenshot? I remember seeing that bug years ago, but not for a long time.
Yes, useful! The Screen Shot could man’s is one of the MOST useful I have learned from Gary. I use it daily. I’ve wondered what the button at the bottom right was; now I know. Thank you Gary. Every day I get more efficient because of the work you but in and clearly communicate.
I prefer to use Command-Shift-4.
This immediately allows me to select the area of the screen that I am most interested in.
Gary, you're a genius! It worked just as you said. I watched a YouTube video with some text on the screens that I wanted to copy, and—bingo! It worked perfectly. Thank you!