Guides
Practical guides to capturing, annotating and sharing screenshots on the Mac.
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iSkitch 1.9.0 and 1.8.1: WebP, a JPEG That Tells the Truth, and No Permission Required
Two releases in a month, both born from support emails: pasting a screenshot without the Screen Recording permission, sharp captures on scaled displays, WebP export, quality in the save dialog, and the JPEG slider that said 80% and wrote 94.
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iSkitch 1.8.0 Is Out — and the Bug That Was There All Along
Capturing a window never actually captured a window. Fixing that opened the door to shadows, transparent backgrounds, real global shortcuts, resizing, and GIF and BMP export.
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Everything Skitch Could Do in 2011 — and What iSkitch Does Today
We pulled the original skitch.com feature list out of the Internet Archive and checked it line by line against iSkitch. What we rebuilt, what we left out on purpose, and what's still missing.
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How to Take Screenshots on Mac: The Complete Guide
Every way to take a screenshot on macOS — keyboard shortcuts for region, window and full screen, where they're saved, and how to annotate and share them in one step.
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Looking for a Skitch Alternative on macOS? The Modern Native Pick
Skitch hasn't been updated since 2020 and breaks on recent macOS and Apple Silicon. Here's the history, why it stopped working, and the native alternative built for the Mac you use today.
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How to Annotate Screenshots on Mac Like a Pro
Arrows, callouts, highlights and spotlights that make a screenshot explain itself. A practical guide to annotating screenshots on macOS for support, docs and design feedback.
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How to Hide Sensitive Information in Screenshots (Safely)
Blurring isn't always safe — some methods can be reversed. Learn how to reliably hide passwords, emails and personal data in a screenshot on macOS before you share it.
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