Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using macOS?

Re:Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using ma... by mattkevan on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:41PM (#24092993)

The preview thing is really handy as you can directly drag and drop it into a document or chat window or whatever.

After you’ve done that it won’t be saved, which is great as you can quickly snap and use a screenshot without having to switch to the Finder - and the desktop doesn’t get cluttered with hundreds of images.

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Re:Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using ma... by freetonik on Saturday August 08, 2020 @04:52PM (#24095101)

A huge problem with this is that some apps don't "accept" this drag and drop, and the preview just disappears without saving the screenshot file. I can't remember the exact apps which behave that way, but I've been burned and irritated multiple times because of this. As a result, I disabled the preview feature and added the screenshot folder to the dock just like OP did.

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Re:Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using ma... by statictype on Saturday August 08, 2020 @10:55PM (#24096920)

I’ve seen this with most cross platform apps - like Slack and Skype.

What I found you can do instead is use Cmd-C to copy it and then paste it into the app. That generally works.

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Re:Ask HN: What feature did you find after years of using ma... by monocularvision on Saturday August 08, 2020 @11:32PM (#24097033)

And folks wonder why people get annoyed with non-native apps on Mac.

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