Snipping Tool is a pretty simple Windows app, but it can be highly useful for many users. It’s the software tool that can allow us to cut a specific part of what our monitor displays in order to share it with somebody else. Therefore, you can use the Snipping Tool app for your homework, a cooperative project, or just for the sheer fun of it.
Snipping Tool was introduced into the Windows operating system over two decades ago. The first operating system that carried the program was Windows Vista, which is notorious for its power to drive users crazy.
Jokes aside, for now! If you’ve also been wondering how you can use the Snipping Tool on your MacBook, you’ve made it to the right place. There are numerous reasons why you would switch to a MacBook from a Windows-based computer. Let’s cut to the chase:
Apple has its own alternative to the Snipping Tool
Not everybody knows that Apple has implemented its own alternative to the Snipping Tool on macOS-based laptops. By mastering a few simple shortcuts, you’ll be able to capture, select, and even record your screen effortlessly using Apple’s alternative.
In order to gain quick access, you’ll have to press Shift, Command, and 5 on your MacBook. The panel that will appear at the bottom of your screen serves as your gateway to a range of screen capture options.
Within the control panel, you’ll discover some powerful buttons designed to streamline your snipping experience. The cross within the circle gracefully exits the snipping tool, returning you to the desktop. To capture the entire screen, you must click the first button, while the second button will let you capture a selected window. The dashed rectangle button will allow you to capture specific portions of your Mac screen. Hovering over each button reveals helpful tooltips, and in that way, you’ll never forget their functions.
But guess what? The snipping tool in macOS is even able to go beyond static images. Two additional buttons, which are marked by circles in their bottom right corners, enable video capture. The first button will record your entire screen, while the second one allows you to record selected portions of your Mac desktop.
It’s amazing how a software program such as Snipping Tool, which is over two decades old, still manages to be highly popular nowadays as well. Once again, we are being proven that something that is old isn’t also necessarily bad.
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