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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This has been built in to MacOS for a little while now though?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I think on macOS and iOS it only works in actual image files, but this tool predates that by a year or two. This does the same thing but doesn’t require an image file; you just press the shortcut on your keyboard, draw a box over whatever’s on your screen that you want, and the text in the box goes on your clipboard. I think it’s effectively taking a screenshot but not saving it to disk, so you don’t have to clean those up later.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I don't know about desktop/laptop stuff but I can do it on my Pixel phone (Android, I know).