Comments on: 5 Alternative Screen Capture Tools For Your Mac

By: Yaffa S.I.B.

Yaffa S.I.B. — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:35:22 +0000

Gee, I NEVER knew that Mac had a built in screen capture feature either. I’ve been using Grab and/or ScreenCaptureX for Mac. Both are free and terrific. Grab captures the desktop/screen, or an entire window (even that portion which must be scrolled to, because it is not visible on the screen). ScreenCaptureX also allows you to capture the desktop/screen, or size up and down to capture any portion of an open window that is visible. Unfortunately, it does NOT capture portions of the window that must be scrolled to if they are not visible. Thanks for the heads up.

By: Debra

Debra — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:28:45 +0000

I gloriously use Snagit at work on my PC. TOTALLY BUMMED no Snagit for Mac! You can capture a “timed” screen for those drop-down menus and most of all…a SCROLLING SCREEN!! Can any of them other than Snagit do that? I have been making it my life’s mission (in-between finding a good slideshow software like ProShow Producer, but that’s a whole nuther complaint…) to get them Snagit folks to make it for Mac….Jing is okay, but it’s NOT SNAGIT!! I love my Mac and iTouch, and even though I’m with Verizon, I will switch to the iPhone…love them apps! But being the “red-headed stepchild” of computers is no fun. If I have to load Parallels, etc. on my Mac to run Windows…I wouldn’t have purchased a Mac! I truly miss my wonder PC programs that took years to find, and I still bought a Macbook. Haven’t turned my “blue screen” PC on since I bought my Mac in January 09 (and never looked back!) Thank you all for letting me vent! Still looking for good slideshow software – using Keynote (I would like the versatility that Photodex ProShow Producer has….they did inform me THEY WILL NOT DEVELOP for a Mac!!) (and I STILL bought a Mac! What does that tell ay?

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:10:33 +0000

Hey Damien Oh

Maybe you should review this app called Voila http://www.globaldelight.com/voila and let us know how this tool is in your opinion. Off-late this tool is tagged as an alternate to Snagit on Mac..

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:34:36 +0000

OMG I LOVE YOU !!

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:39:10 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation. It seems like a nice app.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:25:10 +0000

Hi,
Currently I am using a screen capturing tool called Voila, helps me a lot with my work. These people are coming up with newer updates wit better features. Boy I sure am glad that i switched to Voila.

By: Girish Kolari

Girish Kolari — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:17:20 +0000

Voila a nice Capture and annotation tool for Mac. I am just enjoying the copy of it.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:34:46 +0000

I’m looking for a Mac app like the PC app Snagit that can not only capture dialogs into an image format but can also capture TEXT in a dialog. I’ve found hundreds of app for the PC but zero for the Mac that can capture/grab text from a dialog…..still looking

By: ZScreen - Make Screen Captures & Upload To Imageshack | MakeUseOf.com

ZScreen - Make Screen Captures & Upload To Imageshack | MakeUseOf.com — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:31:53 +0000

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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:05:49 +0000

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By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:02:30 +0000

My pleasure!

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:02:01 +0000

I like CaptureMe too, but I used it more as an image sticky rather than a screen capture tool. It is one of the best ‘always on top’ application in Mac

By: Aibek

Aibek — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:16:16 +0000

Thanks, I have been looking for free screen capture tool for some time now.

By: The Windows Fix

The Windows Fix — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:02:57 +0000

CaptureMe is the best I’ve found so far. It’s so close to previous commercial products like FullShot, that I’ve used before, that I don’t know how it can be beat, but I guess I could try the others.

By: Damien Oh

Damien Oh — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:58:25 +0000

@Jackson: I used Grab at times to take my screenshots too. I just wonder why it is hidden in some corners (under Utilities folder) of Mac. I bet most people don’t even know it exists.

@Hanii: Thanks for the tips. I swear I didn’t know that trick before.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:42:59 +0000

i love ishowu – paid for it, it is hands down the best commercial app in its price range and worth every penny

for simple shots, i do have skitch installed but i use the amazing screenshot plus widget (free) which is lighting fast with awesome configuration options and very lightweight (tried about a zillion of these image cap widgets before sticking with screenshot plus)

By: Hanii Puppy

Hanii Puppy — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:58:06 +0000

Also, if you open a menu and press command-shift-4 (a screenshot of a selected region) then press the space bar (to take a picture of a particular object), you can take a picture of just the menu by mousing over it and clicking when the whole menu becomes highlighted instead of having to manually select it with the crosshairs – and you’ll get a translucent PNG (like how the menu is translucent) instead of a PNG with the junk from behind the menu.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:42:06 +0000

Actually, Mac’s Grab function is pretty good in certain situations. For example, when you’ve clicked on the drop-down menu and if you invoke Skitch, you lose the menu. Pressing Cmd-Shift-3 takes the shot as you see it.