TextSniper is a Mac OCR app that can extract text anywhere on your Mac’s screen and automatically save it to your clipboard so that you can paste it into a live document or anywhere you need it.
TextSniper is a bit like Live Text, but with less limitations. You can run it on Intel and M1 Macs starting from macOS Catalina today. It is application and file format agnostic; whatever you see on your screen in no time can be turned into editable text.
From the ability to run Android apps, to the new design and window snapping features and its ability to properly manage windows when an external display is added or taken away, there’s a lot that to like with Windows 11. Over on The Test Drivers, Myke and Austin spoke with Microsoft’s Panos Panay about the new release. It’s a fun interview, and it is really cool to see it on Relay FM.
My thanks to MarsEdit for sponsoring 512 Pixels this week. It’s the Mac app I use to blog here on the site. If you publish on the web from macOS, skip the browser and get your work done in style, with loads of Mac-native features. Check it out.
I’ve used ScreenFlow on a couple of recent videos and have been really impressed. The new version looks even better and I’m sure I’ll be putting it to good use soon.
Dr. Drang has written about how he sees Shortcuts slotting into the Mac’s preexisting automation tools. The more time I spend with this topic, the more relieved I feel about how Apple has gone about this.
MarsEdit is a Mac app for editing WordPress, Micro.blog and many other types of blogs.
Eliminate the friction of blogging with MarsEdit. Its native Mac interface makes writing, publishing, and editing your blog as delightful as everything else you do on your Mac.
MarsEdit supports editing posts in rich or plain text, and includes a preview window that updates instantly to show your writing exactly as it will appear on your blog. Are you a Markdown fan? MarsEdit can preview and automatically convert your Markdown to HTML as needed before publishing.
This week on Mac Power Users, we are joined by Paul Kafasis to talk about Mac software development in the modern era, some of Rogue Amoeba’s history and the tools Paul uses to get his work done.
My thanks to TextExpander for sponsoring 512 Pixels this week. With TextExpander, say goodbye to repetitive text entry, spelling and message errors, and trying to remember the right thing to say. Get 20% off your first year.
Well, this is perfect:
It has been a weird couple of months here in Memphis: