Quick Mac Tip: Instantly Paste Snippets into AI Tools (or anywhere else) | #89

Speed up your processes on Mac - learn how to set a custom screenshot shortcut that lets you instantly snip and paste into tools like Slack, ChatGPT or Gemini.

Tired of screenshots saving to your desktop?

Want to just snip → paste into ChatGPT, Gemini, Slack, Confluence, Jira, or Miro?

Here’s a faster way:

Update your Mac’s screenshot hotkey:

1. Go to System Settings → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts… → Screenshots

   

2. Look for “Copy picture of selected area to the clipboard”

   

3. Change the shortcut to something else (e.g., Cmd + Shift + C)

4. Hit Done

Now anytime you hit your shortcut:

1. Select the part of the screen you want

2. Just Cmd + V to paste it anywhere instantly

No files, no clutter, simple and fast.

Update: Bonus Tip

1. After using the keyboard shortcut and the crosshair is visible, tap the spacebar

2. The cursor changes from crosshair to a camera

3. As you hover the mouse over any window, it will become highlighted

   

4. Once the window you want to screenshot is highlighted, click the mouse button to capture that window

5. This avoids the need to actually create a selection rectangle

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