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Mac screenshot OCR guides: copy text from a screenshot, change the save location, run Vision from the terminal, and compare TextSniper alternatives.
- How to copy text from a screenshot on MacLive Text, Preview, and automatic OCR. Three ways to get text out of a Mac screenshot without retyping it.
- OCR from the terminal on macOSRun Apple Vision from the command line with ocrogram-helper, and how that compares to Tesseract.
- Change the Mac screenshot save locationPoint macOS screenshots at any folder with defaults write com.apple.screencapture location.
- Free TextSniper alternatives for MacCompare TextSniper, Live Text, and ocrogram — a free, open-source tool that OCRs every screenshot automatically.
- Apple Live Text limitations (and how to automate OCR)Live Text needs a click and a drag every time. Here is what it will not do, and how to copy screenshot text automatically.