TroubleshootingTroubleshooting
Fixes for the things that go wrong: permissions, black screenshots, empty clipboards and OCR mistakes.
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TroubleshootingPDF text pastes as gibberish? Why it happens and the fix
Text copied from a PDF turns into symbols, boxes or scrambled letters? The PDF’s fonts lack a map back to real letters. How to check it and get clean text out.
TroubleshootingScreen Recording permission not working on Mac: fixes
The switch is on, yet the app still captures only your wallpaper? Quit and reopen it, add it again, remove extra copies or reset the permission with tccutil.
TroubleshootingScreenshot on Mac not working? How to fix it
Screenshot on Mac not working? Check the shortcuts are turned on, find where files are saving, spot the clipboard setting and free a shortcut another app took.
TroubleshootingWhy screenshots of videos are black on Mac
A video turns black in your Mac screenshot, recording or screen share? It’s usually copy protection. How to tell, which players do it and how to get the words.