How-toThe Unpixel blog — page 2
Practical guides for getting text, tables and links off your Mac’s screen. Every article shows the free, built-in macOS way first, then where Unpixel saves time.
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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.
How-toHow to screenshot part of your screen on a Mac
Screenshot just part of your Mac screen with ⇧⌘4, copy it straight to the clipboard, capture one window, use a timer, and change where screenshots are saved.
Mac tipsScreenshot to clipboard on Mac: paste it, skip the file
Add Control to any Mac screenshot shortcut (⌃⇧⌘4) to copy the image instead of saving a file. Make the clipboard the default, then paste, save or read it.
Mac tipsFind screenshots by the text in them on a Mac
Spotlight, Finder and Photos can find screenshots and photos by the words in them. How to search, narrow results to images, and why some images don’t show up.
Mac tipsSnipping Tool for Mac: the built-in equivalent
The Mac’s Snipping Tool is the Screenshot app: ⇧⌘5 opens it, and ⌃⇧⌘4 snips straight to the clipboard. How each Snipping Tool feature maps to macOS.
Tables & dataSplit pasted text into columns in Excel, Numbers, Sheets
Pasted data stuck in one column? Split it with Text to Columns in Excel for Mac, Split text to columns in Google Sheets, TEXTSPLIT in Numbers, or a formula.
TranslationTranslate Chinese text from an image on Mac
Translate Chinese in a photo or screenshot on a Mac: tell Simplified from Traditional, get the characters recognized, translate on-device and look up pinyin.
TranslationTranslate Japanese text from an image on Mac
Translate Japanese in a photo, screenshot or manga panel on a Mac: get the characters recognized, handle vertical text and furigana, then translate on-device.
TranslationTranslate a PDF on Mac: text PDFs and scanned pages
Translate a PDF on your Mac: select and translate in Preview, upload whole files to Google Translate or DeepL, and handle scanned pages that have no text layer.
TranslationTranslate text on your Mac screen, in any app
Translate text anywhere on your Mac screen: Control-click selected text, use Live Text on images, translate pages in Safari, and capture text you can’t select.