Drag. Release. Pasted.

The macOS screenshot shortcut — minus the Desktop file and the extra clicks. Press once, drag a rectangle, release. It lands in whatever app you were writing in.

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macOS 15+ · Universal Silicon/Intel · ~ 1 MB

you PNG ⌥⇧ PRESSED

Three motions. No dialog.

Familiar as ⌘⇧4. Skips the Desktop file.

01

Press ⌥⇧

Cursor becomes a crosshair. Capture mode is on — nothing to hold.

02

Drag a rectangle

Click, drag, release. Mouse-up commits — no preview dialog, no confirm.

03

Already pasted

Lands in whatever field you were writing in. Slack, PRs, Claude, Notes — anywhere.

Press Escape to cancel capture mode.
Press, then click a window (no drag) for whole-window capture.
Privacy First

Runs on your Mac. Stays on your Mac.

Your Mac
→
Clipboard
→
Target App

✕ No CueSnip servers. No cloud sync. No telemetry. The entire loop runs on your machine. Network traffic is entirely determined by the target app you paste into.

First Launch

macOS acts cautiously with new, independent apps. If it claims CueSnip is "damaged," simply run this command in your Terminal to clear the Apple quarantine flag.

bash — install
# Clear the quarantine attribute to allow first launch
$ xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/CueSnip.app
# App will now launch normally ✓
OS: macOS 15+ Arch: Universal Perms: Accessibility, Screen Rec