![]() In Mojave, you have the option to show recently-used apps in the Dock. For that, you need to use Grab, which continues to have a reason to exist after all these years. If I’m disappointed about anything in this screenshot expansion, it’s that you can’t choose to take a screenshot of the Touch Bar from this interface. You can take timed screenshots-giving you five or ten seconds to set up the screen exactly as you want it-which was a feature previously available in the venerable Grab utility. You can record video screenshots, which used to require a trip to QuickTime Player. ![]() You can easily change the default folder for saving screenshots, which used to require a trip to the Terminal. You can grab the entire screen, just a window, or a selection. When you type that shortcut, a floating palette appears that offers you all sorts of options-all of which have been available before, but not in one place. Taking screenshots on the Mac isn’t remotely new, but in Mojave it’s been given a friendly interface, all hiding behind the keyboard shortcut Command-Shift-5. A few minutes of tinkering with Automator workflows can save you hours of time in the long run. I use it every day to run shell scripts that I’d otherwise need to run from the Terminal, and AppleScripts that I’ve written to process files I use in my podcasts. It’s a great way to simplify mundane tasks, especially acting on files in the Finder. And if you haven’t tried Automator in years (or ever), you might want to give it a try. When you save new Quick Action Workflows, they will show up right alongside Apple’s own actions, like Rotate Image, Trim, and Markup. ![]() New Quick Action Workflows that were created in Automator.
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