Using undo list as 'working-log' ?

[Klaus]

Is there a way to export the undo list as a work-log ?



Klaus

[Tritonemusic]

I'm not aware of a way, but that would certainly be very cool.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

Preview could take a snapshot of the window(s). Then save as a PDF and have Acrobat convert it to text. Not elegant but possible, however awkward.

[mikehalloran]

Deja vu

http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtop ... do#p499550

[MIDI Life Crisis]

Ha ha ha. At least we're consistent.

[mikehalloran]

See? See? See? Lookee here ... I'm working! Really! So pay me already!

[Klaus]

[stubbsonic]

I had always used "Grab" from the utilities folder, (which lives in my Dock) for this purpose. I didn't realize Preview had screen capture built in. Learned a new thing.

Grab has a different workflow, but ONLY saves as TIFF files. Preview offers much more filetypes for saving. I'll need to explore how they differ.

Does OS X have a built-in OCR app?

[Tritonemusic]

Does OS X have a built-in OCR app?

I never used Preview for screenshots, but constantly use the built-in OS X screenshot features:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201361

[mikehalloran]

Does OS X have a built-in OCR app?

I never used Preview for screenshots, but constantly use the built-in OS X screenshot features:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201361

Variations of that go back to the Mac+ but I find Preview much easier to use on a large monitor. Whatever works -- works.

[Tritonemusic]

Variations of that go back to the Mac+ but I find Preview much easier to use on a large monitor. Whatever works -- works.

I've been using the Mac OS screenshot feature for so long, I never considered using Preview. Thanks for the info, I'll give it a try.

[Shooshie]

I just use Command-Shift-4, then draw a marquee around what I want to capture. It's a PNG file, not text, but for your purposes that would be fine.

Shooshie

[bayswater]

I had always used "Grab" from the utilities folder, (which lives in my Dock) for this purpose. I didn't realize Preview had screen capture built in. Learned a new thing.

Grab has a different workflow, but ONLY saves as TIFF files. Preview offers much more filetypes for saving. I'll need to explore how they differ.

Does OS X have a built-in OCR app?

Shift Command 3 dumps the whole screen to a file, and Shift Command 4 gives you a cursor you can use to lasso a piece of the screen. If you press the space bar while the cursor is over a window it will dump an image of the window to a file. There are preferences (don't remember where they are) to indicate where the file goes, and the format saved.

There a few free OCR utilities in the App Store that work reasonably well, or at least used to. I was using PDF OCR Community Edition successfully for a while, but it produces rubbish with Yosemite.

[mikehalloran]

I just use Command-Shift-4, then draw a marquee around what I want to capture. It's a PNG file...

Using Preview, the shot stays open. When you save, you can change the file type (usually .pdf for me), rename it and select its destination. I do this 5 - 20 times a day and often save to different folders before I attach to files in my database.

Command-Shift-4 would take a lot more time. I'd have to go to the default location, open, rename, sometimes change file type... When I discovered Preview, it turned out to be a major time saver.