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A Love Letter to Shottr, the GOAT of screenshot apps

4 min readNov 12, 2023

So Mac has a built-in way to take screenshots. If you know, you know you have been doing Command+Shift+4 or 3 a lot. Screenshots remain key when working in any business, so that key combination is wired in your brain.

But as designer, I need more.

And I’ve found it. It’s Shottr. And it is wonderful. Allow me to explain.

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The GOAT of golf

01 | The Basic features, but done right

In my book, there are two main things a screenshot app at it’s core should be able to do: take a area screenshot by dragging your cursor, or take a full screenshot. Just like the hotkey combination on Mac.

Shotter immediately shows you what picture you took, and you can copy, save or delete without leaving your keyboard. Gold.

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See Top left: Save your screenshot or you copy to paste it somewhere else.

02 | Window screenshot

So what’s next? Well, just the ease of use to make window screenshots, of active windows. Below, I’ve taken a screenshot of…

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