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How to "edit" a screenshot and paste it back into an email

Dear Apple,


How do edit a screenshot and paste it back into an email (just like snag it app (for windows) does?

I am able to capture a screenshot, edit it but then I have to attach my work as an attachment. I would like to paste the "edited screenshot" directly inside an email as opposed to an attachment.


I know I can do Command+Shift+4 and keep pushing control+4 - to paste inside an email/ document it's command+V. This allows to only paste the current screen (you can't edit, highlight, point out anything)

Thanks for your help in advance.

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Posted on Sep 18, 2019 9:12 AM

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Posted on Sep 18, 2019 3:59 PM

unless you want to try to find something on the App Store that’ll allow you to edit + reattach/reinsert the picture instantly, the usual way is to save it as a screen shot as you have done, find it, open it with Preview/Photos/image capture, edit it, save it, and then reattach/reinsert the image to the email and then send it. I think Photos has the ability to send as email almost instantly, but you’d have to open the saved image first. On iPhone it’s a lot more straightforward, at least I find it to be so. Of course the iPhone has a camera built in so finding the images is easy- go to camera roll or import ‘em and open ‘em, but I don’t know if you have an iPhone or not. There may be another app that lets you do that apart from Photos, but that’s the first one that came to mind.


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Sep 18, 2019 3:59 PM in response to agfbullet

unless you want to try to find something on the App Store that’ll allow you to edit + reattach/reinsert the picture instantly, the usual way is to save it as a screen shot as you have done, find it, open it with Preview/Photos/image capture, edit it, save it, and then reattach/reinsert the image to the email and then send it. I think Photos has the ability to send as email almost instantly, but you’d have to open the saved image first. On iPhone it’s a lot more straightforward, at least I find it to be so. Of course the iPhone has a camera built in so finding the images is easy- go to camera roll or import ‘em and open ‘em, but I don’t know if you have an iPhone or not. There may be another app that lets you do that apart from Photos, but that’s the first one that came to mind.


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