Screenshot preview thumbnails on Mac can be annoying for many users. If you don’t like it, there’s how to disable screenshot preview on Mac in few steps.
When you take a screenshot on a Mac, the macOS displays a tiny thumbnail of the screenshot in the lower-right corner of the screen for a few moments before saving the image.
Why did apple add this Thumbnail?
Thumbnail is an update to macOS’s built-in screenshot editing feature, which has been present since Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave.
According to Apple, it’s a feature that allows users to edit screenshots quickly. If you click on the screenshot thumbnail that appears, the screenshot opens in a special editor that allows you to crop the image or annotate it with drawings, shapes, or text before it gets saved to disk. You also have a chance to discard the image if you don’t like it.
But for people who just want to quickly take a screenshot, it’s annoying. Fortunately, Apple makes it easy to disable this feature.
How to disable screenshot preview thumbnails on Mac?
To disable this feature:
- Press Command+Shift+5 from anywhere on the Mac.
- A special screenshot toolbar will pop up at the bottom of the screen.
- Click on the “Options” button.
- A small menu will pop up. In the “Options” section of that menu, uncheck “Show Floating Thumbnail.”
- When you’re done, close the screenshot toolbar by pressing “Escape” or clicking on the tiny “X” button.
That’s all. Now when you take a screenshot using Command+Shift+3 or Command+Shift+4, the image will be quickly saved directly with no more Screenshot Preview.
