Screenshot tool on Mac - No Step Back?

Is there really no such option as a step back?

I can't believe it.

I take a screenshot, make a couple of notes on it, shapes, arrows, then I make a mistake or just create a line by mistake and want to delete it. Take a step back. But how?

I only see the "revert" option but that deletes everything.

There usually is a menu in the upper left corner of the display for each and every application, except for the Screenshot.

(MacBook Pro M1, latest Monterey)

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Oct 7, 2022 04:23 AM

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Antonio Rocco

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Posted on Oct 7, 2022 04:41 AM

Perhaps you're using a different application? My screen grabs open in Preview by default and there's an Undo feature in the Edit Menu. I've tried it just now and it seems to do for me what you're asking.

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Antonio Rocco

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Oct 7, 2022 04:41 AM in response to Dani7898

Dani7898 Author

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Oct 7, 2022 04:51 AM in response to Antonio Rocco

Ah, I see.

When I take a screenshot, it appears for a second in the lower right corner. When I grab it from there and try to work with it, it is not opened in Preview and the options are limited.

I need to let it "sit" on the desktop and open it only after that, then it opens in Preview.

Lovecross

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Oct 7, 2022 06:33 AM in response to Dani7898

Personally, I can't stand that floating thumbnail. The only point I can see for it is if you wish to be able to quickly access a screenshot to edit it in Markup (which I may do to one in a hundred screenshots I take), but from what you've said, even that is pretty limited. I disabled the feature long ago. If you feel you have no need for it, and don't want to wait four of five seconds for the thumbnail to disappear before you can access the screenshot, the following link describes how to turn it off.

https://www.howtogeek.com/678343/how-to-disable-the-screenshot-preview-thumbnails-on-a-mac/

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