Screenshotswith one key.

A tiny Mac menu bar app. Tap a key, drag over what you want, and it's on your clipboard, ready to paste.

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Free · macOS 13 or later · Apple silicon and Intel
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macOS can already copy part of your screen, but the shortcut is a four-key chord that takes a whole hand and pulls you out of what you're doing. Snapkey makes it a single tap of the key next to your trackpad.

Tap. Drag. Paste.

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Tap

Tap your capture key on its own. Shortcuts that use the same key, like ⌘C, are ignored.

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Drag

Drag over the part of the screen you want and let go. Press Esc to cancel.

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Paste

The shot is already on your clipboard. Press ⌘V wherever you need it.

Several shots, one paste.

Tap a second key and the next shot is added to your clipboard instead of replacing it. Grab three or four things in a row, then paste them all at once.

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Tap once
Capture to the clipboard.
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Tap to add another
Batch it with the shots before it.
Whether a batch pastes as several images depends on the app you paste into.
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⌘V pastes all three
The Mac menu bar with the Snapkey iconThe Snapkey menu, with the capture key and batch key options

Lives in your menu bar.

Pick the key that captures and the key that batches. Turn on Launch at Login. There are no other windows and nothing else to set up.

Right at home on your Mac.

Download the disk image, drag Snapkey to Applications and open it. A welcome window walks you through the one permission it needs.

Launchpad showing a grid of appsThe Snapkey app icon in Launchpad
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By Brave People, LLC. Opens without security warnings.
One permission
Screen Recording, which macOS requires of any screenshot app.
Stays on your Mac
Shots go to your clipboard. Snapkey makes no network connections.
Runs everywhere
macOS 13 or later, on Apple silicon and Intel.

One key. That's it.