Key Snap
One key. One snap. Done.
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Key Snap is a powerful macOS app that lets you capture your screen quickly and efficiently using keyboard shortcuts. Capture entire screens or individual windows with a single key—no internet, no tracking, just instant screenshots.
Key Snap
I was inspired by a fantastic product with a brilliant idea and decided to create my own version. While excellent solutions already exist, I wanted to make an app that’s easy to install from the App Store.
After thoroughly testing its features, I’m excited to share it with you. There’s still room for improvement, so I’d love to hear your feedback. Thanks for reading, and have a great day!
Just out of curiosity, how is this different from the Mac screenshot-capturing hotkeys?
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@mieubrisse
Thank you for your question. With Key Snap, you can capture the selected screen with a single hotkey—no region selection required—adjust a delay timer to snap at exactly the moment you want, and customize both the file name and save location.
@wallabity Thanks, Jay! This is a really interesting tool. I’m curious—when is the delay timer feature typically useful in real use cases?
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@walkbird
Hello! Thanks for asking about the delay feature. Key Snap’s delay adds a brief pause between the moment you press your screenshot shortcut and when the image is actually captured. This pause gives the screen time to finish any transitions—like window focus changes, menu animations, UI updates, or slide animations—so you won’t accidentally grab a half-loaded or incorrect image. It ensures you always capture exactly what you see.
For example, if you’re capturing a slide in PowerPoint or Keynote that contains an entrance animation (like a chart fading in or text flying from the side), the animation can take a few hundred milliseconds to complete. By adding a 200–300 ms delay before the capture, Key Snap waits for that animation to finish—so you get the fully rendered slide, not a snapshot of it mid-animation.
ChatBetter
Cool! Does this give me the option to automatically copy to clipboard?
If not, would love that in a future video — that would save me a manual step that takes me out of flow regularly.
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@tylerwillis
Great idea! 💡 I’ll do my best to include this in the next update. Thanks for your interest!