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I didn't say it works with Shottr, only that I've done it in the past with other apps, but there's no harm in trying. It's actually piracy, but only in the vaguest sense.

Actually, you'll probably use the app so infrequently that it's easier to put up with the nag screen every once in a blue moon and keep a clear conscience than to go through the whole rigamarole.

I don't get the "similar" part.

Odds are you'll see the nag screen next time you use it, which is likely to be more than 30 ays from now, but at that point you'll find out how annoying the nagging is and whether the deletion trick works.

What I mean by similar is the nag screen. I didn't see it when I did it your way the first time, but when you mentioned it, I did. They both use that process.



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Both of what?

And you shouldn't have seen the nag screen, because it supposedly pops up only after 30 days.

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I've got no idea what you mean by Shottr's way. I wasn't aware that there's a way other than the key command, unless you mean the drop-down?

And when/where did you see the nag screen? It shouldn't exist before 30 days have passed. I think you're maybe misunderstanding "nag screen." It pops up after 30 days to ask you to buy Shottr.

I've got no idea what you mean by Shottr's way. I wasn't aware that there's a way other than the key command, unless you mean the drop-down? When I use Shottr, I used File, copy and then snag it. Then command copy (like I do with your way after I snag it) and then it copies onto my word processor. Now neither way is working. When I do the snag, I am still getting a copy of the whole screen shot and not the text only. I'm tired of trying. Maybe tomorrow. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Happy Thanksgiving!

And when/where did you see the nag screen? It shouldn't exist before 30 days have passed. I think you're maybe misunderstanding "nag screen." It pops up after 30 days to ask you to buy Shottr. [/quote]

PMFJI -- again. I don't have Shottr and I can only guess at what you are doing, but try this using Pages or the editor of your choice...

1. run Shottr on the PDF screenshot and save the resulting OCRed file
2. open the resulting OCRed file in Preview (you should be able to select individual words or search the text at this point.)
3. either select the desired portion of the text -- in that file, and press ⌘C (or to get the entire text press ⌘A followed by ⌘C)
4. open the document you are creating in Pages or the editor of your choice
5. place the cursor at the point in that file where you want to insert the copied text
6. press ⌘V to paste the copied text into your document

Remember, I don't have Shottr, so I am in a heavy fog here. With other OCR tools, the process goes like this...

1. Launch the OCR application
2. on the menu bar, click on File > Open
3. Select the PDF file to be OCRed
4. On the menu bar, find and click on the option to OCR the file. (typically under Tools on the menu bar)
5. When the process completes, click on File > Save
6. Quit the OCR application
7. The original PDF has, at that point, had a layer added to it that contains the selectable and searchable text and has become what I termed "the OCRed file".

Your instructions aren't compatible with Shottr.

I will get back to Rita with complete Shottr instructions later.

Thanks Artie. I prefer your way but I can't get it to work again. Maybe I'm just tired. I deleted Shottr but it keeps popping up like I told Joe and wants me to go to system settings and security, blah, blah, blah.

Before we go any further, you confuse the hell out of me every time you mention "nag" or "nag screen," so please stop using those terms. You've never seen the nag screen and won't until you've had Shottr installed for 30 days without having purchased a license, but for your edification, this is it. I've got no idea how often it pops up when you've hit your 30 days, i.e. how annoying it actually is.

OK, then, let's start from scratch:

1. Go to Shottr.cc and d/l Shottr 1.7.2.
2. Double-click on the d/l and follow the prompts to install Shottr.
3. Launch Shottr.
4. Go to System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen Recording.
5. Click on Screen Recording and slide the little button next to "Shottr" 'til it turns blue.
6. At this point, you should have a Shottr icon in your menu bar, namely a black box with an "S" in it.
7. Click on the icon, and in the resulting drop-down you should see "Recognize Text/QR" and a key command, which I believe is command-option-control-(capital)O by default.
8. You should now be ready to use Shottr.

Now, to use it:

1. Open a doc that you want to convert from an image to text.
2. Either click on "Recognize..." in the drop-down or invoke the key command.
3. Your cursor will change to a crosshair.
4. Move the crosshair to your starting point.
5. Click and drag the crosshair to select the text you want "translated."
6. Release the click.
7. You will get a little pop-up telling you that your text has been copied to your clipboard.
8. Launch TextEdit.
9. Paste your text from your clipboard into the TE doc.
10. Format it as needed.
11. Copy & paste your text from your TE doc to your final destination.
12. And that's it.

Print this out so you've got it right at hand if you get lost and need it.

Whew! I think I got it right, but let me know if you run into any snags.

You weren't paying close attention to the context in which I used it, but no big deal.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Same to you!

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Clarification: I remember having once said "capital O" is the key command, but that was misleading.

When I typed the command, I typed capital O, but it really just means the "O" key...not to hit shift too.

I can't imagine Shottr having had any interaction with your Finder sidebar, but OK, we'll do it via Messages when we can hook up.

Anyhow, you should be able to recreate your sidebar without any help from Apple.

I've got absolutely no idea what that means, and there's absolutely no reason for Shottr to have either messed with your sidebar or not worked.

My best suggestion is to shut down your MBP for a while, quit torturing yourself, and forget about it 'til we do it together!