Editing screenshots on Preview

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Editing screenshots on Preview

The pencil for editing screenshots on a Preview is greyed out (disabled) since the latest Mac OS update. Is there something wrong? What should I do to be able to edit my screenshots?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.0

Posted on Oct 17, 2023 4:30 AM

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Answer 1

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dialabrain

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Oct 17, 2023 5:13 AM in response to chanting_heart

The "Pencil" in Preview is to add highlights and notes to PDFs. If you want to edit images, select "Show Markup Toolbar" from the View menu.

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Answer 2

Owl-53

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Oct 17, 2023 5:03 AM in response to chanting_heart

Suggestion on using Pencil to Edit Screen Shots

The link below

Use Continuity to work across Apple devices

Excerpt from above link

Continuity Sketch

Draw a sketch using your nearby iPhone or iPad and have the sketch appear instantly on your Mac. See Insert sketches with Continuity Sketch.

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