how to print an app store window

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how to print an app store window

Am running on Mojave, but this could really be any macOS version - is there a way in macOS or perhaps a third party utility to print the contents of an App Store window - the entire window, not just the visible portion? I could take a series of screen shots and paste them all together but that can take quite a bit of effort for windows with lots of content. Ideally want to create a PDF containing the contents of any desired App Store window. Suppose that I might want to do this for any visible window on my mac screen so any app window would be the ideal solution, so no reason to limit it to just App Store.

Thanks...

iMac 27″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 19, 2024 2:49 PM

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Answer 1

HWTech

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Sep 19, 2024 7:24 PM in response to ReallyDeepYogurt

Try a web search engine while using a third party web browser and see if you can find a result which has a URL of "apps.apple.com" which is a link to the Apple App Store. When you open such a link in a third party browser, it loads in the browser & pops up a message asking if you want to see the item in the App Store itself. If choose not to view the item in the App Store, then you have the web page where you can save it as some form of 'html' file or save/export as PDF. With the Vivaldi web browser, I have the option to screenshot the whole page even for content that extends beyond the visible window (the only thing that fails is when their is a sub-window/section which has scrollbars within the webpage.

For example, here is a link to the Apple Configurator app within the App Store (found with an online search engine):

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator/id1037126344?mt=12

It appears to contain all the same information, but I haven't looked at it in extreme detail to be certain.

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Answer 2

Sep 20, 2024 10:04 AM in response to HWTech

Thanks for the suggestion. I found an app named "Snagit" that does this but it has some problems and they don't support the older version I need to use on my Mojave or High Sierra Mac systems, so will keep looking, plus the app is ridiculously expensive for what it does (basically an enhanced screen copy utility).

-bob

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