Where Mac screenshots go, how to search them, how to copy only the text, and how developers and AI-assistant users make use of it. You can also start with how it differs from built-in screenshots.
Error dialogs, PR comments, API docs and command output you screenshot while coding: Shotbox recognizes the text on your Mac and indexes it, so weeks later one remembered word like timeout finds the image, its full text and where it came from.
Since 0.9.2 Shotbox has an in-app Connect AI page: create a separate connection per AI client such as Claude, choose its scope, copy the MCP or HTTP config, and revoke it any time. Local 127.0.0.1 only, and AI cannot delete or overwrite what you edited.
Where each of the three capture shortcuts saves, how to change the location, and why the default setup can't be searched by content.
Where Spotlight and Live Text stop, how on-device OCR search works, and the honest truth about its accuracy.
The limits of sorting by filename and using Live Text on a single image, and why searching text beats searching filenames.
Why the Desktop always takes the hit first, what the old fixes cost you, and stopping the buildup at the source.
Press the Capture Text shortcut in Shotbox (default Shift-Command-1), drag over an area, and the text lands on your clipboard. A QR code copies its decoded content. No image is saved and nothing leaves your Mac.
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