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Save video still frames from QuickTime Player with a shortcut

· Jeff Geerling · Sept. 18, 2025, 4:40 a.m.

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Summary

This blog post discusses a workflow for saving still frames from videos using QuickTime Player, describing an improved method involving the use of pngpaste in Terminal, and highlights two problems with the previous approach.

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