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How to copy text in an image on Mac

With macOS Monterey, you can finally copy text from photos on your Mac. Whether you want to save time in class or quickly copy a phone number from a business card, it would be great if you could select and copy the text in the photo. This time I will explain how to do it.

How to copy text in an image on Mac

On macOS Monterey, not only can you translate text at lightning speed, you can now select text in an image. This feature is called “Text Recognition Display (Live Text)” and is also available on iPhones and iPads with iOS 15. If there's text in the image you're looking at on your Mac, try dragging your mouse pointer toward it. The cursor changes from an arrow to a selection tool. Click and drag the cursor over text to select it. Once the text is selected, right click (or 'control + click') to bring up the context menu. Here you can choose to copy the text, translate it, or use the Explore tool to quickly find more information about the selected text. For example, if you find the name of a famous tourist destination such as "Niagara Falls" in a photo, you can look up that entry on Wikipedia with "Look Up". Similarly, when you search for an address, the Maps app displays a floating window showing that location. Text recognition viewing works seamlessly most of the time, but currently only works in Safari, Photos, the built-in screenshot tool, and Quick Look (a tool that allows you to quickly preview images and documents by pressing the spacebar). . Sometimes the cursor doesn't immediately change to the selection tool, but a single click on the image fixes this issue. Another limitation is that the text recognition display currently only supports Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, and the text in the image is written in other languages. In this case, this function cannot be used.

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