Option drag sends every screenshot in the notch tray
Hold the Option key as you start dragging any screenshot in the NotchStar tray, and the drag carries every screenshot in the tray, up to 12, oldest first. You do not need to pick them first. It is the quickest way to send a whole batch of screenshots into one chat.
Steps
- Take your screenshots. They line up under the notch.
- Press Option, then press on any thumbnail and start to drag.
- Drop the pile into a chat, an email or a folder.
NotchStar checks whether Option is held at the moment the press turns into a drag, which happens after about four points of movement. Press Option before you begin moving.
Option or Command click
Command click is for choosing some screenshots. Option drag is for taking them all. If you only want two of five, pick those two with Command click and drag without Option. If Option is held, picking is ignored and everything goes.
What happens afterwards
Every screenshot that landed somewhere leaves the tray, since you used it. The files stay where macOS saved them, unless you dropped onto a Finder folder, which may move them, or onto the Trash, which deletes them. If the drop lands on nothing, the thumbnails fly back.
Check what is in the tray first
Only screenshots still in the tray go, and unused ones leave after five minutes. See how long screenshots stay. The overview is on the Screenshot Tray page.
