what happened to grab on mac?

grab is gone from apple's list of mac apps, and in our read the screenshot app now does its job. apple's list of apps for macos high sierra includes grab, while its lists for macos mojave and the current macos include screenshot and no grab. to open screenshot, press shift command 5.

this guide follows apple's support pages as we read them in november 2026. to find shots you already took, see where do screenshots go on mac.

download the ReMynd desktop app to search text you saw in a focused window, by app and date.

when did grab go away?

in our read, grab went away with macos mojave. apple's screenshot article, published september 14, 2026, says that in macos mojave 10.14 or later you can use the screenshot app to take a screenshot. when apple announced mojave on june 4, 2018, its press release said screenshots get new on-screen controls for every screenshot option and new video recording capabilities.

apple's high sierra guide described grab as a way to take pictures, or screenshots, of all or part of your screen. we found no apple page that names the exact release grab was removed in, so the mojave link is our reading of apple's app lists.

what does the screenshot app do instead?

the screenshot app takes screenshots, as grab did, and adds recording. this table follows apple's mac user guide and screenshot article.

apple's guide lists six tools: capture the entire screen, a window or a portion of the screen, and record the entire screen, a window or a portion of the screen.

how do you take a timed screenshot now?

you set a delay in the screenshot app. apple's mac user guide gives these steps:

1. press shift command 5 to open screenshot and display the tools.
2. click the tool for what you want to capture.
3. click the options pop-up menu.
4. below timer, choose how long to wait before the capture starts.
5. click capture. for a window, click the window, and for a recording, click record.

apple says the options differ between screenshots and screen recordings.

what else is in the options menu?

apple's screenshot article says the options menu lets you set a timer, choose where screenshots are saved, and choose whether to show the floating thumbnail and the mouse pointer. on supported mac models using macos tahoe 26 or later, it adds a choice of capture format, png for sdr or heif for hdr.

for pulling words out of a capture, see how to copy text from a screenshot on mac.

where does ReMynd fit?

in microsoft's work trend index, published may 9, 2023, which surveyed 31,000 full-time employed or self-employed workers in 31 markets, 62% of respondents said they struggle with spending too much of their workday searching for information. the same survey found 86% were looking for ai to help find the information and answers they need.

ReMynd records your screen, runs ocr locally with apple vision, and keeps a searchable index on your computer. text comes from the focused window only, and video covers windows you have not excluded. in our view, it helps when you meant to take a screenshot and never did.

press control space to search in plain language, refine by app, date or source, and jump to an exact moment, provided ReMynd was running then and the window was not excluded. you can exclude apps and sites, and private browser windows are excluded by default. it needs macos 14 or later on an apple silicon mac.

ReMynd also runs on windows 11 (x64 or arm64). for the wider question, see find something you saw on your screen.

limits of this guide

• apple's pages show grab in the high sierra app list and not in the mojave list; they do not say grab was removed in a named release.
• apple says some apps, the apple tv app among them, might not let you screenshot their windows.
• we did not test the steps on a specific mac or macos version.

ReMynd is photographic memory for your computer. forgot where you saw something? just ReMynd it.

download the ReMynd desktop app and search what you saw in a focused window, by app and date.