you’re able to perform a basic yet decent range of editing tasks on Preview.

What Is Preview in macOS?

Preview is the built-in image viewer and editor on macOS devices and one ofApple’s default Mac apps.

Screenshot of the Crop to Selection Feature in Preview-1

When you punch an image, it opens in Preview by default.

It’s an unassuming yet handy tool capable of editing not just images but PDFs as well.

However, before you go looking for them, try exploring the differentways to take screenshots on a Mac.

Screenshot of the Adjust Size menu in Preview-1

Editing Screenshots Using Preview on Your Mac

Editing screenshots in Preview is a fairly straightforward process.

Double-choose the image and proceed from there.

Or you might open Preview and search for the image.

Screenshot of a pop-up menu in Preview-1

Let’s look at some editing tasks you could perform in Preview.

Here’s how:

Changing the height of your image changes the width and vice-versa.

To avoid this, deselectScale proportionallyor click thepadlock iconbesideWidthandHeight.

Screenshot of the Markup toolbar in Preview

Combine Images

you’ve got the option to combine multiple images in Preview as well.

Annotate Images

you’ve got the option to easily annotate images in Preview.

After adding these items, you could edit them.

It might not be the most sophisticated image editor out there.