# Mac/cross-platform screen capture

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mac-cross-platform-screen-capture/83214>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [June 23, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mac-cross-platform-screen-capture/83214 "2022-06-23T00:36:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lilith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lilith/32/27492_2.png) [@Lilith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Lilith)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mac-cross-platform-screen-capture/83214/1 "2022-06-23T00:36:14Z")

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[For Windows](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-way-to-capture-screenshots-with-julia-programatically/57666), we have the beautiful `ImageMagick.load("screenshot:")`  
[For Linux](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/screenshots-with-package-or-cmd-tool/46158/2), we have another less elegant solution with `ImageMagick`  
For Mac or cross-platform, how can we take a screenshot programmatically? Ideally a Julia-native system, though pycall or similar could be acceptable.

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mac-cross-platform-screen-capture/83214/2 "2022-06-23T02:40:52Z")

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It would handy if there was a C API to [Apple Developer Documentation](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/screencapturekit)

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**Author:** ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mac-cross-platform-screen-capture/83214/3 "2022-06-23T02:45:28Z")

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Looks like someone has built Python bindings:

> **[pyobjc-framework-ScreenCaptureKit](https://pypi.org/project/pyobjc-framework-ScreenCaptureKit/)**
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> Wrappers for the framework ScreenCaptureKit on macOS

There seem to be some old attempts at Objective C bindings here:

> **[GitHub - JuliaInterop/ObjectiveC.jl: Objective-C embedded in Julia](https://github.com/JuliaInterop/ObjectiveC.jl)**
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> Objective-C embedded in Julia. Contribute to JuliaInterop/ObjectiveC.jl development by creating an account on GitHub.

@Erik_Engheim , were you working in updating these at one point?