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Configure Screenshot Settings In ExtraBrain

Open Settings → Screenshot for capture preferences.

Screenshot settings showing window capture and screenshot-before-analysis switches

ControlBehavior
Capture active window onlyCaptures the active window. When off, capture uses the whole screen, including visible desktop chrome.
Take a screenshot before starting analysisAdds a fresh capture when analysis starts, including conversation-aware chat analysis.

Quick Settings exposes the same Take screenshot before analysis preference. Turn it off when a fresh image should not be included with your requests.

Use Capture Region Screenshot or its shortcut. Region capture is supported in both Mac builds. Start analysis after region screenshot is a profile behavior, configured in Profiles.

Grant Screen Recording permission, capture a non-sensitive example, and confirm the image entry appears. Check the active app and scope when the wrong content is captured. Recording audio is not the permission that authorizes screen capture.

Images and extracted context can be sent to the selected cloud provider. Read screen context and data handling.