Apple has finally brought Visual Intelligence to the Mac with macOS Golden Gate, and it is a very useful feature when it works. Here’s how to get started.
Previously, some users would take a photo of their Mac screen and run Visual Intelligence on their iPhone to identify or search what they were looking at. With macOS Golden Gate, that is no longer necessary because Visual Intelligence is now built directly into the Mac.
Apple’s Sebastien Marineau-Mes, Vice President of Intelligent System Experience Engineering, introduced the feature during the WWDC 2026 keynote. However, he only mentioned that it could be accessed using a “dedicated keyboard shortcut.”
That shortcut is Shift + Command + 6.
This builds on familiar Mac screenshot shortcuts. For example, Shift + Command + 3 captures the full screen, and Shift + Command + 4 lets you select a specific area.
Later, with macOS Mojave in 2018, Apple introduced Shift + Command + 5, which opens a toolbar for screenshots and screen recordings.
Visual Intelligence has now been added into this same system. You can either use Shift + Command + 6 directly, or access it through the screenshot toolbar alongside the other capture options.
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How to use Visual Intelligence on macOS Golden Gate, and when it is worth using it
