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I think I know what you are asking but, I'm not sure.
Plus I don't know squat about Mac. I think swordmaker is a MAC guru.

Windows comes with an app called Paint which is a basic image editor\viewer.
MAC has a hidden Paint-like app:
https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/how-use-hidden-paint-app-on-mac-paint-on-mac-tips-3653748/

irfanview is a 3rd party image viewer\editor but more robust than Paint. It's freeware( or donationware ?) but for windows only.

Here are some 3rd party apps for MAC
https://irfanview.en.softonic.com/mac/alternatives

when i need to do a screen shot of something, i can generally get away with hitting the “print screen” key in windows.

MAC has similar capabilities and also works somewhat like windows snipping tool
https://www.itg.ias.edu/content/keyboard-shortcuts-capture-screen-shot-mac-os-x

Windows also provides a “Snipping tool” which allows me to capture whatever I frame, rather than the whole screen.
I then need to paste it somewhere to whack away at it. That's where Paint or irfanview come in. I open an instance of either then paste.
I save it as whatever - gif or jpg, or etc....

In order to post the image to Free Republic, (or any where else) I need to link to it from “somewhere” on the web.
I opened a free account here: https://imgbb.com

This allows me to upload my images to my https://imgbb.com account -free up to 16mb worth.
From my https://imgbb.com account, I can now post the image to Free Republic.

Hope this makes some semblance of sense and maybe answered your question