how the hell do i take a desktop screenie on a mac?

[Anubis]

i know theres a fruity commad for this because apple decided to leave out the easy prntscrn button for some reason

 

[Quasmo]

are you enjoying the mac experience?

 

[Tu13erhead]

Command+Shift+Control+3

 

[Tu13erhead]

http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/01/01/mac-os-x-screenshot-secrets.html

See here for a table of more commands.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
are you enjoying the mac experience?

lol, no ive never enjoyed it and apperently this is one more reason for me to continue to not enjoy it

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: Tu13erhead
Command+Shift+Control+3

Seriously? WTF?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Tu13erhead
Command+Shift+Control+3

thanks,

 

[iamtrout]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Tu13erhead
Command+Shift+Control+3

thanks,

Self-destruct is Command + Shift + Control + 3 + Delete + Enter + F5 + Num Lock + Caps Lock + Tab + F12 + Down Arrow

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: iamtrout

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Tu13erhead
Command+Shift+Control+3

thanks,

Self-destruct is Command + Shift + Control + 3 + Delete + Enter + F5 + Num Lock + Caps Lock + Tab + F12 + Down Arrow

No wonder Macs are indestructible.

 

[ryan256]

Yeah macs are full of different kinds of keyboard voodoo to get stuff done.

 

[speg]

Command+Shift+4 will give you a selection tool and save that image to the desktop.

 

[JDrake]

lol wow that sucks

 

[EyeMWing]

Quadruple-Bucky Shift Front Top Cokebottle

 

[mrizvi66]

Originally posted by: iamtrout

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Tu13erhead
Command+Shift+Control+3

thanks,

Self-destruct is Command + Shift + Control + 3 + Delete + Enter + F5 + Num Lock + Caps Lock + Tab + F12 + Down Arrow

i tried its not working....?!?!?!?!?!!??!?!?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Anubis
i know theres a fruity commad for this because apple decided to leave out the easy prntscrn button for some reason

The only reason a PC has a "print screen" button in the first place is because it's a ridiculously old holdover from when the button would actually send the screen to a printer, in DOS.

MacOS, and the whole platform, isn't quite so backwards-compatability obsessed.

 

[mundane]

My PC has Calculator. And Paint.

 

[aphex]

Another option would be to load preview and use the capture function.

 

[couppi]

One thing about Macs that I like is that you can select the area you want captured, unlike Windows, where you have to go into paint, paste it, and edit it.

 

[AgentEL]

Originally posted by: couppi
One thing about Macs that I like is that you can select the area you want captured, unlike Windows, where you have to go into paint, paste it, and edit it.

Alt+PrintScrn will capture only the current window selected.

 

[NaOH]

mac FTL

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: AgentEL

Originally posted by: couppi
One thing about Macs that I like is that you can select the area you want captured, unlike Windows, where you have to go into paint, paste it, and edit it.

Alt+PrintScrn will capture only the current window selected.

Emphasis added.

The Mac OS X screenshot applet is called Grab IIRC.