Screenshot on Mac

[AikenHob]

Best way to take a screenshot on mac? I need complete procedure

 

[Rakehellion]

Command-Shift-3.

Command-Shift-4 to capture part of the screen. Enable caps lock to take a screenshot of a window. Or hold the Control key to copy the screenshot to the clipboard.

 

[SKORPI0]

I use Command+Shift+4 to capture part of the screen and save to desktop.

http://www.wikihow.com/Take-a-Screenshot-in-Mac-OS-X

 

[Eug]

Enable caps lock to take a screenshot of a window.

After all these years, I'm learning this for the first time. I've been using CMD-SHIFT-4 all this time for that.

Thanks man.

Or hold the Control key to copy the screenshot to the clipboard.

I didn't know this either.

Now I feel like an idiot.

 

[Kaido]

After all these years, I'm learning this for the first time. I've been using CMD-SHIFT-4 all this time for that.

Thanks man.


I didn't know this either.

Now I feel like an idiot.

Eh, I've been doing IT professionally for 10 years & I still learn new stuff on at least a weekly basis. It's endless :biggrin:

 

[dave_the_nerd]

All this is correct. Just wanted to point out that you can do screencasts (record video and sound) using Quicktime Player as well.

 

[Zaap]

Command-Shift-4 to capture part of the screen. Enable caps lock to take a screenshot of a window.

I must be missing something. It's spacebar that does that for me. I can't see any effect caps lock has.

 

[Eug]

Enable caps lock to take a screenshot of a window.

I must be missing something. It's spacebar that does that for me. I can't see any effect caps lock has.

I just tried this. What OS is this? On my Lion machine, both of the above do absolutely nothing.

 

[Zaap]

Yosemite. CMD-SHIFT-4 spacebar has done window capture for as long as I can remember in OSX.

 

[Eug]

Oh I see. That works. You have to press the spacebar afterwards. I was pressing it at the same time.

Works in Lion.

 

[iluvdeal]

Yosemite. CMD-SHIFT-4 spacebar has done window capture for as long as I can remember in OSX.

Thanks, I been using OSX for years and have just been manually sizing the rectangle if I need a window screenshot.

 

[Zaap]

"Control key to copy the screenshot to clipboard" is the one I never knew. I can now think back on dozens of instances I could have used that to save a lot of time!

 

[KeithP]

All this is correct. Just wanted to point out that you can do screencasts (record video and sound) using Quicktime Player as well.

Preview also has options to take screen shots under the "File" menu. If you do it this way, the shot immediately opens in Preview to do whatever you want with it.

The default format of a screen shot is PNG but it can be changed to JPEG, PDF, GIF, etc. You can use a terminal command to change the format but Tinker Tool will do it as well.

http://www.bresink.com/osx/0TinkerTool/details.html

-KeithP

 

[HomerSapien]

if keyboard commands aren't your thing, use the program "Grab" in your applications/utilities folder