How To Take a Screenshot On Mac OS X

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To take a screenshot on an Apple computer running Mac OS X, you simply use the 'Grab' application. You can open the 'Grab' application by searching for its title in the spotlight menu.

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Once the application is open, select 'Capture' from the menu bar and select the type of screenshot you would like to take.

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The four different types of screenshots are:

Selection - This allows you to take a screenshot of part of the screen defined by you.
Window - This allows you to take a screenshot of a single window.
Screen - This allows you to take a screenshot of the whole screen.
Timed Screen - This allows you to take a screenshot of the whole screen after an amount of time.

Once you have selected your choice, you will take the screenshot and must save it to the location you see fit.

For advanced users, you may also use the following shortcuts:

Command-Shift-3:	Take a screenshot of the whole screen and save it to the desktop.
Command-Shift-4, then select an area:	Take a screenshot of an area on the screen and save it to the desktop.
Command-Shift-4, then space, then select a window:	Take a screenshot of a specific window and save it to the desktop
Command-Control-Shift-3:	Take a screenshot of the screen and save it to the clipboard.
Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area:	Take a screenshot of an area on the screen and save it to the clipboard.
Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then select a window:	Take a screenshot of a specific window and save it to the clipboard.

Or you may use the following terminal command:

1	screencapture -iW ~/Desktop/screen.jpg

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Last Updated on Monday, 28 June 2010 22:15

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