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Taking Screenshots in Mac OS X

October 28, 2011 by rcastera No Comments

Command-Shift-3:

1	Command-Shift-3:

Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop

Command-Shift-4, then select an area:

1	Command-Shift-4, then select an area:

Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop

Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window:

1	Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window:

Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop

Command-Control-Shift-3:

1	Command-Control-Shift-3:

Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard

Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area:

1	Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area:

Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard

Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window:

1	Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window:

Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard

In Leopard and later, the following keys can be held down while selecting an area (via Command-Shift-4 or Command-Control-Shift-4):

Space, to lock the size of the selected region and instead move it when the mouse moves
Shift, to resize only one edge of the selected region
Option, to resize the selected region with its center as the anchor point