Jan 27

How To Take A Screenshot In OS X

Apple, Geek Stuff, Grab, How To, Mac, OS X 5 Comments »

I just stumbled upon a couple of awesome Mac shortcuts that make it extremely easy to take a screenshot.

Without further a due, here they are:

  • Command-Shift-4: presents a crosshair cursor so that you can take a screenshot of the selected area (saved to Desktop as a png file).
  • Command-Shift-3: Takes a screenshot of the entire desktop (saved to Desktop as a png file).

Screenshot OSX

There are also two variations on the previous commands. Both of these commands capture the same area however, instead of saving an image to the desktop, these commands will save the screenshot to the clipboard so that you can then paste it into another app.

  • Control-Command-Shift-3
  • Control-Command-Shift-4

Pretty cool hunh? Hat Tip: Apple Pro Tips.

Update: I just read over at MacDevCenter.com that OS X also ships with a utility known as Grab which allows you to take even more advanced screenshots. I’ll give it a try and let you know how it works.

OS X Grab