Take a picture of your screen or window
(without using Grab)
- OS X Tiger
August 2007:
Have you ever been talking with a
tech support person who wanted to know the EXACT error you received
when you had a problem, or have you wanted an easy way to save your
network settings or e-mail account information? Well, I use these
keys every day to make graphic files from dialog boxes and
windows
that
appear
on
my
Mac.
Use these to keep a record of windows that appear when you have problems,
or want to keep a record of your settings. Note: the Command ( ) key
is often called the Apple™ key (because most keyboards have an Apple™ logo as well as on
the key).
When you "take a picture" with these
keystrokes, a PNG picture file will appear on your desktop.
| KEYSTROKE |
DESCRIPTION |
| Command-Shift-3 |
Take a picture of the screen |
| Command-Shift-4 |
Take a picture of the selection (makes crosshairs that you
can drag to select an area on your screen - when you let up on
the mouse, the picture is taken) |
| Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting |
Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard |
| Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar |
Take a picture of the selected window (click to select the
window) |
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