How to take a screen shot in Mac

[umdjb]

Hi,

I am noobie to macs and was wondering how do you take a screen shot on 12" PB? Thanks.

 

[PlaceofDis]

Taking Screenshots in Mac OS X

 

[Kingsly]

Different versions of Mac OS X have different formats for screenshots.

Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar): jpg
Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther): pdf
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger): png
In Mac OS X 10.4, the default screenshot format can be changed, by opening Terminal (located at /Applications/Utilities/Terminal) and typing in:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type image_format
killall SystemUIServer

Where image_format is jpg, tiff, pdf or png. The second line can be omitted, however if it is you will need to log out and in again for the changes to take effect.

Out of curiosity, what's the point? Is there a better format?

 

[jsw]

Out of curiosity, what's the point? Is there a better format?

Well, I think that PNG is generally considered a better format than JPEG (not that JPEG is bad), and I for one hated the PDF default, as part of the point of taking a screenshot is to include it in something else and/or crop it, and PDF files don't accommodate either option all that easily.

 

[lexus]

There is a great widget called ScreenShot Plus which does a great job.

 

[NickElls]

There is a great widget called ScreenShot Plus which does a great job.

Meh. I don't really like donationware that much.

 

[Nukemkb]

Geez - couple months I've had my Mac and wonder how to do a screen shot and save to desktop...as simple as command-shift-3!!
but now I am thanks!!
edited to add: 'tis easier not to post at all..

 

[lexus]

Meh. I don't really like donationware that much.

It is not donationware.

 

[imacintel]

Geez - couple months I've had my Mac and wonder how to do a screen shot and save to desktop...as simple as command-shift-3!!
















but now I am thanks!!

Don't leave too much space please.

 

[MacRy]

Meh. I don't really like donationware that much.

You should try it before rejecting it out of hand, it's a fantastic widget! Not donationware either.

 

[20rogersc]

SnapNDrag is even better! Even though I haven't tried the other one . . .

::20ROGERSC::

 

[AlBDamned]

Another neat trick on this which I only learned the other week is when you have the screenshot cursor up, press the spacebar and it will turn in to a camera, taking an exact shot of the window you want.

 

[BlizzardBomb]

SnapNDrag is even better! Even though I haven't tried the other one . . .

::20ROGERSC::

Or you could just push Shift+Command+4.