Mac OS equivalent of a screenshot?

[al3000]

Could someone please tell me how to take a screenshot (think it's called a "screen grab")?

It's probably really simple, in safari I can see something that looks like it..but it's greyed out!

Thanks in advance

 

[adk]

Apple + Shift + 3 takes an entire screenshot

Apple + Shift + 4 brings up crosshairs to select an area for a screenshot

 

[joker2]

Shift-command-3 to get the whole screen, Shift-command-4 to do a user-definable area.

---edit: Yeah, what adk said. Apple, Command, the squiggly clover thing -- all the same key.

 

[macbaseball]

Hold down Shift and Apple and then press 3 to get a fullscreen shot. If you just want a small part of the screen then hold down Shift and Apple and then press 4, which turns the cursor into a X with circle around it. Youcan just drag this on the screen and it will take a screenshot or the highlighted area. Unlike windows it will create a file that's saved onto the desktop, instead of just being copied.

 

[Lacero]

Throw Control into the party to save the image to the clipboard.

Here's to the Crazy Ones ​

 

[al3000]

Thanks a lot, I could really do with reading up on all of these shortcuts!

 

[zap2]

or use the grab app,(spotlight for it)

 

[cgratti]

or use the grab app,(spotlight for it)

too much work...

 

[croshtique]

All neatly summarised in an Apple help page here!

 

[Kong]

And if you forget the shortcuts in the future, there is an application in the Utilities folder called Grab. Its sole function is to make screen shots.

And since we're being complete, you can also do it with Preview. There are Grab commands under the File menu.

 

[zakatov]

With command+Shift+4, you can press Space bar and it lets you select individual windows to screenshot.

 

[grapes911]

And just in case you want to take a screenshot of a DVD, you'll need either a 3rd party screenshot app or a 3rd party DVD player.

 

[Will Cheyney]

And that app is called 'DVD Capture' - search www.versiontracker.com for it.

 

[Will Cheyney]

cgratti, how are you getting that Apple in your sig? What font is it? Whenever I try it just appears as a "?"

 

[kainjow]

If you want to create movies, check out Snapz Pro

 

[Kernow]

Or if you are feeling adventurous, you can try using the Terminal

The 'screencapture -c' does what it says on the tin - captures the screen and places it on the clipboard - you can then paste to wherever you want.

There are more options - type 'man screencapture' for info.

(above information pinched from yellow5 here)

 

[Will Cheyney]

If you want to create movies, check out Snapz Pro

or ScreenRecord! http://www.miensoftware.com/screenrecord.html

 

[Project]

Throw Control into the party to save the image to the clipboard.

Here's to the Crazy Ones ​

Wow. Learn something new everyday. Very cool.

 

[sgmorr]

I like using an app called SnapNDrag (free) for taking selected snippets of the screen. Great for taking a shot of something and then dragging it into a document or an e-mail.

 

[grapes911]

I like using an app called SnapNDrag (free) for taking selected snippets of the screen. Great for taking a shot of something and then dragging it into a document or an e-mail.

I've never used it. Is it any different from "command + shift + 4" ?

 

[sgmorr]

grapes911,

http://www.yellowmug.com/snapndrag/

Take a quick look at it. Easier than me trying to explain it. I really like it and use it all the time.

 

[grapes911]

grapes911,

http://www.yellowmug.com/snapndrag/

Take a quick look at it. Easier than me trying to explain it. I really like it and use it all the time.

Seems kind of worthless to me. I see no advantage of using this. Actually, it seems like a disadvantage, because I have to open it up.