Hey I just bought my mac last week and I need to take a screenshot of something. Does mac allow you to do this with a pre-installed program or do i need to download something first? How do i go about taking a screenshot on a mac is my basic question. thanks for helping!
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Whole screen: Cmd-Shift-3.
Selectable portion of screen: Cmd-Shift-4, then drag to select.
Single window: Cmd-Shift-4, then space, then click the window.
Selectable portion of screen: Cmd-Shift-4, then drag to select.
Single window: Cmd-Shift-4, then space, then click the window.
awesome! thanks for your help guys!!! I appreciate the quick responses!!!! I can't wait to try some more stuff out with my mac. thanks again.
unfortunately the one thing you can't take a screenshot of is the DVD Player window while it's playing a DVD. If you ever find yourself stuck in that position, Snapz Pro from Ambrosia (it's on the guides page linked above) is a great screencapture app 
janey said:unfortunately the one thing you can't take a screenshot of is the DVD Player window while it's playing a DVD. If you ever find yourself stuck in that position, Snapz Pro from Ambrosia (it's on the guides page linked above) is a great screencapture app
You can take a screencap of a VLC window though.