How To Take a Screenshot on a Mac
Taking a screenshot of your entire screen, or a portion of it, can be very useful in showing someone what you see on your screen without setting up a screen sharing program. Some possible uses of screenshots are:
- HelpRequest / Support ticket
- documentation
- pasting into emails
- pasting into chats ( how to set up iChat )
- etc.
Below are instructions for the Mac OS X. Click here for PC instructions.
First, determine if you want a screenshot of:
- your entire screen
- a portion of your screen
- a specific window
Then, decide if you want to save the screenshot to a file or to the Clipboard.
Here are the keyboard shortcuts to do any of the above. If you are saving to a file, the screenshot will be saved to your Desktop using the timestamp as the filename.
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Entire Screen |
Portion of Screen |
Specific Window |
| Save to a file |
⌘ + Shift + 3 |
⌘ + Shift + 4
then select an area |
⌘ + Shift + 4
then select a window |
| Save to the Clipboard |
⌘ + Control + Shift + 3 |
⌘ + Control + Shift + 4
then select an area |
⌘ + Control + Shift + 4
then select a window |
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Note: Press ESC to exit out of the screenshot selection.
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Happy screenshooting.
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