If you want to learn how to take screenshots in Mac OS X there are multiple ways of doing it. Below I have listed the different shortcut keys for each.
Command-Shift-3: This will take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
Command-Shift-4, then select an area: This will take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop
Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: This will take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop
Command-Control-Shift-3: This will take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard
Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: This will take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard
Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: This will take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard
In Leopard and later, the following keys can be held down while selecting an area (via Command-Shift-4 or Command-Control-Shift-4):
- Space, will lock the size of the selected region and instead move it when the mouse moves
- Shift, will resize only one edge of the selected region
- Option, will resize the selected region with its center as the anchor point
Each version of Mac OS X has different save formats for screenshots:
- Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar): jpg
- Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther): pdf
- Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and later: png
In Mac OS X 10.4 and later, the default screenshot format can be changed, by opening Terminal (located at /Applications/Utilities/Terminal) and typing in:
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