Saturday, August 11, 2012

6 Different Screenshot Shortcuts on Mac


[Mips #2]

The screenshot features on Mac are one of the many reasons I like the Mac. It's easy & convenient, I'm sharing 6 shortcut keys, you don't really need to remember all of them, just learn the first 2 if you're a casual user.
MAC SCREENSHOTS SAVED ON DESKTOP
1.Command + Shift + 3
To take the whole screen
2.Command + Shift + 4
To take a specific part of the screen. A cross icon will appear. Click and drag across the region you'd like to capture and it'll save on your desktop once you let go.

see also: Long Term Solution for your Mac Desktop Screenshot Clutter
3.Command + Shift + 4, and then press Space bar
And click on a specific element of screen as a window, Dock, menu, icon etc. It’ll capture that specific element's screen and save on your desktop. 
MAC SCREENSHOTS SAVED ON CLIPBOARD
The following is useful when you intend to use the screenshot for a report or design, by saving it on the clipboard you can easily paste the screenshot afterwards by pressing Command + v(Paste) on the desired window, be it, Word, PowerPoint, Photoshop etc.
4.Command + Control + Shift + 3
Takes the whole screen and saves on clipboard
5.Command + Control + Shift + 4
To take a specific part of the screen. A cross icon will appear. Click and drag across the region you'd like to capture and it'll save on your clipboard once you let go.
6.Command + Control + Shift + 4, and then press Space bar
And click on specific element of screen as a window, Dock, menu, icon etc. It’ll capture that element’s screen and save on your clipboard

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