How to take screenshots with a Mac

The following Mac Screenshot capturing commands are accomplished by pressing and holding the Command key followed by two or more keys in progression.

• Command Shift 3: Takes a screenshot of the entire screen, and saves the image to your desktop.
• Command Shift 4, and click an area. Takes a screenshot of an area and saves the image to your desktop.
• Command Shift 4, then press space, and click a window: Takes a screenshot of a window and saves the image to your desktop.

To capture a screenshot and save it to the clipboard, use the following keys.

• Command Control Shift 3: Takes a screenshot of the entire screen, and saves it to your clipboard.
• Command Control Shift 4, and click an area: Takes a screenshot of an area and saves it to your clipboard.
• Command Control Shift 4, then press space, and click a window: Takes a screenshot of a window and saves it to your clipboard.

With OS X 10.5 Leopard, the following keys can be pressed while selecting an area using Command Shift 4 or Command Control Shift 4:

• Space: to lock the size of the selected region and instead move it when the mouse moves
• Shift: to resize only one edge of the selected region
• Option: to resize the selected region with its center as the anchor point

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