Screenshots

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Software

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Using the keyboard

To save as PDF (PNG as of Tiger) on your Desktop:

  • ⌘-Shift-3: Full screen shot
  • ⌘-Shift-4: Select the area you want to capture
  • ⌘-Shift-4, then Space: Select the window on the screen for capture and click on it.

To copy the screen content to the clipboard:

  • ⌘-Shift-Ctrl-3: Full screen;
  • ⌘-Shift-Ctrl-4: Area;
  • ⌘-Shift-Ctrl-4, then Space: Window.


For pre-Tiger users only:

Once you have a PDF, you can use Preview to Export to most any image format. If you capture to the clipboard, you can simply press ⌘-N in Preview to create a new file with your screenshot, which you can export to png or whatever without the intermediary PDF.

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Notes

When you take a window screenshot with ⌘-Shift-4+Space, it's taken before compositing, so if it's a transparent window, the window(s) behind it will not show through.

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