Screenshot on Mac OS-X

How do I make a screenshot on Mac OS-X?


Follow the steps below and you will be able to do a screen capture in Mac OS X.

    • Switch to the screen that you wan to to do screen capture
    • Hold down Apple key ⌘ + Shift + 3 and release all
    • then use your mouse to click on the screen
    • Done. You will see a picture file in at your desktop. That’s the screen capture picture.

You can also do a screen capture for a portion of your screen.

    • Switch to the screen that you wan to to do screen capture
    • Hold down Apple key ⌘ + Shift + 4 and release all key
    • Now, You will see the mouse cursor will change to +
    • You can start to drag your mouse to select the portion you wish to capture.
    • Once finish, you will see a picture file in at your desktop. That’s the screen capture picture!

If you want to do a screen capture for a particular application window, you can follow this.

    • Switch to the screen that you wan to to do screen capture
    • Hold down Apple key ⌘ + Shift + 4 and release all key
    • Now, You will see the mouse cursor will change to +
    • Press the space bar once
    • You will see the mouse cursor change to a camera
    • Now you can use the camera to select which application window to screen capture
    • Once finish, you will see a picture file in at your desktop. That’s the screen capture picture!

 

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Created on 2/9/2012 7:21:38 AM