How To Take a Screenshot in Mac OSX (Snow Leopard +)

I know I’m not covering any new territory here, but hey, sometimes I forget myself, so I putting my personal notes public. Take that public.

Screenshots are a web guy’s best friend. Well maybe not best… but they’re useful. If you’re running a Mac, here’s a quick cheat sheet for the OSX screenshot hot keys.

• Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
• Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop
• Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop
• Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard
• Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard
• Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard

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