Take Screenshots in Mac Os X Snow Leopard

Ever needed to take a screenshot on your Mac computer? Here is how to take a screenshot.

Steps

Take a Picture of the whole screen

  1. Press Command (⌘)-Shift-3

Take a Picture of part of the screen

  1. Press Command (⌘)-Shift-4, and then drag the cross-hair pointer to select the area.
  2. Continue to press the mouse button, release the keys.
  3. Press Shift, Option, or the Space bar while you drag to re-size the selection area.
  4. When you are ready to take a picture, release the mouse button.
    • Pressing the space bar only allows to drag the selection area. It can't be used to re-size the selection area.
    • Picture won't be taken unless you release the mouse button.
    • To cancel, press Escape.

Take a picture of a window or the menu bar

  1. Press Command (⌘)-Shift-4.
  2. Press the Space Bar.
  3. Move the camera pointer over the area to highlight it, and then click.
    • To cancel, press Escape.

Annotation

If you want to you can open the screen-shot in preview and annotate it by:

  1. Get to annotate click Tools > Annotate.
  2. Click annotate and the arrow. Draw arrows on the image.
  3. Click annotate and click the 'A' button. Allows you to add text.
  4. Click the annotate button and then the oval. Allows you to circle things.
  5. Click the annotate button and the the square one to draw squares around things.



Tips

  • This may not work for all mac computers.

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