I'm always so pleased when I find a way round some exasperating computer problem that I thought I'd share my moments of triumph ...

Monday 19 January 2015

Screen shots in Macs - a really useful guide

I'll be coming back to this one for sure, an excellent clear guide to various ways to take screen shots, relevant to OS X 10.10 Yosemite backwards.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2476025/mac-os-x/os-x--taking-better-screenshots-on-a-mac.html

The main screen grabs are these, but do look at the full article, it's so informative.


  • ⌘+⇧+3: Capture entire screen and save as a file.
  • ⌘+Ctrl+⇧+3: Capture entire screen and copy to the clipboard.
  • ⌘+⇧+4: Capture dragged area and save as a file.
  • ⌘+ctrl+⇧+4: Capture dragged area and copy to the clipboard.
  • ⌘+⇧+4 then Space: Capture a window, menu, desktop icon, or the menu bar and save as a file.
  • ⌘+Ctrl+⇧+4 then Space: Capture a window, menu, desktop icon, or the menu bar and copy to the clipboard.
  • If you've captured a screen to the clipboard, open Preview and then do cmd-n. Preview will open your screenshot image. Further  new screenshot images will open in new Preview windows.

    If you'd like to change the default image file format for screenshots, here's how:

    http://bit.ly/1OAUmyX

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