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Daily Trick 34. Screen Capture

It's not just as simple as pressing Cmd-Shift-3 to screen capture your Mac. If you've used screen capturing feature for quite a long time, you will figure out some nifty tricks of it.

In this daily trick, I am going to share some tricks that I know in capturing screen. I hope that using list is fine for you.

  • [Ctrl-Cmd-Shift-3] or [Ctrl-Cmd-Shift-4]
    After pressing the keystrokes to capture screen, by default the picture will be saved to your Desktop. If you press another modifier key [ctrl] while performing the keystrokes the snapshot will be saved to your clipboard.
    This trick is quite well-known. I just re-emphasized it here.
  • [Cmd-Shift-4] + [Spacebar]
    Using this key combination, you will be able to capture a certain stand-alone object on your Mac desktop, e.g. the dock, the menubar, opened window, etc. It's easy to use as the captured part will be highlighted.
  • [Cmd-Shift-4] + [Hold Spacebar | Shift | Option]
    In adjusting your screen capture region, you can use the key listed above. It's hard to explain how each of them works, but it's self-explanatory if you try it.
  • Grab: Cmd-Shift-Z
    This is to have a screen capture with timing. Using built-in application called Grab, you can bring forward a 10-second timer to capture your screen when it's elapsed.

That's all for this screen capturing tricks. You can apply some of the tricks above to capture things on your Mac desktop and use the screen capture result to take part in our contest: UsingMac Contest. Beauty of the Mac [more…].

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Hello. I really love this blog. 6 out of 5 starts for you guys! Perfect!

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[Cmd-Shift-4] + [Hold Spacebar | Shift | Option] -

This does not have any effect on screen capturing here..

ChriB

Same here

Wendy

For [Cmd-Shift-4] + [Hold Spacebar | Shift | Option]
You need to draw the region first, then you will be able to move (or resize) the region by applying the modifier keys.

ChriB

Thanks Wendy!

Tony

New to Apple.  Can you tell me how to access the clipboard after you have captured a screenshot?

Tony

Figured out how to access the clipboard.  Finder>Edit>Clipboard

What is the best way then to email that screen shot, using Yahoo or hotmail?

Thanks

dent

Did I email you guys something like this a while ago? or was it another website?

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Honestly, I've always been more of a fan of just putting the monitor to sleep than screen savers. Sure they look pretty awesome, but if you're sitting at your computer, are you really doing so with the screen saver on?Good luck for the dates. It has been some times since we last heard about the next tour. I hope they can run it accordingly now.mPCPl0I0u57ZQBWW

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