How to take screenshots in Mac OS X

9 March 2009 | Posted by Jay | Filed in Jay, Mac

I’m using my MacBook as my primary computer now after hooking it up to my 26″ widescreen monitor with external keyboard and mouse. One of the “issues” I came across is taking screenshots on my MacBook. After some digging I found this article explaining the various keyboard shortcuts used in Mac OS X.

Command+Shift+3 to capture the entire screen.

Command+Shift+4 to capture a portion of the screen. If you want to capture a specific application window, press the spacebar to change the cursor to a camera icon, then click on the desired application window.