How to Take Screenshots With Mac OSX
If you're lucky enough to have a Mac running with OSX there are plenty of reasons to be happy. One of them is your computer can take screenshots of anything. That's right, anything on your screen can be turned into a picture!
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Instructions
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Find something you want to take a picture of. Your desktop, for instance.
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On the keyboard, press APPLE (Command), SHIFT and the number 4. Don't press the keys all at the same time or it won't work.
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Your cursor should transform from an arrow into a bull's-eye.
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Click down on your mouse.
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Drag the bull's-eye over the area you want a screenshot of.
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Lift up on your mouse. If your sound is on you will hear the Mac picture snap.
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A file called Picture1.png will be on your desktop. This is a screenshot of whatever you highlighted. Rename the picture and put it in a folder.
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Tips & Warnings
You cannot take screenshots of DVDs like this.
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Comments
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Zahzel Ehows
Apr 25, 2009
I did this . TY GREAT! Z -
Scott Lee Thomas
Feb 28, 2009
Thanks for this concise and accurate how-to for Mac users. OS X does about a billion things that need to be discovered to be used and appreciated. Thanks again.
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Scott Lee Thomas
Feb 28, 2009
Thanks for this concise and accurate how-to for Mac users. OS X does about a billion things that need to be discovered to be used and appreciated. Thanks again.
