Loading... How do I take a screenshot in Mac OS X Lion?

Hi Melbel! I have a Mac and to make a screenshot, I press the "Command + Shift + 3" keys simultaneously, then it makes a photo snapshot sound and the image appears o

n the desktop. Hope this helps!

If you do "Command + Shift + 4" you get a cursor and you can then select the part of the screen you want to capture.

Hey , macs have multiple ways to take screen shots here they are,

Command-Shift-3: Takes a screenshot of the screen, and save it on the desktop

Command-Shift-4, Allows you to select an area and saves it as a file on the desktop

There you go :)

Command-Shift-3

Lets you take a screenshot of the entire desktop.

Command-Shift-4

Lets you select an area of the screen to capture.

Command-Shift-4 then Space

Lets you capture a window.

Command-Control-Shift-3

You can take a screenshot of the entire screen and save it to your clipboard to be pasted in elsewhere.

Command-Control-Shift-4

You can capture an area of the screen to the clipboard.

Command-Control-Shift-4 then Space

You can capture a window and save it to the clipboard.

In addition to the excellent answers above, I really like the Mac app called Grab. To access it do the following:

FInder > Applications > Utilities > Grab.app

From the top menu bar choose *Capture* and select:

- Selection

- Window

- Screen

- Timed Screen

They're all fairly self-explanatory. Grab saves files as *tiff* which offers excellent resulution and clarity.

1. Open the Preview application.

2. Go to the File menu and then select Take Screenshot.

3. You get three options to choose from:

Selection

Window

Entire Screen

If you prefer you can simply use keyboard shortcuts to take the screenshots and skip Preview altogether. This is the way I prefer to do it.

Here are your keyboard shortcuts to take screenshots on Mac OS X Lion:

Command-Shift-3

Lets you take a screenshot of the entire desktop.

Command-Shift-4

Lets you select an area of the screen to capture.

Command-Shift-4 then Space

Lets you capture a window.

Command-Control-Shift-3

You can take a screenshot of the entire screen and save it to your clipboard to be pasted in elsewhere.

Command-Control-Shift-4

You can capture an area of the screen to the clipboard.

Command-Control-Shift-4 then Space

You can capture a window and save it to the clipboard.