Print Screen/Take A Screenshot Key?

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  1. BurtonCCC, Jul 30, 2005

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    On a Winblows machine, I used to be able to hit the Print Screen key and then be able to paste a snapshot of my screen into any photo editing program. How can I do that in Tiger? Thanks.

    Daniel
     
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  2. HexMonkey, Jul 30, 2005

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    There's a few different shortcuts:

    Command-Shift-3: Take screenshot of screen and save it as a file on the desktop
    Command-Shift-4, then drag mouse over an area: Take screenshot of part of the screen and save it as a file on the desktop
    Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop

    Hold down control during any of the above and it will put the screenshot in the clipboard instead of a file.
     
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  3. 20rogersc, Jul 30, 2005

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    Theres quite a few threads on this already, so there might be a few other things to discover!

    I would reccomend a freeware app called SnapNDrag. It allows you take a snapshot of a selection, a window, or the whole screen with ease.

    ::20ROGERSC::
     
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  4. iindigo, Jul 30, 2005

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    If you're using Jaguar or Tiger (not Panther oddly) you can also use Grab for screenshots. It's in the Utilities folder inside of the Applications folder.
     
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  5. grapes911, Jul 30, 2005

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    I haven't used Panther since Tiger came out, but I'm pretty sure grab was included in Panther too.
     
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  6. iindigo, Jul 30, 2005

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    Nope it wasn't. For whatever odd reason Apple didn't include it with Panther
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  7. grapes911, Jul 30, 2005

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    This page makes it seem like it was. Are you sure you just didn't delete yours?
     
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  8. iindigo, Jul 30, 2005

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    It wasn't present on any of my Panther installations except ones upgrading from Jaguar - that's probably what this guy did.
     
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  9. tech4all, Jul 30, 2005

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    I know for a fact that Grab was with Panther as I used myself.
     
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  10. NEENAHBOY, Jul 30, 2005

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    As did I.
     
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  11. BurtonCCC, Jul 30, 2005

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    Well, thanks very much for answering my question. Don't know what I'd do without this site.

    Dan
     
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  12. mduser63, Jul 30, 2005

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    I switched with Panther (never used Jaguar or any version of Mac OS X before Panther), and Grab was most definitely included in Panther. In fact, I've still got a machine (the PM G5 in my sig) that has a factory install of Panther on it, and it's got Grab.
     
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