Print Screen/Take A Screenshot Key?

[BurtonCCC]

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

 

[HexMonkey]

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.

 

[20rogersc]

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::

 

[iindigo]

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.

 

[grapes911]

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.

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

 

[iindigo]

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

Nope it wasn't. For whatever odd reason Apple didn't include it with Panther
😕

 

[grapes911]

Nope it wasn't. For whatever odd reason Apple didn't include it with Panther
😕

This page makes it seem like it was. Are you sure you just didn't delete yours?

 

[iindigo]

This page makes it seem like it was. Are you sure you just didn't delete yours?

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

 

[tech4all]

I know for a fact that Grab was with Panther as I used myself.

 

[NEENAHBOY]

I know for a fact that Grab was with Panther as I used myself.

As did I.

 

[BurtonCCC]

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

Dan

 

[mduser63]

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.