taking a screenshot

[simmorya]

how can i take a snapshot of my desktop and send it to someone? any help would be great :)

thanks in advance

[Gary_Player]

Apple > System Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts > Capture Screen to file

Whatever that keyboard shortcut is. I changed mine to cmd+F12 and i'm not sure what the default is...i just remember it kinda sucked so i changed

EDIT: the default is cmd+shift+3

[yayo]

cmd + shift + 3 will .pdf it

cmd + ctrl + shift + 3 will capture to memory

You can always customise the keyboard shortcuts.

[PureLogic]

cmd + shift + 4 Let's you select parts of the screen. If you hit the spacebar in that mode you will select stuff by screen, icon etc.

There was a whole explanation on the Apple support site but can't find it anymore. :(

[macman87]

There was a whole explanation on the Apple support site but can't find it anymore. :(

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Try Help built into Mac OS X. Its quite helpful ;)

[toastyghost]

One of my favourite Tiger features is that screenshots now default to .png and not .pdf. No more silly exporting.

[prz]

One of my favourite Tiger features is that screenshots now default to .png and not .pdf. No more silly exporting.

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This is true, but I wish it was JPEG quality 10, iChat direct-connect image showing doesn't support PNG. :rolleyes:

[Elliott]

This is true, but I wish it was JPEG quality 10, iChat direct-connect image showing doesn't support PNG.?:rolleyes::

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It does in Tiger (and I believe, with 10.3.8 or 10.3.9, in Panther as well).;))

[prz]

It does, yes, by file send, but not direct-image in the window.

[divinatum]

in 10.4 it does