Taking ScreenshotsTaking screenshots on your Mac is quick and easy. Once you have a screenshot, you can add it to a document, presentation, email, etc. There are two different types of screenshots, this guide will detail how to create them.

To take a screenshot of your entire screen, hold Command, Shift, and the number 3 on your keyboard. You will hear a snapshot sound, and the file will be placed on your desktop called “Scree Shot...(the date and time)”. It is a .png file, which is an image file you can manipulate the same way you would any .jpg. You can click and drag it into a Keynote, Pages document, add it to iPhoto or iMovie, or email it.

To take a screenshot of a portion of your screen, hold Command, Shift, and the number 4 on your keyboard. Your mouse will turn into a crosshair-like symbol, and you can click and drag around what you would like as a screenshot. Once you let go of the click and drag, you will hear the snapshot sound, and the file will be placed on your desktop the same way as above.

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Matt Ritter | mritter@stsd.org revised 9/24/13 | Version 1.0