Name
Screenshots
Synopsis
- Take a screenshot of everything on my display?
Shift-
-3
- Take a screenshot of a certain portion of my display?
Shift-
-4; the mouse pointer will change to a set of crosshairs, which you can use to drag-select the area you desire
- Quickly take a screenshot of just the Dock without taking a screenshot of the entire display?
Shift-
-4-Spacebar (this will change the pointer from a set of crosshairs to a camera) → move the camera over the Dock (the Dock will become gray, as if it were selected) → click the mouse button
- Convert a PDF screenshot into a JPEG image?
Applications → Preview → File → Open → select the file and click on the Open button → File → Export → Format → select JPEG from the pull-down menu → click on the Save button
- Take a screenshot of the topmost window, including its shadow?
Shift-
-4; position the crosshairs outside the upper-left corner of the window and drag-select the window, including its drop shadow
- Take a screenshot and copy it to the pasteboard without actually creating a screenshot file?
Shift-Control-
-3 to take a screenshot of the entire display, or ...
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