djByron [Dan Byron]husband, father, christian, musician & technophile ( but not a dj )

In Windows you can capture a screen shot by pressing Alt+Print Screen, but how do you do it in OS X? Turns out that it’s just as easy using one of two built-in utilities.

1. Native Screen shot in OS X Leopard

• Capture entire screen (or multiple screens if you have two or more displays) = Command-Shift-3
• Capture a region of the screen = Hold down Command-Shift-4 and drag cursor over the portion of the screen you want to capture

1. Use “Grab” utility that ships with Leopard

• Launch Grab ( Applications > Utilities folder > Grab )
• Use the “capture” menu found in the menu bar to capture a selection, a window or screen.
• Use the “file” menu in the menu bar to save the screen shot.

Of course there are numerious third party apps available of which skitch is my favorite (and it’s free too).