Macbook - Screenshot

dg.dave · dg.dave #1 (**permalink**)

03-17-2007, 12:32 PM

Hi, can anyone help me telling me how can i take screenshots wit my Macbook, specially when im playing video games (like WoW or Warcraft III)?

Martin. · Martin. #2 (**permalink**)

03-17-2007, 01:04 PM

apple-shift-3

schweb · schweb #3 (**permalink**)

03-17-2007, 01:07 PM

Searching the forum will provide you with many answers, including this sticky thread:

Often forgot screenshot method...

Stretch · Stretch #4 (**permalink**)

03-17-2007, 02:05 PM

Look in the game settings, some games, I know WoW does, has a specific key set up for screen shots.

D3v1L80Y · D3v1L80Y #5 (**permalink**)

03-17-2007, 02:08 PM

NOTE: Not a hardware issue. Moving to proper software forum

ambivalent · ambivalent #6 (**permalink**)

03-17-2007, 02:10 PM

with WoW on a mac it is F13

MartinS · MartinS #7 (**permalink**)

03-18-2007, 05:27 AM

I use a handy widget called screenshot plus. Search for it on the Apple website.

NanoBite · NanoBite #8 (**permalink**)

03-18-2007, 05:31 AM

Shift+Command+3 = screenshot

Shift+Command+4 = crosshair to select user defined area.

Shift+Command+4 ... then hit the spacebar, then click the mouse = camera icon appears. Move it over any icon, window or image to take a screenshot and then click.

yogi · yogi #9 (**permalink**)

03-18-2007, 05:53 AM

Pulse, OMG !!! That's brilliant! Never knew the camera thing! I'm .... gawd I'm gonna explode.

NanoBite · NanoBite #10 (**permalink**)

03-18-2007, 05:57 AM

You're having me on ... yogi!

yogi · yogi #11 (**permalink**)

03-18-2007, 05:59 AM

BTW, I couldn't rep you for that post because I have to spread some before I give you again...

kgeier82 · kgeier82 #12 (**permalink**)

03-18-2007, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pulse-8

Shift+Command+3 = screenshot

Shift+Command+4 = crosshair to select user defined area.

Shift+Command+4 ... then hit the spacebar, then click the mouse = camera icon appears. Move it over any icon, window or image to take a screenshot and then click.

wow! camera!

mac57 · mac57 #13 (**permalink**)

03-18-2007, 01:38 PM

...and don't forget that Preview will also take screen and/or window shots. Start up Preview and Select File -> Grab. It will even take a timed sequence of screen shots. Pretty neat.

kurt · kurt #14 (**permalink**)

09-27-2007, 10:55 AM

I heard the shutter click when I captured my screen shot, but neither control V nor paste seem to place it in my Pages document.

jasonrhodes · jasonrhodes #15 (**permalink**)

07-24-2008, 05:09 PM

kurt --

You're probably long gone but others searching for this answer may want to know. When Macs take a screenshot they don't copy it to the clipboard, they just save it as a .png on your desktop.

You can copy to clipboard by adding the "Control" button to any of the above button combinations. (ie Cmd + Ctrl + 3)

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dg.dave #1 (permalink)
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NanoBite #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 27, 2005 Posts: 4,714	03-18-2007, 05:31 AM Shift+Command+3 = screenshot Shift+Command+4 = crosshair to select user defined area. Shift+Command+4 ... then hit the spacebar, then click the mouse = camera icon appears. Move it over any icon, window or image to take a screenshot and then click.
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Member Since: Jan 14, 2005 Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland Posts: 1,973 Mac Specs: iMac Core i5, iPad, iPhone 4	03-18-2007, 05:59 AM BTW, I couldn't rep you for that post because I have to spread some before I give you again... If you liked this post, consider using the Reputation System.
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Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,553 Mac Specs: iMac 27" 3.4 GHz, 256 GB SSD, 2 TB HDD, 8 GB RAM	03-18-2007, 01:38 PM ...and don't forget that Preview will also take screen and/or window shots. Start up Preview and Select File -> Grab. It will even take a timed sequence of screen shots. Pretty neat. My Macs: iMac 27" 3.4 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, G4 Cube, 1.2 GHz Upgrade My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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kurt #14 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 27, 2007 Posts: 1	09-27-2007, 10:55 AM I heard the shutter click when I captured my screen shot, but neither control V nor paste seem to place it in my Pages document. Last edited by kurt; 09-27-2007 at 10:58 AM. Reason: resolved the issue - I saw the png file on my desktop
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jasonrhodes #15 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 24, 2008 Posts: 1	07-24-2008, 05:09 PM kurt -- You're probably long gone but others searching for this answer may want to know. When Macs take a screenshot they don't copy it to the clipboard, they just save it as a .png on your desktop. You can copy to clipboard by adding the "Control" button to any of the above button combinations. (ie Cmd + Ctrl + 3)
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