Screenshots the most easy way ?

OS X has a a few key combinations for screenshot functions. By the time I need to use them I will have forgotten those combinations, needing up to 4 fingers !

This is worse than the Windows keyboard, where we have a Screenshot key and a key for deleting charachters to the right of the cursor !

I wander which program is handy and easy for screenshots, + usual associated functions.


SKITCH cannot be used because it requires higher OS X version.
My version 10.6.8 is the highest I can use.
Thank you

Look under Applications ->Utilities and then there is a app call Grab. Atrnatively you can click a free space on your desktop and then Go ->Utilities and then Find Grab. You can drag it to your Dock.

Merel said:

OS X has a a few key combinations for screenshot functions. By the time I need to use them I will have forgotten those combinations, needing up to 4 fingers !

This is worse than the Windows keyboard, where we have a Screenshot key and a key for deleting charachters to the right of the cursor !

I wander which program is handy and easy for screenshots, + usual associated functions.

SKITCH cannot be used because it requires higher OS X version.
My version 10.6.8 is the highest I can use.
Thank you

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Well, I believe that a little learning is a good thing! I used Snag-It on Windows PCs for years and when I transitioned over to Apple in the spring of 2013, I felt 'what' will replace this program for us (wife loved it too) - WELL, there are plenty of options built into & offered by OS X, including:

Key Combinations - CMD-SHIFT-3 & CMD-SHIFT-4, especially the latter serves many of my purposes quite well, particularly after opening the screenshots in Preview; and these are easy to remember if used often.

Grab (as already mentioned) - part of the utilities offerings of OS X - now not used much by me, but a great feature is a 'timed' screenshot that allows one to open 'say' a menu item and put the cursor next to a selection - an excellent teaching tool.

Preview (what a versatile app!) - look at the attached pic - from the 'File' menu (w/ the app open in the Dock) you can select a variety of screen capture options.

SO, not sure that I need much more - thus, let us know your needs - your questions may have already been answered? Dave
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Merel said:

This is worse than the Windows keyboard, where we have a Screenshot key and a key for deleting charachters to the right of the cursor !

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Yes, there is a screenshot key on (old) Windows keyboards, but that only takes a shot of the entire screen. The Mac approach = SO much more refined and intuitive.

shift-command 3 for whole screen(s)
shift-command 4 for dragging a selected area
shift-command 4 and then space to select a specific window (with drop shadow)

Try each a few times and you'll be in the habit.

As for right-delete, I've very rarely needed this in my whole life (and I'm a professional writer), but function (fn)-delete serves that purpose. There are also keyboard commands for "home" and "end" since I suspect you'd want to know that as well.

chas_m said:

Yes, there is a screenshot key on (old) Windows keyboards, but that only takes a shot of the entire screen.

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Actually, Alt-Screen Print just does the active window.

Heh! Shows how long I've been out of the Windows loop, but I have to wonder how a button that says "Print Screen" and yet only takes a shot of the active window (a portion of the screen) could be considered "intuitive."

Anyway, shift-command (held down) 4 and then space (neither needs to be held down) duplicates that function.

chas_m said:

Heh! Shows how long I've been out of the Windows loop, but I have to wonder how a button that says "Print Screen" and yet only takes a shot of the active window (a portion of the screen) could be considered "intuitive."

Anyway, shift-command (held down) 4 and then space (neither needs to be held down) duplicates that function.

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Don't get me wrong, I much prefer my Mac to a Windows machine, but you can't convince me that but sequence you describe above is more intuitive than pressing two buttons, one of which is clearly labelled as 'print screen'...

No, I wasn't saying the Mac way was more intuitive. I was saying that "print screen" when in fact its only printing a window makes the button name a bit inaccurate.

Print Screen captures the entire screen.

I think someone stole my Print Screen button. Its no where on my keyboard

I use Jing. It's free and sits up there in the menu bar. It can record static images, portions of the screen, or do videos - and it has its own cloud storage so I can share the stuff easily. You can either set it up to work with a keystroke (I do Shift + Command + P), or you can use the mouse in one of several ways.

Not sure if it runs on 10.6, but it's free and has a nice little editor and is made by the same folks that make SnagIt, so it's got some decent bones under the hood.

TechSmith | Jing, Free Screenshot and Screencast Software

@cwa107, will it do multiple monitors as one image? Currently OSX spits out two images I have to seam together each time..

cwa107 said:

I use Jing. It's free and sits up there in the menu bar.....

Not sure if it runs on 10.6, but it's free and has a nice little editor and is made by the same folks that make SnagIt, so it's got some decent bones under the hood.

TechSmith | Jing, Free Screenshot and Screencast Software

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Thanks Cwa107 for the suggestion & link above - wife & I were big Snag-It users when on Windows - will get her to look @ my previous post in this thread and if those 'built-in' OS options don't make her happy, I'll put Jing on her iMac - Dave