There is one important difference between using Preview and the keyboard shortcuts, however.
From Window: Command-Shift–4, then the Spacebar.These options correspond to the keyboard shortcuts for taking screenshots: Here you’ll see three options: “From Selection, From Window, and From Entire Screen.” Then, in Preview’s menu bar, go to File > Take Screen Shot. On Episode 425, listener Scott let us know about a great tip for using Apple’s Preview app to take screenshots in OS X 10.4 and later.įirst, open Preview, located in your Applications folder. Thankfully, the Mac Geek Gab audience has come through with a solution. For some users, however, keyboard shortcuts are hard to remember, especially if screenshots are taken infrequently.
There are several ways to take screenshots within Apple’s OS X, and we’ve covered the keyboard shortcuts for each method before.
