Staff, desktop support, faq, Screen shot, macintosh
How to take a screen shot and save it as a picture on a Macintosh
Click on
Finder >
Applications >
Utilities and look for a program called
Grab.
Open the
Grab application. You will see the menus shown, but no windows will open.
Click on
Capture >
Screen, or just use the keyboard command
Apple key + Z. A window will pop up telling you where to click, and letting you know that the window will not appear in the shot.
When you've taken your screen shot, the snapshot will appear in a new little window of its own. When this window is selected, you will be able to "
Save", or "
Save As" with a new name to a more appropriate location if you want to - but it can only be saved as a .tiff file. The file is not automatically saved.