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To take screenshots on a Macintosh¹ is pretty easy and there are several available methods of doing it. We have prepared a summary of several simple ways, so that you can use the most suitable one.

Methods of Taking Screenshots on a Mac

Here they are:

• If you need to get the picture of the whole desktop, just press <Command-Shift-3>. The screenshot is saved in PNG.
• A part of the desktop can be captured with the help of combination <Command-Shift-4>. You will have to select the necessary area by moving a cursor. It will be a PNG file too.
• A picture of an application window on a Mac is taken by <Command-Shift-4-Spacebar>. You will see the cursor in the form of a camera, which will highlight the window.
• You can also use the Grab utility, which can be found in Applications - Utilities. It has a user friendly interface, so you will not have any problems with it. There are four basic modes in the program: Selection (captures specific region), Window (takes the picture of the selected window), Screen (takes the whole screen), and Timed Screen (captures the screen after ten seconds).
• There are also many other convenient programs for taking screenshots on a Macintosh: Constrictor (Mac), TechSmith Snagit, iShowYou (Mac), Paparazzi (Mac), ScreenRecord (Mac), Screentool (Mac), etc.

Tips on Capturing Screenshots

These pieces of advice will help you to get better screenshots:

• Give preference to GIF² format, because pictures in it compress and look better.
• Never reduce pixel dimensions.
• Before resizing GIF files, the mode should be converted to RGB.

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