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Capturing a screenshot on a mac

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One of the things I noticed when using my mac is that there is no “print screen” key like on a pc keyboard.

No fear, to create a screenshot of your desktop, simply hold the apple key + shift and press the number 3. A screenshot image will be created and saved straight to your desktop in png format!

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3 Responses to “Capturing a screenshot on a mac”

  1. christab Says:

    or if you want cross hairs command shift 4 and you will see cross hairs to copy only what you want.

  2. Ben Says:

    Hi christab, cool. I didn’t know you could do that. That’s excellent! I’ll be using that one instead of copying the whole screen in future.

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