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Comments: 11 Responses to “10 Variations On How To Take Screenshots On a Mac”
Antonello
2 days ago
Thanks you for great explanations (as always). I use Snagit to do screenshots. I especially like its ability to do a screen shot of a document (web or other) that expands over more than one page. Can Mac OS do that because that app is getting ridiculously expensive... Thanks again!
Antonello: Not sure what you mean by "expands over more than one page."
John Robinson
1 day ago
The suggestion to use Automator is appreciated. I never use Automator and the ability to assign actions to folders I had forgotten. Have you done an Automator video, or should I go to Shortcuts hereon?
John: Except for Folder Actions, Shortcuts is the way to go from now on.
Jak Grimm
1 day ago
There is also the very useful option with Command-Shift-4 - hover the cursor over a window (does not have to be on top), press Space, then mouse-click. It captures just the window.
Eric
24 hours ago
I find it useful to have the Screenshot app in the dock - it's easier than having to remember the less-than-intuitive keyboard shortcuts for invoking the various ways to take a screenshot.
Antonello
16 hours ago
Sorry Gary, my previous was not clear. Some times it is necessary to scroll down to see an entire Webpage. So to do the screenshot of the entire web page, one needs to do multiple screenshots ending up with multiple files. Snagit can do it in one single step and hence results in one single file. Is it possible to do that with Mac OS.
I do not see Preview as an option under shift-command-5. I am running Ventura 13.1. Is there a setting I need to fix to see this?
David Taenzer
8 hours ago
I figured out the problem with using Preview in the settings. I changed to capture the whole screen and the Preview option appeared. After I enabled it, it also appears when capturing a region. Quite strange.
Thanks you for great explanations (as always). I use Snagit to do screenshots. I especially like its ability to do a screen shot of a document (web or other) that expands over more than one page. Can Mac OS do that because that app is getting ridiculously expensive... Thanks again!
Antonello: Not sure what you mean by "expands over more than one page."
The suggestion to use Automator is appreciated. I never use Automator and the ability to assign actions to folders I had forgotten. Have you done an Automator video, or should I go to Shortcuts hereon?
John: Except for Folder Actions, Shortcuts is the way to go from now on.
There is also the very useful option with Command-Shift-4 - hover the cursor over a window (does not have to be on top), press Space, then mouse-click. It captures just the window.
I find it useful to have the Screenshot app in the dock - it's easier than having to remember the less-than-intuitive keyboard shortcuts for invoking the various ways to take a screenshot.
Sorry Gary, my previous was not clear. Some times it is necessary to scroll down to see an entire Webpage. So to do the screenshot of the entire web page, one needs to do multiple screenshots ending up with multiple files. Snagit can do it in one single step and hence results in one single file. Is it possible to do that with Mac OS.
Antonello: You mean just capture the entire webpage. See https://macmost.com/screen-capture-entire-web-pages-on-your-mac.html
I do not see Preview as an option under shift-command-5. I am running Ventura 13.1. Is there a setting I need to fix to see this?
I figured out the problem with using Preview in the settings. I changed to capture the whole screen and the Preview option appeared. After I enabled it, it also appears when capturing a region. Quite strange.
David: It will not appear when you select a recording option (QuickTime Player is there instead).