Taking pictures in Apple Mac OSX operating system is quite simple. There is a keyword combination for each time of capture. The combinations for taking screenshots are:
Combination Result
Command+Shift+3 - Capture entire screen and save as a file
Command+Control+Shift+3 - Capture entire screen and copy to the clipboard
Command+Shift+4 - Capture dragged area and save as a file
Command+Control+Shift+4 - Capture dragged area and copy to the clipboard
Command+Shift+4 then Space bar - Capture a window, menu, desktop icon, or the menu bar and save as a file
Command+Control+Shift+4 then Space bar - Capture a window, menu, desktop icon, or the menu bar and copy to the clipboard
In the new era of macintosh operating systems, mac osx ten every version of it like ( Jaguar, Panther, Ceetha, Tiger & Leopard ) saves the screenshots in diferents extensions. For example in Mac OSX Tiger the screenshots are saved in .png format
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