how do you get a screen grab of whatever's on your mac screen?

Question

I have a new mac but on my pc all i had to do was "print screen". Any mac users out there that can help?

Answer 1

Shortcuts for taking pictures of the screen
Use these shortcuts to take pictures of the screen in Mac OS X.

Action
Shortcut
Take a picture of the whole screen

⌘-Shift-3

Take a picture of part of the screen

⌘-Shift-4, then drag to select the area you want in the picture.

To cancel, press Escape.

Take a picture of a window, a menu, the menu bar, or the Dock.

Press ⌘-Shift-4, then press the Space bar. Move the pointer over the area you want so that it's highlighted, then click.

To drag to select the area instead, press the Space bar again. To cancel, press Escape.

Screen shots are saved as files on the desktop. If you want to put the screen shot in the Clipboard, rather than create a file, hold down the Control key when you press the other keys. You can then paste the picture into a document.

You can also take pictures of the screen using the Grab application (in the Utilities folder).

Some applications, such as DVD Player, may not let you take pictures of the screen.

Answer 2

Mac Screen Grabber

Answer 3

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RE:
how do you get a screen grab of whatever's on your mac screen?
I have a new mac but on my pc all i had to do was "print screen". Any mac users out there that can help?

Answer 4

Hit Apple (the key on either side of the space bar)/Shift and while holding them down hit 3 for a screen print of everything. To crop into a certain portion hit Apple/Shift and then 4. Then select the part you want to make a screen print of!

Answer 5

O'Reilly has a long article from Jan 2006 called "Mac OS X Screenshot Secrets" here:
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/01/01/mac-os-x-screenshot-secrets.html

In addition to the system commands already mentioned, there are 6 other mac programs available that provide additional options including: "Paparazzi!" which is free:

http://www.derailer.org/paparazzi/

Answer 6

The Gimp is very easy to use. Have you even tried the tutorials? All editing packages work in much the same way, so you're going to have to spend a little time learning.