{"id":4656,"date":"2008-05-26T12:59:13","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T12:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/apple\/?p=17"},"modified":"2009-09-14T04:27:13","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T04:27:13","slug":"capture-desktop-image-in-macosx-apple-macbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/capture-desktop-image-in-macosx-apple-macbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Capture Desktop Image in MacOSX Apple Macbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Operating System offers a print screen button which is useful for taking screenshots, but in case of Apple Macbook based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/category\/laptops\/\">laptops<\/a> you will keep searching for this &#8216;Print Screen&#8217; button which would help you in taking screenshots of a selected portion of your screen or complete desktop screenshot. If you take a screenshot in the windows operating system you need to paste the screenshot in any photo\/image editing software and save the images to your local hard disk drive.<\/p>\n<p>In case of MacOSX &amp; Leopard you wont need a image editing software to paste\/save the images because Macbook&#8217;s come with all the features preinstalled and you just need to click in some keyboard shortcuts and capture a screenshot of any selected portion or complete desktop and get the image directly saved on the desktop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/Images\/M\/Macbook-Screenshot-Shortcuts.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/Images\/M\/Macbook-Screenshot-Shortcuts.png?resize=497%2C156\" alt=\"Macbook Screenshot Capture Shortcuts\" width=\"497\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keyboard Shortcuts :<br \/>\nApple (Command) Key +Shift+3 : Allows you to take a screenshot of your complete Desktop and save the image file as a &#8216;Picture #&#8217; file name on your Mac Desktop, which you can later edit it if required using a image editing software.<br \/>\nApple (Command) Key +Shift+4 : Allows you to take a screenshot of a selected area of your desktop, you will be given with a mouse pointer using which you can select a limited area on your desktop and get the file saved on your desktop with the file name &#8216;Picture #&#8217;<br \/>\nApple (Command) Key +Shift+5 : Offers you with a option using which you can take a screenshot of any single application running on your laptop. This keyword combination would allow you to select a window to capture the screenshot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Operating System offers a print screen button which is useful for taking screenshots, but in case of Apple Macbook based laptops you will keep searching for this &#8216;Print Screen&#8217; button which would help you in taking screenshots of a selected portion of your screen or complete desktop screenshot. 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