Capture Screenshot using the Keyboard or Terminal

To capture a screenshot on a OS X machine you use the keyboard or a terminal command.

 

Using the keyboard just enter the following key combination.

 

Full screenshot COMMAND + SHIFT + 3

Custom area screenshot: COMMAND + SHIFT + 4

 

From the terminal enter the following command

If you script this or run the command twice you need to choose a unique name for each time you run the command. You can use a command like this to generate a unique name for every screenshot.



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