by I’ve had reason to capture rather a lot of screen shots in recent weeks and find the following Mac keyboard shortcuts very useful:
| Shortcut | Description |
| Command-Shift-3 | Captures entire desktop (saved as PNG file on desktop) |
| Command-Ctrl-Shift-3 | Copies entire desktop (saved to your paste buffer) |
| Command-Shift-4 | Captures portion of desktop (saved as PNG file on desktop) |
| Command-Shift-4 + Spacebar | Captures current window (saved as PNG file on desktop |
There are lots of other variations on the above, which are described nicely here.