Print screen for Mac laptops: How?

[Sky King]

I have the same OS on my laptop as you do, Oakleaf, but I am not a hard core Mac user! shift-command-3 produces a camera sound on my laptop and the screenshot file is saved on the desktop. Perhaps the defaults have been changed in yours? You can check them opening System Preferences > Keyboard.

OMG, I inherited my Apple notebook from my DH 3 years ago (yes it is an antique) but I love it and I Never Knew that! I have always used the Preview screen and done the grab selection feature. Leave it to TE to educate!!

Thanks

[pll]

The preview allows you to crop... I usually go that route (over saving only a selection with shift-command-4), because in preview you can adjust the margins of the crop box at your leisure. Being 'mouse-impaired', that's a useful feature to me.

[laura*]

A little caveat: The screen capture ability is disabled when certain protected content is on screen. Notably, if you are watching an uncracked DVD movie, you won't be able to capture images from the movie.