If you ever wondered how to take a screenshot on a Mac, here’s a comprehensive guide of not only how to do it, but every option available to you from Apple and third-party apps.
We must love our Mac screens. Apple gives us five ways to take screenshots or screen grabs of them, each with options. There are at least as many other third-party apps that will do exactly the same thing.
Or rather, not quite exactly. Each option of Apple’s and each third-party app does this grabbing of your screen in slightly different ways. The principle is always the same, but it’s the method you use and and precisely what results you get that make the difference.
It makes the difference over whether it’s worth paying for an app or just using Apple’s built-in options. And it makes a difference, too, over just what you can then use the images for. You’ll always be able to take an image and work on it in, say, Photoshop or Pixelmator Pro, but many of the screen grab tools available will let you work directly on the screenshot.
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