Updated: 1/5/09; 8:07:22 PM

 Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Mac OS X: How to capture a window to the clipboard

In Mac OS X the screen shot key combinations are:
Mac OS X screen shot info





That's great but I don't want to marquee select a window each time for capture. Fortunately there is a simple answer. After you enter into the selected mode tap once on the keyboard space bar. The cursor will change from a cross-hair into a camera. Move the cursor into any window and a transparent blue will cover the window indicating that it is selected. Click once on the mouse and the visible window is saved or copied to the clipboard ready to paste into another application.

Remember, this is a screen capture of the visible selected window. Anything in the window that is off screen will not be recorded.

- Posted by Gary Secondino - 9:59:15 AM - trackback []