An untitled image appears.Ĭlick “File” from the Grab menu, and then click “Print.” Click the “Printer” drop-down menu, then click the printer you want to use, and then click “Print” to print the untitled screenshot of your Mac.Ĭlick “File” from the Grab menu and then click “Save” if you want to save the screenshot to your Mac’s hard drive. Click and drag the section of the screen that you want to make an image of. Grab displays an unnamed screenshot showing just the window you chose.Ĭlick “Grab” and then click “Selection” when you want to capture a selection of the screen. On some machines (iMacs, iBooks), Mac OS 9 detects the colour of the casing and starts with the matching desktop colour theme (here: original Bondi Blue iMac). Mac OS 9 starts with Mac OS Setup Assistant, letting the users configure basic system settings.
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See Apple’s How to take a screenshot on your Mac Markup, share, and save for more details. The screenshot has an extra border ( remove). An untitled image appears.Ĭlick “Capture” from the Grab menu, click “Window,” click “Choose Window” and then click the window of an application from which you want to grab a screenshot. In Mac OS X version 10.14 Mojave, when taking a screenshot a thumbnail is displayed for a few seconds before the file is created. Click “Capture” from the Grab menu, then click “Screen,” and then click anywhere on the screen to capture the image of your Mac’s entire screen. If you do not want to capture the whole screen on Mac, press the Command, Shift and 4 keys at the same time on your Mac keyboard, Mac OS X turns the cursor into.