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The following methods use Terminal to change the default file format and location where the screenshot is saved from the graphic user interface.

In Mac OS X 5 (Leopard) or more recent, the following keys can be held down when selecting an area (with either Command-Shift-4 or Command-Control-Shift-4): Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click on a window: Take a screenshot of a selected window and save it to the clipboard.Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard.Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen and save it to the clipboard.Command-Shift-4, then space, then click on a window: Take a screenshot of a selected window and save it as a file on the desktop.

Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop.Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the entire screen and save it as a file on the desktop.With Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) the default name changes to “Screen shot YYYY-MM-DD at HH.MM.SS XM”, where YYY=year, MM=month, DD=day, HH=hour, MM=minute, SS=second, and XM = either AM or PM. If you have multiple monitors connected, each monitor is saved as a separate picture, named “Picture 1”, “Picture 1(2)”, “Picture 1(3)”, etc. Command-Shift-3 takes a screenshot of the screen and saves it as a file to the desktop under the name of “Picture 1” (or next available number if there are already screenshots saved there). The normal method for obtaining a screen capture is through the graphic user interface. Screencapture creates an image of the screen or a portion of the screen.

This subchapter looks at screencaptures, a Mac OS X-only command.