1. Click on the Finder icon in the Dock.
2. Select Macintosh Applications.
3. Open the Utilities Folder and double-click on
the Grab icon.
4. In Grab, select the Capture Menu, and choose
one of the following options to take a screen shot.
a. Selection - This option will allow you to click and drag around the area you want to capture.
5. Once the captured image appears in a new window, from the Grab File menu, choose Edit then Copy.
- Once you choose this option, the Selection, Grab pop-up window will appear.
- To the left of your mouse pointer, a little box with numbers, indicating the coordinates of where you are pointing, will appear.
- Click and drag the mouse over the area of the screen you want to capture.
- As soon as you release the mouse, the captured screen will appear in a new window.
The image below is an example of a screen captured using the Selection option.
b. Screen - This selection will capture the entire screen.c. Timed Screen -This selection will give you 10 seconds to arrange the screen as you want it to be captured.
Once you select this option, you will see a pop-up window. Timed Screen tells you the screen will be captured in 10 seconds. To capture the screen, arrange the screen to capture your image. Wait for Grab to take a screen shot.