Here's a summary of all the keyboard shortcuts you can use to capture your screen in Mac OS X. Entire screen: To capture the entire screen, press Command-Shift-3. The screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop with the filename starting with “Picture” followed by a number, example Picture 1, Picture 2, and so. Take your Mac to the stage with a full-screen interface optimized for live performance, flexible hardware control, and a massive collection of plug-ins and sounds that are fully compatible with Logic Pro. Learn more about MainStage. Screen Commander is a simple utility that lives in your menu bar and provides screen blanking options at the click of your mouse. You may want to check out more Mac applications, such as Air Force Commander, Minute Commander or Boss Screen Pro, which might be similar to Screen Commander.
Multiplex a physical terminal between several processes (typically interactive shells).
When screen is called, it creates a single window with a shell in it (or the specified command) and then gets out of your way so that you can use the program as you normally would.
To take a screenshot of your entire screen, press Command+Shift+3. Press all three keys at once and your Mac’s desktop will flash, you’ll hear a camera sound, and the screenshot will appear on your desktop as a.png file. Take a Screenshot of Part of Your Screen. To take a screenshot of part of your screen, press Command+Shift+4 instead. This is from the troubleshooting section of the mod page: This has been tested to be working with GTW, OR and the patch released September 24,2015 – PC Version 1. / Mac Version 1.
Then, at any time, you can:
Create new (full-screen) windows with other programs in them (including more shells)
Kill existing windows
View a list of windows
Switch between windows - all windows run their programs completely independent of each other. Programs continue to run when their window is currently not visible and even when the whole screen session is detached from the user's terminal.
To start screen automatically at login, set your .profile file to read:
Full Screen On Macbook Air
exec screen
The interactive commands above assume the default key bindings. You can modify screen’s settings by creating a ~/.screenrc file in your home directory. This can change the default keystrokes, bind function keys F11, F12 or even set a load of programs/windows to run as soon as you start screen.
Attaching and Detaching
Once you have screen running, switch to any of the running windows and type Control-a d. this will detach screen from this terminal. Now, go to a different machine, open a shell, ssh to the machine running screen (the one you just detached from), and type: % screen -r
This will reattach to the session. Just like magic, your session is back up and running, just like you never left it.
Exiting screen completely
Screen will exit automatically when all of its windows have been killed.
Close whatever program is running or type `Exit ' to exit the shell, and the window that contained it will be killed by screen. (If this window was in the foreground, the display will switch to the previous window)
Screen Man Page
When none are left, screen exits.
This page is a summary of the options available, type man screen for more.
“Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional” ~ Motto of the Silver Screen Saddle Pals
Related macOS commands:
tset - Select your terminal type.
infocmp - compare or print out terminfo descriptions.
exit - Exit the shell.
nohup - Run a command immune to hangups.
screen FAQ - Jürgen Weigert.
kickstart - Configure Apple Remote Desktop.
tmux - A terminal multiplexer much like screen, create and access multiple terminals from a single screen.
Byobu - An open source text-based window manager and terminal.
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How to take a screenshot on your Mac
- To take a screenshot, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 3.
- If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.
How to capture a portion of the screen
- Press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 4.
- Drag the crosshair to select the area of the screen to capture. To move the selection, press and hold Space bar while dragging. To cancel taking the screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key.
- To take the screenshot, release your mouse or trackpad button.
- If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.
How to capture a window or menu
- Open the window or menu that you want to capture.
- Press and hold these keys together: Shift, Command, 4, and Space bar. The pointer changes to a camera icon . To cancel taking the screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key.
- Click the window or menu to capture it. To exclude the window's shadow from the screenshot, press and hold the Option key while you click.
- If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.
Where to find screenshots
By default, screenshots save to your desktop with the name ”Screen Shot [date] at [time].png.”
In macOS Mojave or later, you can change the default location of saved screenshots from the Options menu in the Screenshot app. You can also drag the thumbnail to a folder or document.
Learn more
- In macOS Mojave or later, you can also set a timer and choose where screenshots are saved with the Screenshot app. To open the app, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 5. Learn more about the Screenshot app.
- Some apps, such as the Apple TV app, might not let you take screenshots of their windows.
- To copy a screenshot to the Clipboard, press and hold the Control key while you take the screenshot. You can then paste the screenshot somewhere else. Or use Universal Clipboard to paste it on another Apple device.