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MacOS Productivity Keyboard Shortcuts (DRAFT) by

MacOS \ OS X keyboard shortcuts

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Icon meanings

⇧ - Shift key
^ - Control key
⌥ - Alt-Option key
⌘ - Command key

In-built capture

Entire screen (to file)
⇧ ⌘ 3
Section of screen (to file)
⇧ ⌘ 4
Entire screen (to clipboard)
⇧ ^ ⌘ 3
Section of screen (to clipboard)
⇧ ^ ⌘ 4
Active window (to file)
⇧ ⌘ 3 [space] [click mouse or trackpad]
Active menu (to file)
[open menu]
⇧ ^ ⌘ 3 [space] [click mouse or trackpad]
Active window (to clipboard)
⇧ ⌘ 3 [space] [click mouse or trackpad]
Active menu (to clipboard)
[open menu]
⇧ ^ ⌘ 4 [space] [click mouse or trackpad]
Change screen shot file location (eg ~/Pict­ure­s/S­cre­ens­hots)
mkdir ~/Pict­ure­s/S­cre­enshots

defaults write com.ap­ple.sc­ree­nca­pture location ~/Pict­ure­s/S­cre­enshots

killall System­UIS­erver


Reset back to default location
defaults write com.ap­ple.sc­ree­nca­pture location ~/Desktop/

killall System­UIS­erver

Reference: http:/­/os­xda­ily.co­m/2­011­/01­/26­/ch­ang­e-t­he-­scr­een­sho­t-s­ave­-fi­le-­loc­ati­on-­in-­mac­-os-x/

Greenshot

Capture Area
⇧ ⌘ 1