Betty LaRue Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 On an iMac. I took the screen shot, then didn't know what to do. A box popped up offering to save to Dropbox. How can I save it to my desktop? I didn't even get to visualize the screen shot. All very mysterious. Action: I pressed the appropriate 3 keys, then all that happened was the offer to save to Dropbox. ??? Betty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Open your favorite image editing program. Choose new image; paste? wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Although I'm not on a Mac, if you want it on your desktop, I assume you can right click and hit paste. All screenshots are saved in your clipboard. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoDogue Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 On my Mac I just press Command+Shift+3 to get a full screen shot, or Command+Shift+4 which gives me a cursor where I can choose which portion to save. When I release the camera shutter sounds and it's automatically saved to the desktop as "Screen Shot (date and time) I don't use Drop Box and don't get any kind of option. Check your desktop and if it's not there then maybe there's some sort of Drop Box for Mac tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarsierspectral Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Betty, what keys did you press? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Betty, what keys did you press? Command, shift, 3. FotoDoug, I never thought to look on my cluttered desktop. I'll look. Don't know what you mean "when I release the camera" what camera? Using my fingers, lol. Sorry, I'm being stupid with the fingers remark. Still don't understand camera though. Command+Shift+4 sounds interesting. Jill, I think I did right click and nothing happened. But will try again to make sure. Wim, I'll fall back on that if nothing else works. Tomorrow. Thanks, y'all. Edit typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoDogue Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Betty, what keys did you press?Command, shift, 3. FotoDoug, I never thought to look on my cluttered desktop. I'll look. Don't know what you mean "when I release the camera" what camera? Using my fingers, lol. Sorry, I'm being stupid with the fingers remark. Still don't understand camera though. Command+Shift+4 sounds interesting. Jill, I think I did right click and nothing happened. But will try again to make sure. Wim, I'll fall back on that if nothing else works. Tomorrow. Thanks, y'all. Edit typo Maybe this will be clearer.... When I release the three keys, the computer makes a sound like a camera shutter, and the file is automatically saved to the desktop. The desktop folder is located on your internal hard drive. If the actual desktop is too cluttered to see it, just open a new finder window that you can sort alphabetically or according to time/date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 I looked on the desktop and hey, there it is! I guess the Dropbox thing threw me for a loop. I closed it out and assumed it didn't save. Gotcha on the camera sound. Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoDogue Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 You're welcome Betty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Sounds like you need to do a little tidying up of your desktop. It has its own preferences where it drops things. My imac likes to have its internal hard drive showing up in the top right hand corner with the backup drive icon just below it. If you can keep the next few spaces up there clear, that is where your next few screen grabs will pop up saving you the chore of hunting them down. They will just be labeled as screen-grabs with a date, so you need to rename them and move them to keep the space available. I much prefer the "command-shift 4" key-chain as it allows you to select just the bit you want to keep and results in a more recognizable image which is quite a bit smaller. Take control of your desktop is not a bad mantra. I will now go downstairs and help her indoors with how best to boil an egg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I will now go downstairs and help her indoors with how best to boil an egg OH! OH! Be careful. Her indoors might read this when you are out. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I use the app Grab that is on a Mac. It gives me a choice of screen or window or lets me select a section. As fotoDogue says, there is a sound and it is saved to the desktop I usually rename it also in Grab. I keep Grab on (in?) the Launchpad so I can grab it easily. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Sounds like you need to do a little tidying up of your desktop. It has its own preferences where it drops things. My imac likes to have its internal hard drive showing up in the top right hand corner with the backup drive icon just below it. If you can keep the next few spaces up there clear, that is where your next few screen grabs will pop up saving you the chore of hunting them down. They will just be labeled as screen-grabs with a date, so you need to rename them and move them to keep the space available. I much prefer the "command-shift 4" key-chain as it allows you to select just the bit you want to keep and results in a more recognizable image which is quite a bit smaller. Take control of your desktop is not a bad mantra. I will now go downstairs and help her indoors with how best to boil an egg I take offense to that! My desktop looks exactly like the bottom of my closet. I get on with that very well, since it only takes me 5 minutes to find the other shoe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Thanks for the heads-up as I'd never heard of the Windows snipping tool. Very handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I use the app Grab that is on a Mac. It gives me a choice of screen or window or lets me select a section. As fotoDogue says, there is a sound and it is saved to the desktop I usually rename it also in Grab. I keep Grab on (in?) the Launchpad so I can grab it easily. Paulette Many thanks for that Paulette. I had never seen or heard of the app called "Grab" before. Just checked and it is there so it is also now on my launchpad too. A greenie for you too. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoDogue Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I use the app Grab that is on a Mac. It gives me a choice of screen or window or lets me select a section. As fotoDogue says, there is a sound and it is saved to the desktop I usually rename it also in Grab. I keep Grab on (in?) the Launchpad so I can grab it easily. Paulette Paulette, You don't need a separate app. Screen shot is built into OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I use the app Grab that is on a Mac. It gives me a choice of screen or window or lets me select a section. As fotoDogue says, there is a sound and it is saved to the desktop I usually rename it also in Grab. I keep Grab on (in?) the Launchpad so I can grab it easily. Paulette Paulette, You don't need a separate app. Screen shot is built into OS X. Yes, but I would have to remember the keystrokes. My mind is pretty darn poor at something like that unless I am doing it every day. Grab sort of talks to me and gives me instructions and I can find it very easily. It has a catchy name so I don't forget it. We each have our ways. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Never heard of grab. Funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 It is in your Utilities. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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