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Q: Instructions for "Take a screenshot of a window" need to be fixed.

The cursor doesn't change to a camera pointer until after you hit spacebar.

The text "You'll see that your cursor changes to a camera pointer" should be moved to the end of step 2.

Screen Shot 2015-09-16 at 11.49.31 AM.png

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Sep 16, 2015 11:55 AM

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Q: Instructions for "Take a screenshot of a window" need to be fixed.

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  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Sep 16, 2015 1:09 PM in response to kuba
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    Mac OS X
    Sep 16, 2015 1:09 PM in response to kuba

    Pressing shift-command-4 always changes the pointer to a cross-hair — unless you are doing this in a screen-sharing session. Under those circumstances, a normal pointer remains on the screen-shared window, and the cross-hair pointer is actually on the source machine display, where you will have to complete the capture.

     

    Items 2 and 3 need to be reversed — the undragged cross-hair must be hovering over what you want to capture — before pressing the Spacebar. Once the object is highlighted, it can finally be captured with a left-button, or trackpad click.

  • by Hiroto,Helpful

    Hiroto Hiroto Sep 19, 2015 11:00 AM in response to kuba
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    Sep 19, 2015 11:00 AM in response to kuba

    Hello

     

    You're right. The correction should be something like this:

     

    1. Press Command (⌘)-Shift-4. You'll see that your cursor changes to a crosshair pointer.

     

    2. Press the Space bar. You'll see that your cursor changes to a camera pointer.

     

    3. Move the camera pointer over the window to highlight it.

     

    4. Click your mouse or trackpad. Or to cancel, press Escape (esc) before you click.

     

    5. Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.

     

     

    But I doubt starting a discussion thread here is effective. Instead you may choose "No" in "Helpful?" link at the end of the article:

     

    https://support.apple.com/HT201361

     

     

    which will show a text field where you can input your feedback, and provide the correction there.

     

    Regards,

    H

  • by kuba,

    kuba kuba Sep 19, 2015 10:59 AM in response to VikingOSX
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    Sep 19, 2015 10:59 AM in response to VikingOSX

    VikingOSX wrote:

     

    Items 2 and 3 need to be reversed — the undragged cross-hair must be hovering over what you want to capture — before pressing the Spacebar. Once the object is highlighted, it can finally be captured with a left-button, or trackpad click.

    You don't have to do it this way. You can press the spacebar and then move over the window you want to capture.

  • by kuba,

    kuba kuba Sep 19, 2015 11:00 AM in response to Hiroto
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    Mac OS X
    Sep 19, 2015 11:00 AM in response to Hiroto

    Hiroto wrote:

     

    But I doubt starting a discussion thread here is effective. Instead you may choose "No" in "Helpful?" link at the end of the article:

     

    https://support.apple.com/HT201361

     

     

    which will show a text field where you can input your feedback, and provide the correction there.

     

    I just did this. Thanks for the tip.

  • by t quinn,

    t quinn t quinn Sep 19, 2015 9:23 PM in response to kuba
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    Mac OS X
    Sep 19, 2015 9:23 PM in response to kuba

    Hi kuba,

     

    I generally use the crosshairs to capture only a part of my screen or window.

    cmd-shift-4 then click and drag. capture happens on release.

     

    Wayne did a nice user tip here   How to Post a screenshot to the Apple Discussion Forums

     

    quinn