macOS system has already made itself simply to take screenshots of your Mac screen by default. It doesn’t matter you are working with Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Yosemite, OS X EI Capitan or any versions of macOS.
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How to take a screenshot on Mac OS X Mavericks
Method 1: Using Preview App
You can see this video tutorial below to know how to take a screenshot on your Mac.
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Hold down the Command + Shift + 3: To take a screenshot of the entire screen, and save it as a .png file to the desktop.
Hold down the Command + Shift + 4: The selection box will appear so you can select an area to take a screenshot of and then save it as a .png file to Desktop or Pictures folder.
Hold down the Command + Shift + 4 and then press Spacebar: To takes a screenshot of a window only and saves it as a file to the desktop.
Hold down the Command + Control + Shift + 3: To take a screenshot of the whole screen, and it will save to the clipboard for pasting into any application.
Hold down the Command + Control + Shift + 4: To take a screenshot of selection and the screenshot will save to the clipboard for pasting into any application.
Hold down the Command + Control + Shift + 4 and then Press Spacebar: Takes a screenshot of a window of apps which is opened and saves it to the clipboard for pasting into any application which you want.
See more: To change the format of image files, you can see this article.
