Screen grab on a Mac using other keyboard

Posted on November 8, 2008
Filed Under Apple, Software |

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I have been using a Mac for awhile but it is not until recently that I discovered how to change the Print Screen shortcut on my Mac. I had to change the shortcut because I am not using a Mac keyboard. Instead I am using a Windows keyboard from my older PC whose motherboard fried when the power supply went faulty…but that is another story.

To setup or change keyboard shortcut on a Mac, go to System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse

Then double-click on the shortcut you would like to change and press the key you would like to change to. In the example below, I have changed “Save picture of screen as a file” from the default Mac shortcut key to F13 which is the Print Screen key on my PC keyboard. So everytime I hit F13, it will capture the screenshot and save it as a png file on my Mac desktop.