Developer(s) Apple Computer Type screen capture | Operating system | |
Stable release 1.9 / May 6, 2016; 10 months ago (2016-05-06) Website www.apple.com/osx/apps/ | ||
Grab is an application created by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X, used to take screenshots. Grab is also present in OS X's progenitors NeXTSTEP and OpenStep. It supports capturing a marquee selection, whole window, whole screen, and timed screen. Grab can be found in the Utilities folder under Applications, or by typing in /Applications/Utilities/Grab.app in Finder. The Grab utility can also be found in the Finder as a menu item by selecting "Services", then going to "Grab". The only image format for screenshots taken by Grab is TIFF. It can also be found using the Spotlight function (keyboard shortcut CMD SPACE)
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This application is preinstalled on all recent Macintosh systems.
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As of Mac OS X v10.4, Preview now has a Grab submenu in the File menu, with selection, window and timed screen.
In Mac OS X, it is also possible to save screenshots directly to the Desktop in PDF format (earlier versions of OS X) or PNG format (later versions), using keystrokes shown below. For DRM reasons, it is not possible to use this software while DVD Player is open.
Grab helps determine the size of an element on the screen. By using the selection feature and capturing the screen, one can go to "Edit" > "Inspector" from the menu or press Cmd+1; a dialog box will appear with the dimensions of the selected area.