• What Is Snip It In Macs

There are three ways to create screenshots or screen captures on Windows 8.

Simple, fast and reliable snipping tool used to take a print screen on Mac. Free & premium version of snipping tool is available for Mac. Snipping tool is used to take a screenshot of a whole desktop or any active windows screen with few snipping tool shortcuts or clicks. The CloudApp Snipping Tool is available for Mac, iOS and Chrome. Downloading is quick and easy. Access the app from GetCloudApp above, from the Apple Store for Mac and iOS, or from the Chrome Webstore to add the extension to Chrome. Snipping tool is only included with Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista. If you can not find it, you can alternatively download the free tool Capture Screenshot lite which looks the same and works pretty much the same. Grab is a Mac Snipping Tool alternative that makes it possible to take screenshots of your screen and save them as image files. Just like Snipping Tool for Windows, Grab has several screen-capture modes, and it also supports keyboard shortcuts. Type 'Snipping Tool' and the Snipping Tool application should appear on the left. If you left click the icon it will automatically open in your desktop. If you right click the icon it will open a menu on the bottom portion of the screen. Actually there are many Snipping Tool alternative on Mac, such as the built-in Grab for Mac, it can be used to take screenshots on Mac, but it can automatically save screenshot in TIFF format. You need to use the 'Preview' app to change the format. Apr 26, 2015  The first Snipping Tool alternative for Mac that you can use is Apowersoft Mac Screenshot. This program is designed and created to fit in any device that runs on Mac OS X. This program is designed and created to fit in any device that runs on Mac OS X.

1. To locate this program from the tile menu hover over to the charms bar and click on the search tool or magnifying glass.
   
2. Type 'Snipping Tool' and the Snipping Tool application should appear on the left.
   
3. If you left click the icon it will automatically open in your desktop.
   1. If you right click the icon it will open a menu on the bottom portion of the screen.
      1. To pin the application to your tile menu click 'Pin to Start.'
      2. To pin the application to your task bar on your desktop click 'Pin to Taskbar.'
   
   
4. Once you have the snipping tool open there should be a window that looks like the image below.
   
5. When you click on 'new' your cursor becomes a set of cross hairs. You can now click, drag/draw and then release (the portion of the screen enclosed in the box shape will create a snapshot image). This image can be saved as a JPEG, PNG, or GIF file to whichever folder/location you choose.

Keyboard Shortcuts

1. Within any program or window you can use the following keyboard shortcut to save a screen capture of your entire screen
   1. Click and hold the following combinations of keys (Win + Prnt Scrn) until you see your screen flash, like taking a picture.
      1. Note: the 'Fn' key may be needed to invoke the 'Prnt Scrn' key on some keyboards.
      2. Note: the Windows key might not say 'Win' but rather may be the logo of the Microsoft flag.
         
2. After holding down these keys the image will automatically save in a folder called 'Screenshots' within your 'Picture' library.

Snipping Tool and Keyboard Shortcut Combination

What Is Snip It In Macs

1. With the Snipping Tool program open, instead of clicking 'New,' you can use the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + Prnt Scrn).
2. The cross hairs will appear instead of the cursor. You can click, drag/draw, and release to capture your image.