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Grab

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Availability: Mac Labs  |  Built in to Mac OS
Comparable: Snipping Tool

Grab is an application created by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X that is used to take screenshots.  It supports capturing a marquee selection, whole window, whole screen, and timed screen.

This application is pre-installed on all recent Macintosh systems.  It can be found using the Spotlight function (keyboard shortcut: CMD SPACE) or in the Utilities folder under Applications.  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.