How to Take Screenshots of Screen Savers in Mac OS X

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<p>If you’ve tried to take a screenshot of a screen saver before, you’ve noticed that the keyboard shortcuts disturb the screensaver and wake the Mac up. The secret to taking screen shots of a running screen saver is to use the “Test” button while holding down half of the key sequence, here’s how:</p>

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<li>Open System Preferences from the  Apple menu and click on “Desktop and Screen Saver”</li>

<li>Click the “Screen Saver” tab, and select the screen saver you want to capture a picture of</li>

<li>Hold down the Command+Shift keys, then click on “Test”</li>

<li>While still holding Command+Shift, press the “3″ key to complete the sequence, then let go of all keys</li>

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<p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/screenshot-screensaver.jpg" alt="Take a screenshot of a screen saver" title="screenshot-screensaver" width="620" height="338" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26076" /></p>

<p>The screenshot will appear on the desktop as usual.</p>

<p>Another approach is to take a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/01/take-a-timed-screen-shot-in-mac-os-x/">timed screen shot</a> using Grab or the command line, but the “test” method is usually quicker.</p>

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Here’s the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/15/play-music-from-the-itunes-artwork-screen-saver/">interactive iTunes screen saver</a>

<img alt="iTunes Cover Art Screen Saver" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/itunes-cover-art-music-player-screensaver.jpg" title="iTunes cover at screen saver" class="aligncenter" width="620" height="388" /></p>

<p>And the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/14/flip-clock-screensaver/">Fliqlo flip clock</a>

<img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/flip-clock.jpg" alt="Flip Clock Screensaver" title="flip-clock" width="620" height="319" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26078" /></p>

<p><em>Thanks for the tip idea Yuan</em></p>

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