- Command-Shift-3 - Full screenshot to a file (png) on the desktop.
- Command-Shift-4 - Take a copy of a part of the screen selected via a crosshair mouse cursor and save it to a file on the desktop.
If you want to take a picture of a single window, menu or icon: Select it, use Command-Shift-4 and when you see the crosshair press the spacebar. The mouse changes to a camera and you can simply hover over the thing you want an image of and click.