Tag Archives: Mac OSX

Mac OSX Screenshots – Keyboard Shortcuts

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Here they are, plain & simple!

  • Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop
  • Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop
  • Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop
  • Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it to the clipboard
  • Command-Control-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it to the clipboard
  • Command-Control-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it to the clipboard
Jason Vigus

Apple OSX: How to clear your DNS cache with flushdns via command line

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Apple flushdns tool

Apple flushdns tool

DNS requests are usually cached, this is great as it speeds up the lookups on your machine. Occasionally you might want to clear out the cache though, using terminal its very easy to do.

MAC OSX 10.4 And Below:
lookupd -flushcache

MAC OSX 10.5 And Above:
dscacheutil -flushcache 

Tip: To launch terminal click on spotlight & type terminal.

Jason Vigus