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wodenokoto on March 4, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: 5 Mac OS X Shortcuts You Need to Know

what is up with cmd+shift+3 and cmd+shift+4 being screenshot, while cmd+shift+1 and cmd+shift+2 don't do anything?

yummysoup on March 4, 2015 [–]

OS X reused the screenshot shortcut keys from the Classic Mac OS (System [n]) days. And back then, I think Cmd-Shift-1 and Cmd-Shift-2 ejected floppy disks, when there were such things.

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