[RKearney]

Much easier than:

    Command + Control + Shift + 3

and

    Command + Control + Shift + 4 + Spacebar + Mouse Click

in my opinion.

[ianstormtaylor]

Yeah but being able to drag a selection beats out Windows by a lot.

[azth]

Windows has "snipping" tool that does that.

[trafnar]

I always reverse the shortcuts to that copy is: command + shift + (3/4) and save file is command + shift + control + (3/4)

Some other os x screenshot tips:

- hold space while dragging a selection and you can reposition the selection's origin

- press space to switch to window capture mode. This captures the whole window even if it is obscured.

Fun fact up until recently (mountain lion I believe) the capture window icon was a holdover from NeXT. I wish they'd left it alone, the new one isn't nearly as cool :)

[X-Istence]

Feel free to change them in System Preferences to your own liking.

[siong1987]

I don't think that you need `Control`.

[RKearney]

To save it to your clipboard, yes.