Tutorial: making and uploading screen shots and videos on a mac

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    Introduction
    I recently saw a thread tutorial on how to upload screenshots on a windows computer. So I thought I'd make this one for mac.
    How to Take a Screen Shot on Mac
    Mac's can take screen shots in three ways.
    1. the F2 key. Works just like pc's. If you haven't messed with the settings of your computer, you need to hit the fn key + the f2 key. If you want to avoid using the fn key you can go to system preferences--->keyboard--->and click the box under the sliders that says "Use all F1, F2, ect. keys as standard function keys". You can also click on shortcuts to view and configure the commands I am going to explain. Using F2 will save a screenshot of your game to the minecraft folder. It will also print out a timestamp in your chat, so if you do it fast twice you can have a screenshot with a timestamp (useful for complaints).
    2. shift + command + 3
    This will save a screen shot of your entire screen to the desktop of your computer. This method will require cropping if you don't play full screen. It will also not print a date stamp.
    3. shift + command + 4
    Using this command will allow you to select an area to save as a screen shot to the desktop. It doesn't work in game in mc, but is extraordinarily useful in many other applications, so I thought I would mention it.

    Finding You're Screen Shot
    Finding a screen shot is easy if you use method 2 or 3, it is waiting for you on the desktop. But you have to find your minecraft folder to acess screen shots for method one. I am going to describe that process here, because notonly do you need to find this folder to retrieve f2 screenies, you also need to be able to find it in order to install mods/resource packs/ect.
    On macs, the minecraft folder is /library/applicationsupport/minecraft.
    Going to finish this later