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Screenshot shortcuts are my favorite:

Cmd+Shift+3 = Capture the entire screen

Cmd+Shift+4 = Capture a selection with the mouse

Cmd+Shift+4 -> Space Bar -> Move cursor and click on window = Capture the selected window

By default it will save these to an image on the desktop. By holding down the Control key it will copy it to the clipboard.

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Dropbox can actually hook into these and save screenshots into your Dropbox folder, copying a sharable link instead of the image content itself. It's brilliant when you want to quickly share a screengrab with a collaborator.

Wow that sounds great, is this the product you are referring to: http://grabbox.devsoft.no/?

At least on OS X, it's been built in to the Dropbox client for at least a few months now, no need for a third party product. Activate it in the Imports tab of Dropbox's Preferences.

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