How To Take Android Screenshots on a Mac

If you have ever wondered how to take screenshots for applications running on an Android phone, you can do it for free if you have Java on your machine and have downloaded the Android SDK.

1. Download the Android SDK
2. On your Android phone, select Settings ->Applications -> Development

3. Select Enable USB Debugging by placing a check box next to it

4. Connect your Android device via USB to your Mac
5. Run android-sdk-mac_86/tools/ddms (Dalvik Debug Monitor) (Note: it may be easier to add the tools directory in your path)

6. Select the device in the Dalvik Debug Monitor as illustrated above
7. Type Control + S or go to Dalvik Debug Monitor --> Device --> Screen Capture
8. Voila!  

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