Take Screenshot on Mac: A screenshot is a picture taken of the screen of your computer. You have the option of recording the entire screen, a window, or just a section of it. In the absence of any changes to the default option, the screenshot is typically saved to your Desktop folder.
How To Take Screenshot on Mac?
- Press and hold Shift, Command, and 3 simultaneously to snap a screenshot.
- Click the thumbnail to alter the screenshot if it appears in the corner of your screen. Alternately, wait until the screenshot is saved to your desktop.
How to screenshot a specific area of the screen?
- Press and hold the Shift, Command, and 4 keys simultaneously.
- To select a portion of the screen to capture, drag the crosshair. Press and hold the Space bar while dragging to move the selection. Pressing the Esc (Escape) key will stop the screenshot from being taken.
- Release the mouse or trackpad button to take a screenshot.
- Click the thumbnail to alter the screenshot if it appears in the corner of your screen. Alternately, wait until the screenshot is saved to your desktop.
How to record a menu or window?
• Launch the menu or window you want to capture.
• Hold down the Shift, Command, 4 and Space bar keys at the same time. A camera icon will appear in place of the pointer.Pressing the Esc (Escape) key will stop the screenshot from being taken.
• To copy it, click the menu or window. If you click while holding down the Option key, the window’s shadow will not be captured in the screenshot.
• Click the thumbnail to alter the screenshot if it appears in the corner of your screen. Alternately, wait until the screenshot is saved to your desktop.
How to Screenshot on Mac: A Step-by-Step Guide
Where to find screenshots?
The default name for screenshots saved to your desktop is “Screen Shot [date] at [time].png.”
You may modify the default location of stored screenshots in macOS Mojave or later by using the Options menu in the Screenshot app. The thumbnail can also be dragged to a folder or document.
Screen recording on a Mac
• To open the screen-capture window, press the Command, Shift, and 5 keys simultaneously. ‘Record the entire screen’ and ‘Record a section of the screen’ options are available next to screen capture options. These choices are represented by an icon in the bottom right corner that resembles a large dot with a thin circle around it.
• Click “Record” after choosing the necessary screen recording option.
• Press the ‘Stop recording’ option in the menu to halt recording.
• The Mac desktop is typically where the recording is saved.
Additional Software to Take Screenshot on Mac?
• The Screenshot app in macOS Mojave or later also lets you set a timer and decide where screenshots are saved. Shift, Command, and 5 should be pressed and held simultaneously to launch the application.Learn more about the Screenshot application.
• You might not be able to snap screenshots of the windows in some applications, such the Apple TV app.
• While capturing a screenshot, hold down the Control key while pressing the shutter button to copy the image to the clipboard. The screenshot can then be pasted somewhere else. Alternately, copy it to the Universal Clipboard and paste it on another Apple device
