How to take a screenshot on your Mac
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- To take a screenshot, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 3.
- If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.
How to capture a portion of the screen
- Press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 4.
- Drag the crosshair to select the area of the screen to capture. To move the selection, press and hold Space bar while dragging. To cancel taking the screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key.
- To take the screenshot, release your mouse or trackpad button.
- If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.
How to capture a window or menu
- Open the window or menu that you want to capture.
- Press and hold these keys together: Shift, Command, 4, and Space bar. The pointer changes to a camera icon . To cancel taking the screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key.
- Click the window or menu to capture it. To exclude the window's shadow from the screenshot, press and hold the Option key while you click.
- If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.
Where to find screenshots
By default, screenshots save to your desktop with the name 'Screen Shot [date] at [time].png.'
In macOS Mojave or later, you can change the default location of saved screenshots from the Options menu in the Screenshot app. You can also drag the thumbnail to a folder or document.
Learn more
- In macOS Mojave or later, you can also set a timer and choose where screenshots are saved with the Screenshot app. To open the app, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 5. Learn more about the Screenshot app.
- Some apps, such as the Apple TV app, might not let you take screenshots of their windows.
- To copy a screenshot to the Clipboard, press and hold the Control key while you take the screenshot. You can then paste the screenshot somewhere else. Or use Universal Clipboard to paste it on another Apple device.
Hello, quick tip (rather than a question) for those who need to take screenshots and paste directly clipboard - took me a while to figure this out (though is mentioned on Mac OS Support Site at bottom)
Q: How to take a Mac screenshot and paste directly to word from clipboard without savings as a PNG file on the desktop?
How To Do Screen Capture Macbook Air
A: you need to use CONTROL button as well as other buttons to save straight to clipboard
Apple Support - Take a screenshot on your Mac
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Taking Screen Shots
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Take Screen shot as picture (PNG) file on Desktop:
PRESS: Command (⌘)-Shift-3.
The screenshot is added to your desktop (as PNG file)
Copt Screen to Clipboard (for pasting into other apps) – Use CONTROL
Taking Screen Shots
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Take Screen shot as picture (PNG) file on Desktop:
PRESS: Command (⌘)-Shift-3.
The screenshot is added to your desktop (as PNG file)
Copt Screen to Clipboard (for pasting into other apps) – Use CONTROL
PRESS: Command (⌘)-Shift-CONTROL-3
To capture a window to the Clipboard (instead of a PNG desktop file):
Capture a specific window or art of your screen (Select the screen area)
PRESS: Command (⌘)-Shift- -4
Move the camera pointer over the window to highlight it, and then click mouse.
PRESS: Command (⌘)-Shift-CONTROL-4
Move the camera pointer over the window to highlight it, hold down CONTROL and then click mouse.
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