How to take a screenshot on your Mac
Pull up the screen or video you want to take a screenshot of onto your computer. Step 2 Press the 'PrtScn' key on your keyboard. This is the 'print screen' key and it may be abbreviated differently depending on your keyboard. To take screenshots on any Mac, you'll need to memorize a few keyboard shortcuts. Fortunately, they're all quite similar—and each saves a screenshot image to your Mac's desktop by default. Here are the default Mac screenshot keyboard shortcuts: Save fullscreen screenshot: Command + Shift + 3. MAC Take a screenshot of your whole screen. Press ⌘ – Command, Shift, and 3 on your keyboard at the same time. Note: The Command key is located in the bottom left of your keyboard. The Shift keys are located on the bottom left and right of your keyboard. The screenshot will be saved to your desktop as a.png file. Take a screenshot of part.
Navigate to a screen you want to screenshot Right-click on the Grab icon in your dock and select 'Capture Screen' so a prompt appears Click outside the prompt to select screen you want to capture Click 'X' to close the screenshot window. Mac mini apps. Pull up the screen or video you want to take a screenshot of onto your computer. Step 2 Press the 'PrtScn' key on your keyboard. This is the 'print screen' key and it may be abbreviated differently depending on your keyboard.
- 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
Navigate to a screen you want to screenshot Right-click on the Grab icon in your dock and select 'Capture Screen' so a prompt appears Click outside the prompt to select screen you want to capture Click 'X' to close the screenshot window. Mac mini apps. Pull up the screen or video you want to take a screenshot of onto your computer. Step 2 Press the 'PrtScn' key on your keyboard. This is the 'print screen' key and it may be abbreviated differently depending on your keyboard.
- 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. Mac grey lipstick name. You can also drag the thumbnail to a folder or document.
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- 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.
