How to take a screenshot on your Mac
- 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
Note that if you have a MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, these options appear on the OLED strip. Another Touch Bar exclusive is taking a screenshot of the Touch Bar display, which can be done. Taking a screenshot on a Macbook is a simple task. By just pressing either. Command+Shift+3: you can capture or grab the whole screen 2. Command+Shift+4: is used to capture only a specific part which we selected of the screen 3. Free graphic art software. Command+Shift+4+Space: to take the screenshot of any open window.
- 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
How To Take Screenshot On Macbook Pro 2018
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.
How To Screen Grab On Macbook Pro
How to take a screenshot on a Mac | |||||||
hold down | ⌘ command | and | shift | and press | # 3 | = | Your Mac captures the entire screen and saves it as a file on the desktop. The file name will look like “Screen shot 2020-10-29 at 08.45.00 AM.png”. |
How do I take a partial screenshot? | |||||||
hold down | ⌘ command | and | shift | and press | $ 4 | = | Use your mouse to draw a rectangle in order to specify what to capture – or press the spacebar and then click on something (e.g. a window) to capture it. Your Mac then saves it as a file on the desktop. The file name will look like “Screen shot 2020-10-29 at 08.45.00 AM.png”. |
How do I take a screenshot of the Touch Bar (MacBook Pro)? | |||||||
hold down | ⌘ command | and | shift | and press | ^ 6 | = | Your Mac captures the entire Touch Bar and saves it as a file on the desktop. |
Where is my Screenshot? | |||||||
The file won’t open automatically. You will find it on the desktop. Also the Finder might be helpful. | |||||||
Can you show me in a video? | |||||||
I don’t need a file. How can I have a screenshot in the clipboard instead? | |||||||
hold down | control | together with any of the combinations above | = | Your Mac takes a screenshot and copies it to the clipboard (instead of saving it as a file). | |||
I guess it’s in the clipboard now. How can I paste it into a document or something? | |||||||
hold down | ⌘ command | and press | V | = | Your Mac pastes the screenshot (that is in the clipboard) into a document or image you are currently editing. | ||
I don’t like keyboard shortcuts. How can I take a screenshot using Preview? | |||||||
How can I have my screenshots in other file formats than PNG? | |||||||
With Preview (see previous question) you can save your screenshots in JPG, TIFF, PDF, and other file formats. | |||||||
I need even more flexibility. How can I take screenshots using the command line (“Terminal”)? | |||||||
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