How to screenshot on mac

You can capture the entire screen, a window, or just a portion of the screen.

How to take a screenshot on your Mac

To take a screenshot, press and hold these three keys together Shift, Command, and 3.
still, click it to edit the screenshot, If you see a summary in the corner of your screen. Or stay 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 elect 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.
still, click it to edit the screenshot, If you see a summary in the corner of your screen. Or stay 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 count the window’s shadow from the screenshot, press and hold the Option key while you click.
still, click it to edit the screenshot, If you see a summary in the corner of your screen. Or stay for the screenshot to save to your desktop.

Where to find screenshots

By dereliction, screenshots save to your desktop with the name ” Screen Shot( date) at( time). png. ”

In macOS Mojave or latterly, you can change the dereliction position of saved screenshots from the Options menu in the Screenshot app. You can also drag the summary to a brochure or document.

Learn further

In macOS Mojave or latterly, you can also set a timekeeper 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 further about the Screenshot app.
Some apps, similar 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 also bury the screenshot nearly differently. Or use Universal Clipboard to bury it on another Apple device.