How to take a screenshot on a Mac

 

How to take a screenshot on a Mac

hold down
command
andshiftand press#
3
=Your Mac will capture the full screen and saves it as a file on the desktop. The file name will look like “Screen shot 2030-07-1 at 08.13.00 AM.png”.

How do I take a partial screenshot on Mac?

hold down
command
andshiftand press$
4
=You can 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 2030-07-11 at 08.47.00 AM.png”.

Where is my Screenshot?

You will find the file on the desktop.

How can I have a screenshot in the clipboard?

hold downcontroltogether with any of the combinations above=Your Mac will take a screenshot and copies it to the clipboard (instead of saving it as a file).

If it’s in the clipboard now, How can I paste it into a document or something?

hold down
command
and pressV=Your Mac pastes the screenshot (that is in the clipboard) into a document or image you are currently editing.

Is there a dedicated program for taking screenshots?

hold down
command
andand press%
5
=Your Mac starts the Screenshot program. This offers many options.

How can I have my screenshots in other file formats than PNG?

With the Screenshot program (see the above question) you can open screenshots directly in the Preview program. There you can save your screenshots in to JPG, TIFF, PDF, or any other file formats.

How can I take a screen recording?

With the Screenshot program (check above) you can also take screen recordings.

How can I have my screenshots in other file formats than PNG?

With Preview (check the above question) you can save your screenshots in JPG, TIFF, PDF, and other file formats.

How do I take a screenshot of the Touch Bar (MacBook Pro)?

hold down
command
andshiftand press^
6
=Your Mac captures the entire Touch Bar and saves it as a file on the desktop.

How can I take screenshots using the command line (“Terminal”)?

  • Try help: man screencapture
  • Example with delay: screencapture -T 10 ~/Desktop/screenshot.png
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