How to take Screenshot on Mac

Now a Days, Taking Screenshot is an important part of work in this online world. Today we will know, how to take screenshot on MAC.

Table of Contents

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• Take a Screenshot on Mac
  • Taking Screenshot of the Whole Screen
  • Capturing only a Portion of the Screen
  • Capturing a Window or Menu
• Finding the Screenshots

Take a Screenshot on Mac

There are various ways for capturing Screenshots on Mac, like capturing the entire screen, a window, or just a portion of the screen.

Taking Screenshot of the Whole Screen

1. To take a screenshot, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 3. 
2. 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.

Capturing only a Portion of the Screen

1. Press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 4.
2. 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.

3. To take the screenshot, release your mouse or trackpad button. 
4. 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.

Capturing a Window or Menu

1. Open the window or menu that you want to capture.
2. 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.

3. 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.
4. 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.

Finding the Screenshots

By default, screenshots save to your desktop with the name ”Screen Shot [date] at [time].png.”