Need to take a screenshot on your Mac? We’ve put together this guide to teach you how to do it in just two steps. Show The quickest way to capture your screen on a Mac or MacBook is to use your computer’s built-in shortcuts. These allow you to capture the whole screen, a select portion of the screen or a window simply by holding a combination of keys on your keyboard. Apple automatically saves screenshots to your desktop but, if you’d rather store them neatly in a folder, you do have the option to change the default location in the Screenshot app. You can also manually drag the thumbnail to your chosen folder as the image is saving. Read on to learn how to print screen the entire screen on a Mac, or scroll down to the Troubleshooting section of this guide for shortcuts you can use to capture specific windows, menus and portions of your screen. What you’ll need:
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How to print screen on a Mac
TroubleshootingHow to print screen a portion of the screen on a Mac If you don’t want to capture the entire screen and instead want to select a specific portion, press and hold Shift, Command and 4 at the same time. This will bring up a crosshair. Click and drag to select the portion of the screen you want to print screen and let go to save the screenshot. How to print screen a window or menu on a Mac To capture a specific window or menu, just press Shift, Command, 4 and the space bar at the same time. This will bring up a camera icon. You can click on any window or menu to capture it and save it to your desktop. The tool will automatically save the window’s shadow to your image, but you can press and hold the Option button as you choose your window to prevent this if you want. You might like… |