How to make screenshot on macintosh.
To take a screenshot on a Mac, you can use a combination of keyboard shortcuts. Here are the commonly used shortcuts:
- Capture the entire screen:
- Press Shift + Command + 3 simultaneously.
- The screenshot will be saved as a file on your desktop.
- Capture a selected portion of the screen:
- Press Shift + Command + 4 simultaneously.
- Your cursor will change to a crosshair reticle.
- Click and drag to select the portion of the screen you want to capture.
- Release the mouse button to take the screenshot.
- The screenshot will be saved as a file on your desktop.
- Capture a specific window:
- Press Shift + Command + 4 simultaneously.
- Your cursor will change to a crosshair reticle.
- Press the Spacebar.
- The cursor will turn into a camera icon.
- Move the camera icon over the window you want to capture (the window will be highlighted).
- Click on the window to take the screenshot.
- The screenshot will be saved as a file on your desktop.
- Capture the Touch Bar (available on MacBook Pro models with a Touch Bar):
- Press Shift + Command + 6 simultaneously.
- The screenshot will be saved as a file on your desktop.
By default, screenshots are saved in PNG format. If you want to change the file format, you can use the following modifier keys with the above shortcuts:
- Add Control to any of the above shortcuts to copy the screenshot to the clipboard instead of saving it as a file.
- Add the Option key to any of the above shortcuts to save the screenshot in the clipboard directly as a file, without displaying it on the screen.
These methods should cover most of your screenshot needs on a Mac.