How to capture screenshots on Apple's Mac
Learn all the different ways of capturing screenshots on your Mac latop or computer.
Using in-built Mac functionality
Here we will learn to capture screenshots using the tools that exist on every Mac computer. You will be able to capture the whole screen, a window or just a part of the screen.
Capturing the entire visible screen
- Press the Shift, Command and 3 keys at the same time.
- (Optional) If there's a thumbnail in the corner of you screen, you may click it to edit the screenshot.
- The screenshot will be saved on your desktop.
Capturing a selected area of the screen
- Press the Shift, Command and 4 keys at the same time.
- Click on your screen and drag the to select the area you wish to capture.
- Release your mouse or trackpad button. This will take the screenshot of the selected area.
- (Optional) If there's a thumbnail in the corner of you screen, you may click it to edit the screenshot.
- The screenshot will be saved on your desktop.
Capture a screenshot using the Screenshot app
On MacOS Mojave and greater, you can find the Screenshot app.
- Press the Shift, Command and 5 keys at the same time.
- Follow the official instructions from Apple to use the app.
Location of the screenshots
The screenshots will be saved on your desktop with the name Screen Shot [date] at [time].png.
You may adjust the default location in MacOS Mojave or greater from the Options menu of the Screenshot app.