Taking a Screenshot on macOS
Modified on: Wed, Apr 24 2019 11:23 AMCapture the entire screen
Press Shift-Command-3, then find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
Capture a window
- Press Shift-Command-4.
- Press the Space bar. The pointer changes to a camera
. - Click a window to capture that window.
To exclude the window's shadow from the screenshot, press and hold the Option (⌥) key while you click. - Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
Capture a selected portion of the screen
- Press Shift-Command-4.
- Drag to select the area of the screen to capture. To move the entire selection, press and hold Space bar while dragging.
- After you release your mouse or trackpad button, find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
Capture a menu
- Click the menu to reveal its contents.
- Press Shift-Command-4.
- Drag to select the area of the menu to capture, then release your mouse or trackpad button to capture that area.
- Or press Space bar to change the pointer to a camera , then click the menu to capture it.
- Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.