Mac

How to take a screenshot on a Mac

hold down ⌘
command 		and shift and press #
3 		= Your Mac captures the entire screen and saves it as a file on the desktop. The file name will look like “Screen shot 2019-07-20 at 08.45.00 AM.png”.

How do I take a partial screenshot?

hold down ⌘
command 		and shift and press $
4 		= Use your mouse to draw a rectangle in order to specify what to capture – or press the spacebar and then click on something (e.g. a window) to capture it. Your Mac then saves it as a file on the desktop. The file name will look like “Screen shot 2019-07-20 at 08.45.00 AM.png”.

How do I take a screenshot of the Touch Bar (MacBook Pro)?

hold down ⌘
command 		and shift and press ^
6 		= Your Mac captures the entire Touch Bar and saves it as a file on the desktop.

Where is my Screenshot?
The file won’t open automatically. You will find it on the desktop. Also the Finder might be helpful.

Can you show me in a video?

I don’t need a file. How can I have a screenshot in the clipboard instead?

hold down control together with any of the combinations above = Your Mac takes a screenshot and copies it to the clipboard (instead of saving it as a file).

I guess it’s in the clipboard now. How can I paste it into a document or something?

hold down ⌘
command 		and press V = Your Mac pastes the screenshot (that is in the clipboard) into a document or image you are currently editing.

I don’t like keyboard shortcuts. How can I take a screenshot using Preview?

How can I have my screenshots in other file formats than PNG?

With Preview (see previous question) you can save your screenshots in JPG, TIFF, PDF, and other file formats.

I need even more flexibility. How can I take screenshots using the command line (“Terminal”)?

  • try help: man screencapture
  • use delays: screencapture -T 10 ~/Desktop/screenshot.png