When your mouse cursor transforms into a crosshair, click your mouse or trackpad and drag the crosshair to begin selecting an area of the screen that you want to capture.Īs you make your selection, you’ll notice numbers beside the cross-hair cursor. To capture a portion of your Mac’s screen that you select yourself, press Shift+Command+4 on your keyboard. You can then paste the screenshot into any app you’d like. If you want to capture the entire screen of your Mac into your clipboard instead of a file, press Ctrl+Shift+Command+3. If you click the thumbnail, you’ll enter editing mode, which we’ll cover below. If you ignore the thumbnail, it will disappear in a moment and the screenshot image will be saved to your desktop. After pressing, you’ll hear a camera shutter sound effect, and a thumbnail will pop up in the bottom-right corner of your screen. To capture your Mac’s entire screen, press Shift+Command+3 on your keyboard. The screenshot image can be opened in any standard image viewer or editor, such as Apple Preview or Adobe Photoshop. The image will be saved onto your Desktop by default (although the destination can be changed, as we’ll explain below). For example, press Ctrl+Shift+Command+3 to capture the entire screen to the clipboard.Īfter taking a screenshot, you’ll hear a camera shutter sound effect through your Mac’s speaker. To capture a screenshot directly to the clipboard instead of an image file, add Ctrl to any of the shortcuts listed above.

Shift+Command+6: Take a screenshot of the Touch Bar on a Macbook Pro.

Shift+Command+5: Open the Screenshot app interface.

Shift+Command+4 then Space: Capture a window or menu.

Shift+Command+4: Capture a portion of your Mac’s screen that you select.

Shift+Command+3: Capture an image of your entire Mac’s screen.

We’ll go over each of these below, but for now, here’s a quick list of the shortcuts: To use them, press one of the following three-key combinations simultaneously on your keyboard (and in one case, hit space just after the combination). How to Take a Mac Screenshot with a Keyboard ShortcutĪpple’s macOS operating system includes several shortcuts for taking screenshots of the entire screen or certain parts of the screen. Screenshots most often come in handy when you’re troubleshooting a problem or when you simply want to share what you’re seeing with others. It reflects precisely what you’re seeing on your monitor or laptop, so it saves you the trouble of having to photograph your screen with another device, like a camera or smartphone.

How to Customize the Screenshot ExperienceĪ screenshot is a digital image file of the exact contents of your Mac’s screen.

How to Edit or Annotate a Mac Screenshot.

How to Take a Mac Screenshot with the Touch Bar.

How to Take a Mac Screenshot without a Keyboard.

How to Take a Mac Screenshot with a Keyboard Shortcut.

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