How to Grab a Mac Screenshot

The absence of the PrntScrn button to take screenshots is probably the first thing you noticed if you just switched from a Windows computer to a Mac. Even though capturing a screenshot on a Mac is easy, new macOS users may find it a bit challenging at first. With just a few keystrokes, you may quickly capture the whole screen, a window, or just a portion of your screen. Thus, continue reading to find out how to use various keyboard combinations to create a screenshot on a Mac.

Take a Screenshot of the Entire Mac

On your Mac, you may take crisp screenshots and modify them to your liking before sharing them using AirDrop. To take a full screen screenshot on a Mac, use this shortcut:

1. On the preferred Mac window, press Shift + Command + 3 to capture a screenshot of the entire screen.
2. You will then see a thumbnail at the bottom right of your screen, click on it to view the screenshot or wait for it to get saved on your desktop.

Grab a Screenshot of a Selected Area on Mac

With this technique, your mouse becomes a crosshair that you may use to pick and capture certain areas of your screen. To take a screenshot of a section of your Mac's screen, use this keyboard shortcut:

1. On the preferred Mac window, press Shift + Command + 4, and the cursor will transform into a crosshair.
2. Now, click and drag the crosshair to mark the selection and release it to capture the screenshot.
3. You can also press & hold the Space bar while dragging to move the selection.
4. If you don’t want to take a screenshot, press the Esc key.

Take a Screenshot of a Mac Window or Menu

Although the previously mentioned approach may be used to capture a window, there is an additional Mac screenshot shortcut that can be used to record a specific window or menu. Here's how it functions:

1. Open the window or menu you want to capture.
2. Press the Shift + Command + 4 + Space bar keys and the particular window gets greyed out, and the pointer turns into a camera icon.
3. Now, click on a window where you want to capture a screenshot.
4. To exclude the window’s shadow from the screenshot, simply press and hold the Option key while you click.

Using the Screen Capture Window on a Mac, take a screenshot

Up till now, I've covered every popular Mac screenshot shortcut, such as how to take screenshots of a window, the whole screen, and just a section of it. Although each of the aforementioned techniques may be used independently to create distinct screenshots, Mac also provides a feature-rich screen-capturing application that allows you to take screenshots from a single dashboard. This is how it operates:

1. Press the Shift + Command + 5 keyboard shortcut to bring up the screen capture window.
2. Here you get the different options to take screenshots on Mac. Here are your options to capture screenshots: Capture the entire screen, a window, or a portion of the screen. You can also use this method to screen record on Mac.

Modify the Mac's Screenshot Save Location

Whether you are taking a window or the whole screen, all of your Mac's screenshots are automatically saved to your desktop. Simply use the techniques covered below to modify this default save location:

Observation:You will need to establish the location each time you take a screenshot using this approach, which is only effective for a single snapshot.

1. Press the “Shift + Command + 5″ keys to bring up the screen capture window.
2. Now, click the Options tab at the bottom and choose the location in the pop-up menu.

1. Launch the Finder app and press the Shift + Command + N keys to create a new folder to save screenshots.
2. Now, open the Terminal app using the Spotlight Search.
3. Here, type in the command defaults write com.apple.screencapture location and hit Space.
4. Now, drag the newly created folder into the Terminal window.
5. The folder path will appear after the command. Hit Enter, and it will change the default location of screenshots on Mac.

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