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 2024-12-11 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 2024-12-11 at 08.45.00 AM.png”. |
Where is my Screenshot? |
|||||||
| You will find the file 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. | ||
Is there a dedicated program for taking screenshots? |
|||||||
| hold down |
⌘ command |
and | ⇧ | and press |
% 5 |
= | Your Mac starts the Screenshot program. This offers many options. |
How can I have my screenshots in other file formats than PNG? |
|||||||
| With the Screenshot program (see previous question) you can open screenshots directly in the Preview program. There you can save your screenshots in JPG, TIFF, PDF, and other file formats. | |||||||
How can I take a screen recording? |
|||||||
| With the Screenshot program (see above) you can also take screen recordings. | |||||||
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. | |||||||
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. |
How can I take screenshots using the command line (“Terminal”)? |
|||||||
|
|||||||