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 2020-10-28 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 2020-10-28 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”)? | |||||||
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- You can download Active Screenshot 3.0.1 for Mac from our application library for free. The software is also known as 'User Activity Screenshot'. Our built-in antivirus checked this Mac download and rated it as 100% safe. The application is included in Design & Photo Tools.
- This screenshot tool from the folks at Evernote performs screen capture and markup among.
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