How to take screenshots on Mac machine? 3 simplest ways

It’s pretty understandable that everyone at some point wants to save something from their MAC machine’s screen. Many a times people use their iPhones to take a picture of a screen that they want to capture, this might be doable but it’s definitely not a way to go for capturing the things on your mac screen. So, in this article we are going to guide you through how to take screenshots on your mac machine.

At first we will show you how to take screenshot using your keyboard shortcuts. And then we will learn about the handy tools to take the screenshots.

Use Keyboard shortcuts

First, let’s learn how to take screenshot of the entire screen.

Just press Shift+command+3.

when you press the above shortcut then a screenshot of the entire screen will be taken and the respective screenshot will appear as a thumbnail at the bottom right corner of your desktop screen. if you leave it there then it will automatically save to your desktop by default.

But if you want to take a screenshot of some particular portion of your screen then press Shift+Command+4.

This will led your pointer to turn into a crosshair icon. Move it to where you want to start the screenshot and drag to up to the portion where you want to end your screenshot and release the mouse or the trackpad.

Tip: You can press the escape key anytime cancel the screenshot before releasing the trackpad or mouse if you have changed your mind.

Now let’s learn to take a screenshot of a window screen:

In order to take screenshot of a window you can press Shift+Command+4 and then space bar.

Pressing the above shortcut will change the icon of your cursor to a camera’s icon. Then move the camera over to the menu or the window where you want to capture the screenshot and look for the highlighted section to make sure that the desired area is selected. Then again click your trackpad or mouse to take the screenshot. Again your screenshots will be saved to your desktop.

Tip: If you also hold control as you use the above shortcuts then they’ll be saved to your clipboard instead.

Now, we will learn to take a screenshot using a Screenshot toolbar in the mac machine.

Use screenshot toolbar

The screenshot toolbar is really very useful for performing tasks like recording the screen or changing your screenshot settings etc… To open the screenshot toolbar press Shift+Command+5. Then by default the screenshot tools will start appearing at the bottom of your screen. Also, you can move them around the different corner of your screen as per your convenience.

In this toolbar, you will find the controls for taking a screenshot on the left hand side. Here, you can choose to capture the entire screen, a single window or a portion of a screen. Meanwhile in the middle of the toolbar, you can also find tools’ icons for recording your entire screen or recording any portion of the screen.

In order to view the screenshot customization options, click on the options button at the right-hand side of the toolbar. Here, you will find useful settings and features. For example, setting the screenshot timer or changing your files’ save locations.

Now you’re all set to take the screenshots on the mac machine using these handy shortcuts and tools. In this way you’ll have a standard image file to save or post online or you can even send it to somebody.

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