How Do You Take a Screenshot on a Mac?

Taking a screenshot on a Mac can be done easily with the default utility called Grab. Here's how you can do it: click the left mouse button to get an image, and then move the little camera icon to a window that you want to take a screenshot of.

If you want to capture a particular window, simply press ⌘Cmd + ⇧Shift + 4 and Space key. A ready file will be saved to your desktop. This is pretty handy since you don't need to cut your picture.

To capture a selected area of the screen, tap ⌘Cmd + ⇧Shift + 4 and select an area you need to printscreen with a cross-hair pointer.

If you hold ⌘Cmd + ⇧Shift + Ctrl + 3, the screenshot will be copied to the clipboard instead. You can save your screenshot to clipboard and paste into your document skipping the desktop step.

You can also save the image to desktop and then drag-n-drop it to a document. When you do this, you'll hear a shutter sound and your screen picture will appear on a desktop.

To save a screenshot of a whole screen, press ⌘Cmd + ⇧Shift + 3. It's enough to click a 3-key combination and a screenshot or a part of it will appear on a desktop.

You don't need to insert an image into other programs to save it. Mac OS makes it super easy to take a screenshot.

With these simple steps, you can easily take a screenshot on your Mac.

How do you take a screenshot on a mac