How To Take A Screenshot On Mac: 5 Simple Ways

Mac is known, talked and preferred for several of its good features and functionalities. Yet you might miss ‘Print Screen’ button on its keyboard (which is a bypass for screenshots). Nevertheless, Apple has enabled some other keys on its keyboard to carry out the task.

There are a variety of methods (and keyboard shortcuts) to take different kinds of screenshots on Mac. Using various keys, you can capture an entire screen or even a part of it. Here is the know-how to take screenshots on your Mac.

Top 5 Ways To Take A Screenshot On Mac

Method 1

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If you want to take screenshot of the entire screen, follow these steps

  • Press Command+Shift+3 keys.
  • Screenshot will be automatically saved on your desktop.
  • Now find the .png file on your desktop.

Method 2

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Unlike capturing entire screen, you can capture a part of it. Follow these steps to take screenshot of part of your screen.

  • Press Command+Shift+4 keys.
  • This command will bring up the cross hair.
  • Now select the area of which you want to take screenshot.
  • Release the mouse or trackpad button.
  • If you want to cancel it, press Escape (esc) key before releasing mouse.
  • Find the screenshot on your desktop in .png file format

Method 3

If there is a particular Window that you want to capture, Apple has a hack for that as well.

  • Press Command+Shift+4 keys.
  • This command will bring up the cross hair.
  • Now press space bar. This will change cross hair into camera pointer.
  • Move the camera pointer to the Window you want to capture.
  • After this, click your mouse or trackpad take screenshot.
  • If you want to cancel the command, press Escape (esc) key before releasing mouse.
  • Find the screenshot on your desktop in .png file format.

Method 4

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If there is one particular menu on your Mac that you want to capture, follow these steps.

  • Open any menu on your Mac. For example- Finder menu.
  • Press Command+Shift+4 keys.
  • This command will bring up the cross hair.
  • Now drag and select the menu.
  • Release your mouse or trackpad to take screenshot.
  • If you want to cancel the command, press Escape (esc) key before releasing mouse.
  • Find the screenshot on your desktop in .png file format.

Method 5

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Alright, you might not want to remember all these shortcut keys. Here is another app on your Mac that helps you take screenshots without any hassle. Here you go.

  • Open Applications folder.
  • Now open utilities folder.
  • Find Grab app and launch it.
  • Grab won’t have a dedicated window, rather it’ll work almost entirely from the menubar.
  • Click on ‘Capture’ tab
  • Now select an option out of the given ones, to take the screenshot.

Grab helps you take screenshot of screen, individual window and even a part of the screen. You should select any of the options accordingly.

These are 5 ways to take screenshot on your Mac. Try these out and let us know of any other hack that you would like us to present to you.

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