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How to take a screenshot on Mac: the definitive guide
How to take a screenshot on Mac: the definitive guide
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Everything about how to use hotkeys and the Screenshot utility and customize the appearance and location of screenshots.

How to take a screenshot on Mac: the definitive guide
How to take a screenshot on Mac: the definitive guide

How to take a screenshot on Mac using keyboard shortcuts

How to take a screenshot of the entire screen

Press Shift + Command + 3. The file is saved on your desktop as a-p.webp

How to take a screenshot of a selected area of the screen

How to take a screenshot on a Mac
How to take a screenshot on a Mac

Use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Command + 4. The cursor will change to a crosshair icon, with which you need to select the desired area of the screen. As soon as you lift your finger, the screenshot will be saved.

The selected area can be modified using additional keys (they are pressed after selecting the screen):

  • Shift allows you to change the borders of the area vertically or horizontally;
  • Option - scale the size of the area while maintaining proportions;
  • spacebar - move the selection across the screen.

Esc cancels the selection.

How to take a screenshot of a window on Mac

Use the combination Shift + Command + 4, then click on the spacebar and use the cursor to select the desired window.

How to take a screenshot of a menu on Mac

To take a screenshot of the OSD or dock, press Shift + Command + 4 followed by Space. This combination works on the same principle as the previous one.

If you hold down the Command key after pressing the spacebar, you can select not the entire menu, but its individual items.

How to take a screenshot of the Touch Bar

Press Shift + Command + 6. Like regular screenshots, the Touch Bar screenshot will appear on the desktop as a-p.webp

How to take a screenshot on Mac using Screenshot utility

In macOS Mojave, Apple has updated the Screenshot utility. Now it can be invoked with the Shift + Command + 5 keyboard shortcuts and take the screenshots described above using the buttons on the application toolbar. After choosing a screenshot option, you need to click "Snapshot", and the screenshot will be saved on your desktop.

The first button is responsible for a screenshot of the entire screen, the second is for a screenshot of the window, and the third is for a screenshot of the selected area.

Also, the application has the ability to record video. The fourth button on the toolbar starts recording the entire screen, and the fifth - only the selected area.

How to customize screenshots on Mac

Wherever you make changes, they will be applied to all screenshots: both those captured using hotkeys and those made in the Screenshot utility.

How to customize screenshots in Terminal

1. How to change the save location

To prevent screenshots from cluttering your desktop, you can change where they are saved. For example, the Screenshots folder in Documents. To do this, create the desired folder, if it does not already exist, and enter the following command in the "Terminal":

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~ / Documents / Screenshots && killall SystemUIServer

To return to the default settings, enter:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~ / Desktop / && killall SystemUIServer

2. How to change the format

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg && killall SystemUIServer

To revert to-p.webp

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png && killall SystemUIServer

3. How to remove shadows

By default, macOS adds shadows to screenshots of windows. They look just as beautiful as they do on the system, but this is not always necessary. To disable shadows, enter the following command in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true && killall SystemUIServer

You can return the shadows using this command:

defaults delete com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow && killall SystemUIServer

How to set up Screenshot in macOS Mojave

On the toolbar, open the Options menu.

Here you can select a save destination, a snapshot with a delay of 5 and 10 seconds, as well as options for displaying the cursor, remembering the last shooting mode and turning off floating thumbnails that appear after taking a screenshot.

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