How do you take a screenshot on a macbook pro

The Macintosh operating system has always made it easy to capture a screen shot. A screen shot is an image of your computer desktop or an active window. Here's a summary of all the keyboard shortcuts you can use to capture your screen in Mac OS X.

A. Entire screen:

1. To capture the entire screen, press Command-Shift-3. The screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop with the filename starting with “Picture” followed by a number, example Picture 1, Picture 2, and so on.
2. To copy the entire screen, press Command-Control-Shift-3. The screen shot will be placed on your clipboard for you to paste into another program like PowerPoint, Word, Photoshop, etc.

B. Portion of the screen:

1. To capture a portion of the screen, press Command-Shift-4. A cross-hair cursor will appear and you can click and drag to select the area you wish to capture. When you release the mouse button, the screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop following the same naming convention as explained on the first tip above.
2. To copy a portion of the screen to the clipboard, press Command-Control-Shift-4. A cross-hair cursor will appear and you can click and drag to select the area you wish to capture. When you release the mouse button, you can paste the screen shot to another application.

C. Specific application window:

1. To capture a specific application window, press and hold Command-Shift-4 then tap on the Spacebar. The cursor will change to a camera, and you can move it around the screen. As you move the cursor over an application window, the window will be highlighted. The entire window does not need to be visible for you to capture it. When you have the cursor over a window you want to capture, just click the mouse button and the screen shot will be saved as a PNG file on your desktop.
2. To copy a specific application window, press and hold Command-Control-Shift-4 then tap on the Spacebar. The cursor will change to a camera, which you can move around the screen. As you move the cursor over an application window, the window will be highlighted. The entire window does not need to be visible for you to capture it. When you have the cursor over a window you want to capture, just click the mouse button and you can paste the screen shot into another application.

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When you take a screenshot of your screen, you can easily share with someone what you're doing. On your Apple MacBook, you take a screenshot with a convenient combination of keys. Read how to take screenshot on your Apple MacBook here. These steps also work on Apple Mac desktops.

1. Take a screenshot
2. Entire screen
3. 1 window
4. Selection
5. Screenshot app

Take a screenshot

You can take a screenshot to send to your friends. Or you can save a chat conversation for your own bookkeeping. There are various reasons to take a screenshot. But how does that work?

• Tip 1: take a screenshot of the whole screen.
• Tip 2: take a screenshot of 1 window.
• Tip 3: take a screenshot of a selection.
• Tip 4: take a screenshot with the Screenshot app.

Tip 1: take a screenshot of the whole screen

If you want to capture the entire screen, use the following key combination:

• Press Shift + Command (⌘) + 3.
• The screenshot will appear on your desktop.

Tip 2: take a screenshot of 1 window

If you want to take a screenshot of a specific window that's open, use a different key combination:

• Press Shift + Command (⌘) + 4.
• Press the spacebar, which turns your mouse into a camera.
• Use the mouse to click the window that you want to take a screenshot of.
• The screenshot will appear on your desktop.

Tip 3: take a screenshot of a selection

If you want to take a screenshot of a manual selection of the screen, go through the following steps:

• Press Shift + Command (⌘) + 4.
• The mouse now turns into a cross.
• Hold down the left mouse button in the place you want to start your selection and drag the cross over the screen.
• At the end of your selection, you release the left mouse button.
• The screenshot will appear on your desktop.

Tip 4: take a screenshot with the Screenshot app

The macOS Mojave and onwards provide a Screenshot app. In this app, you can find extra tools. If you want to open the app, use the following key combination:

• Press Shift + Command (⌘) + 5.

From left to right, the icons in the app mean the following:

• Capture the entire screen
• Capture a window
• Capture part of the screen
• Record the entire screen
• Record part of the screen

Below Options, you can find things like a timer, the option to record the cursor, and you can select the location where you want to store your screenshots or recordings.

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