How To Take A Screenshot On A Mac

How to take a screenshot on a Mac? Here are 5 very simple methods.

Mac OS X lets you easily take a screenshot of your computer's desktop or an active window. You can use different ways to make a specific screenshot according to your needs. No matter if you are using Mavericks, Mountain Lion, or other versions of the Mac operating system, you will find a good summary of all the methods you can use to take your screenshot on your iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac Air/mini.

How to take a Mac screenshot?

1. Take a Mac Screenshot of your entire screen by simultaneously pressing Command - Shift - 3
2. Take a screenshot of the selected area with the keys Command - Ctrl-Shift - 3
3. Take a partial photo of your Mac screen with Command - Shift - 4
4. Take a screenshot of a specific application window using the Command - Shift - 4 - Space keys
5. Take a good Mac OS X Screenshot using Grab Utility

1. How to take a screenshot of your entire screen

This method is one of the most common for taking an entire screenshot of your Mac. This type of Screenshot allows you to capture everything that is displayed on the computer. Please make sure that the display on the screen is exactly what you want to take a picture of. Then press the Command and Shift buttons at the same time, and then Press the number 3 button. The screenshot will automatically be saved to your Mac desktop.

2. How to take a screenshot of the selected area

This screen capture option for the selected area is not immediately saved as a file on your Mac. Instead, it is saved to the clipboard. You can do this by pressing the Command - Ctrl-Shift - 3 keys simultaneously; Then by pasting it into another program to be able to modify it later.

3. How to take a partial screenshot of your screen

You can make a Screenshot of any part of the screen on your Mac with this method. First, make sure that the screen you want to capture is on top of all the other screens displayed on your computer. Then press Command - Shift - 4. After that, your cursor will turn into a small crosshair. You can use it to select the area of ​​which you would like to take a photo, for that, click from a given point and hold the button while dragging the cursor to the other end of the desired part. When you release your mouse, the screenshot will be automatically saved to the desktop.

Note: If you want to adjust the window or abandon it, you can press "Esc" to go back and take a screenshot again.

4. How to take a screenshot of the window of a given application

This screenshot may be the best for capturing an entire open window of a specific application. Press the Command - Shift - keys simultaneously. Then press the space bar button. The cursor will become a small camera. Move it to the screen you want to capture, then press the space bar again. The entire window of your application was photographed and saved to the Mac.

5. How to take a screenshot on Mac OS X using Grab Utility

When using Grab Utility to take screenshots, go to Applications> Utilities> Capture. To take a screenshot, run Grab, then choose the capture modes from the Capture menu. You have the choice between 4 different modes: Selection, Window, Screen, and Timed screen.

Selection: you can capture a specific area of ​​the screen by dragging it.
Window: you can capture an open window of a specific application that you clicked with the computer mouse.
Image capture: You can capture your entire Mac screen, including everything on it.
Scheduled image capture: If necessary, This allows you to open the menus and submenus. After ten seconds, the entire screen will be captured.

Here are five methods to take a screenshot on Mac. Some of them can be quite complicated, but there is a way to do things much easier. This is by using the FonePawScreen Recorder tool, which allows you to capture current activities on your screen. Just start the software, and you can take a screenshot on your Mac with one click and without any hassle.