How to screenshot a
mac
If you want, you can choose to take a screenshot of a
selected area within the screen, rather than the whole thing..
There may be times when
you need to take a screenshot on your Mac. You might have a software bug to
report, an important pop-up, threaded web conversations.
There are several ways to
take a screenshot on a Mac computer running OS X or MacOS operating systems.
You can
This is our default
method.
1. Hold down Command +
Shift + 4.
How to screenshot a
mac
If you want, you can choose to take a screenshot of a
selected area within the screen, rather than the whole thing..
There may be times when
you need to take a screenshot on your Mac. You might have a software bug to
report, an important pop-up, threaded web conversations.
There are several ways to
take a screenshot on a Mac computer running OS X or MacOS operating systems.
You can
This is our default
method.
1. Hold down Command +
Shift + 4.
2.You'll
see a cross appear on your screen with some numbers, as illustrated above, drag
these crosshairs across the area of screen you want to screenshot, as below, so
that they form a rectangle around what you want to 'grab'.
To do so, click the
mouse button, or press the trackpad, and drag diagonally from the top left to
the bottom right.
3.When you have the area
covered by your rectangle release the mouse button, or the trackpad, and your
screenshot will be taken.
4.As we mentioned above, the screenshot will
appear on your desktop as either a .jpeg or as a .png file, labelled as 'Screen
Shot' [year]-[month]-[day] at [time]'.
If you are using Mojave you will see a
thumbnail appear in the bottom right of your screen that you can click on and
edit straight away.
Protip: Once the crosshairs appear, you can let go of the
keyboard keys. Once you've clicked the mouse button and started dragging the
cursor, press Space, and you'll be able to move the selected area around.
Hold Shift and you'll be able to move it horizontally only.
Protip
2: Press Escape at any time to abort the
screengrab. No image will be generated or captured.
HOW TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT ON
MAC WITH GRAB UTILITY
The most common way to
take a screenshot on a Mac is by using the built-in Grab application. This
application can be found within your Utility folder located inside Finder and
Launchpad.
1.
Click on Finder or Launchpad to
locate the Utility folder.
2.Click on Finder
3. Select Applications from the sidebar.
4. Locate and
double-click the Utilities folder to
open it.
5. Locate and double-click the Utilities folder to open it.
Click on Launchpad and
then click again on the Utilities bubble to open it.
6. Locate the Grab icon inside the
Utility folder/bubble and launch the application.
2.You'll
see a cross appear on your screen with some numbers, as illustrated above, drag
these crosshairs across the area of screen you want to screenshot, as below, so
that they form a rectangle around what you want to 'grab'.
To do so, click the
mouse button, or press the trackpad, and drag diagonally from the top left to
the bottom right.
3.When you have the area
covered by your rectangle release the mouse button, or the trackpad, and your
screenshot will be taken.
4.As we mentioned above, the screenshot will
appear on your desktop as either a .jpeg or as a .png file, labelled as 'Screen
Shot' [year]-[month]-[day] at [time]'.
If you are using Mojave you will see a
thumbnail appear in the bottom right of your screen that you can click on and
edit straight away.
Protip: Once the crosshairs appear, you can let go of the
keyboard keys. Once you've clicked the mouse button and started dragging the
cursor, press Space, and you'll be able to move the selected area around.
Hold Shift and you'll be able to move it horizontally only.
Protip
2: Press Escape at any time to abort the
screengrab. No image will be generated or captured.
HOW TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT ON
MAC WITH GRAB UTILITY
The most common way to
take a screenshot on a Mac is by using the built-in Grab application. This
application can be found within your Utility folder located inside Finder and
Launchpad.
1.
Click on Finder or Launchpad to
locate the Utility folder.
2.Click on Finder
3. Select Applications from the sidebar.
4. Locate and
double-click the Utilities folder to
open it.
5. Locate and double-click the Utilities folder to open it.
Click on Launchpad and
then click again on the Utilities bubble to open it.
6. Locate the Grab icon inside the
Utility folder/bubble and launch the application.
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