If you’d like to take a screenshot on Mac you’ll just need to know simple key combinations. We’ll show you how to take a screen capture of the whole MacBook-Screen, of a section of the screen and a single window or other screen components. If you don’t feel like memorizing all the shortcuts we’re happy to show you how to take a screenshot on your MacBook without a keyboard
How to take a screenshot of the whole screen
To take a screenshot of the entire screen, press [Shift] + [cmd] + [3].
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How to take a screenshot on your MacBook and how to take a screenshot on the new macbook pro
If you’d like to take a screenshot on Mac you’ll just need to know simple key combinations. We’ll show you how to take a screen capture of the whole MacBook-Screen, of a section of the screen and a single window or other screen components. If you don’t feel like memorizing all the shortcuts we’re happy to show you how to take a screenshot on your MacBook without a keyboard
How to take a screenshot of the whole screen and how to take a screenshot on the new macbook pro
To take a screenshot of the entire screen, press [Shift] + [cmd] + [3].
shortcut on a Macbook keyboard
Take a screenshot of a section of the screen
Press [Shift] + [cmd] + [4].
Hold down the mouse button and use the crosshair cursor to select the area to capture. Then release the mouse button – the screen grab is taken.
Screenshot a single window or other screen components
If you want to take a snapshot of a single window, e.g. only your mail inbox or of a menu, e.g. the menu bar at the bottom of your screen, just to this:
Press [Shift] + [cmd] + [4]. Your cursor shifts to a crosshair.
Press [Spacebar]. Your cursor shifts again to a camera symbol.
Use the cursor symbol (camera) to select the part of the screen that should be photographed. Click once with the mouse button – the screenshot is taken.
How to take a Screenshot on Mac without using the Keyboard
You can also take a screenshot on the MacBook without using the keyboard, with the utility application “Grab”.
With this app you can take any kind of screenshot also known as grab shot without using shortcuts: full screen, only a portion of the screen or even timed screenshots. Here’s how you can use it:
Go to applications, then choose “Utility” and click on “Grab“
From the main menu of the app, click on the tab “Capture” and then on “Selection”.
Now you can select the area which you want to take a screenshot of.
Select “Capture” and then “Window” to select a window you want to screenshot
To take a timed screenshot click on “Timed Screen”
The timer will give you 10 seconds to adjust the screen for your screenshot otherwise the whole screen will be captured
You can save your screenshots as a high resolution .tiff format or other formats like .jpeg or .png