To capture a Portion of the Screen to clipboard simply press the Control Command, Shift and the number 4 simultaneously. To capture the Entire Screen to clipboard simply press the Control Command, Shift and the number 3 simultaneously.Ĭapture Portion of the Screen to Clipboard If you want to paste your screenshots into another application such as Photoshop, you can copy the screenshot to the clipboard instead of creating a screenshot file by adding the Control key to the keyboard shortcuts above.

If you are using MacOS Mojave or later, you can change the default location of your screenshots from the Options menu in the Screenshot application.

See the example below.īy default, the all captured screenshots will be saved to your desktop with the filename Screen Shot at in a PNG format. If you want to just capture the entire window without adding any border or shadow to the image, simply hold down the Option key when you click the mouse. When you capture the screenshot, the Screenshot application will automatically add a border and shadow to the captured image. Once you are happy simply click your mouse to capture the screenshot. Now move your mouse pointer to the window you want to capture as a screenshot. The icon will now change from crosshair to a camera. To capture an entire window on your Mac press the Command, Shift, the number 4 simultaneously and then press Space. If you want to cancel the screenshot, simply press the ESC key. When you have captured the screenshot release the button on your mouse. Now drag the crosshair across the portion of the screen you want to capture. This will make the crosshair icon appear. To capture a portion of the screen on your Mac press the Command, Shift and the number 4 simultaneously. If you use more than one display on your Mac, when you capture a screenshot of the entire screen it will automatically capture each display.

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