How to take a screen shot on a mac computer

Missing the Print screen button on your Apple device?

   What makes apple products different from others is it's unique features, What if i tell you taking screenshot on mac is super easy, In fact it allows you to take a screenshot of an image on your mac screen and save it in a format that can be edited.You will be amazed with the features your mac has to offer for taking screenshots.

Here are different methods of taking screenshot on a mac step by step.

How to capture your entire screen ?

Step 1 : Press Command ⌘ + Shift  + 3  all at the same time and you should hear a camera shutter sound.

Step 2 : Find the screenshot as a .png file to your desktop with the name " Screen shot " Date and time it was taken, It's that Simple.

How to capture part of your screen?

Step 1 :  Press Command ⌘ + Shift  + 4 , The indicator will change to a cross hair as in the image below.

Step 2 : Drag the crosshair across the portion of the screen you want to capture and release the mouse button you should hear a camera shutter sound.

Step 3 : Find the screenshot as a .png file to your desktop with the name "Screenshot" Date and time it was taken.

How to capture a specific window?

Step 1 : Open the app or window you want to capture

Step 2 : Press Command ⌘ + Shift  + 4 , The indicator will change to a crosshair

Step 3 : Press the Space bar and your indicator will turn to a camera

Step 4 : Place the camera pointer on the window you want to capture, once done that the 
window gets highlighted blue as show in the below image.

Step 4 : Click your mouse or track pad to capture the window

Step 5 : Find the screenshot as a .png file to your desktop with the name " Screen shot " Date and time it was taken.


How to capture a drop down menu?

Step 1 : Click the drop down menu and  Press Command ⌘ + Shift  + 4

Step 2 : When the indicator changes to crosshair press space.

Step 3 : Position the crosshair on the drop down menu and left click.

Step 4  : Find the screenshot as a .png file to your desktop with the name " Screen shot " Date and time it was taken.

Please note the above method will only capture the content of the drop down menu and not its title.

How to capture the touch bar ?

You should be able to capture touch bar only if you are using a Mac with a touch bar feature or if you are using mac OS Sierra 10.12.2 or Later.

Step 1 :  Press Command ⌘ + Shift  + 6

Step 2 : Find the screenshot as a .png file to your desktop with the name " Screen shot " Date and time it was taken.


The above mentioned options are the best and covers the most methods of taking screenshots on your Mac, However if you do not feel like using keyboard commands for taking screenshots, you can always use the " Grab " app that comes preinstalled in all mac computers. The Grab app runs from the menu bar and lets you capture part of the screen, entire screen and a specific window. 

How to take screenshots on Mac with Grab App ?

Step 1 : Open the Grab App from the utilities folder or search for it using Spotlight.

Step  2 : Once the app is launched you should see it's icon in the dock as shown below

Step 3 : Capture the screenshot with the selection option. Please note that the grab app gives you a 10 second timer before taking screenshots.



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