You can also access this function in Preview's menu bar ( File -> New From Clipboard). In macOS Mojave, Apple has introduced a screen capture interface that unifies the screenshot and screen recording features on Mac, making accessing them easier from one place. In Preview, for example, Command-N creates a new document from the contents of the clipboard without you having to specify a filename until you're ready to save it. However, if you tack the Control key onto either of these shortcuts, macOS will copy the captured image to the clipboard instead of saving it as a file on your desktop, which is useful if you want to paste it into an application that can edit or view images, or use Universal Clipboard to paste it on another Apple device. To take a screenshot of a specific window or menu, press Shift + Command + 5 and select the Capture Selected Window option in the toolbar. In macOS, you can take a screenshot by hitting the Shift-Command-3 keys in combination. Screenshots taken using key shortcuts are typically saved on your desktop. Press Command+Shift+4, click where you want the screenshot to start, and hold down your click (dont release it) Step 2: Click and drag the cursor To take the screenshot, simply click in the spot where you want your screenshot to start (dont release the click) and drag the cursor to where you want the screenshot to finish. Taking a screenshot is as easy as hitting Shift-Command-3 to capture the whole screen, or Shift-Command-4 to capture a portion of the screen using the mouse cursor as a crosshair selection tool (a tap of the spacebar also turns it into a camera for capturing windows). But the simplest and most common method is to use your Mac's built-in shortcut key combinations. There's also a little screen capture app in the macOS Utilities folder called Screenshot. Preview offers the option from its File menu.

There are several ways you can take screenshots on a Mac.

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