we're going to show you four ways to
take screenshots on a mac
use the clickable sections to keep track
of what steps you're on during this
tutorial
every method for taking a screenshot on
a mac
uses the shift command and number keys
to open this menu press shift command
and the number five a small bar will
appear at the bottom of the screen below
a highlighted box area
the three icons on the left will let you
take a screenshot of the entire screen
a specific window or a highlighted
section
the capture button on the far right will
take the screenshot
there's also a menu labeled options
this menu lets you choose where to save
the screenshot
how much time you want between pressing
capture
and starting the screenshot
in this menu the option show floating
thumbnail is turned on by default
while this is on after you take a
screenshot
a tiny thumbnail of it will appear at
the bottom right corner of the screen
the screenshot won't be saved by your
computer
until the thumbnail disappears after a
few seconds
however you can click this thumbnail
before it disappears to open the
screenshot in a new window
in this window you can draw or type on
it
crop it share it or delete it
for a quick screenshot without going
through the menu
you can use the shift command and number
4
shortcut once you press this command
your mouse cursor will turn into a cross
hair you can then click and drag it
across the screen to create a
highlighted box
as soon as you let go of the mouse your
mac will screenshot
everything within the box if you drag
the crosshair to create
a highlighted box and then press and
hold the space bar
it'll lock the box so that it can't
change size
you can then drag the box anywhere on
the screen
just release the space bar to take a
screenshot
if you drag to create a highlighted box
and then press and hold the shift key
you can adjust either the height
or width of the box just move your mouse
up or down to adjust the height and left
or right
to adjust the width let go of the mouse
to take the screenshot
pressing shift command and number three
will immediately take a screenshot of
your entire screen
if you're using multiple monitors it'll
take and save screenshots of every
monitor
unless you enable it in the screenshot
menu
this won't capture your mouse cursor if
you have the floating thumbnail option
on taking screenshots in quick
succession
will capture the floating thumbnail in
the corner as well
not all mac computers have the long thin
touch bar
built in the keyboard but if your
macbook does have
one and there is something on your touch
bar that you'd like to show others
you can screenshot it by pressing shift
command
and the number six this will immediately
capture everything on your touch bar
this command has no function for max
without the touch bar