Once you’ve selected an area and released your pointer button, the selected area will be saved as a screenshot on your desktop. These numbers represent the dimensions of the area that you’ve selected in pixels (width on top, height on bottom).Īt any time while you’re capturing, the process can be canceled by pressing the Escape key on your keyboard. After pressing, you’ll hear a camera shutter sound effect, and a thumbnail will pop up in the bottom-right corner of your screen.Īs you make your selection, you’ll notice numbers beside the cross-hair cursor. To capture your Mac’s entire screen, press Shift+Command+3 on your keyboard.
The screenshot image can be opened in any standard image viewer or editor, such as Apple Preview or Adobe Photoshop. The image will be saved onto your Desktop by default (although the destination can be changed, as we’ll explain below). For example, press Ctrl+Shift+Command+3 to capture the entire screen to the clipboard.Īfter taking a screenshot, you’ll hear a camera shutter sound effect through your Mac’s speaker. To capture a screenshot directly to the clipboard instead of an image file, add Ctrl to any of the shortcuts listed above.
Shift+Command+3: Capture an image of your entire Mac’s screen.We’ll go over each of these below, but for now, here’s a quick list of the shortcuts:
To use them, press one of the following three-key combinations simultaneously on your keyboard (and in one case, hit space just after the combination).
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