How to screenshot on Mac and PC – keyboard shortcuts for whole screen and cropped grabs
OWN a Mac, iMac, MacBook or Windows PC and can't work out how to screenshot? It's easy when you know how.
We've put together a quick guide on all the different types of screen-grab you can take – and the keyboard shortcuts you'll need.
How to take a screenshot on Mac
To take a screenshot, press SHIFT-COMMAND-3.
You'll see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, which you can click to edit.
Otherwise the screenshot will simply be saved.
How to capture portion of screen on Mac
To capture a portion of the screen, hold SHIFT-COMMAND-4.
A crosshair will appear, which you can drag to select the area of screen you want to capture.
If you want to move the entire selection, press and hold the Space bar while dragging.
And to cancel your screenshot, simply hit the escape key.
To take the screenshot, release your mouse or trackpad button.
How to screenshot a window or menu on Mac
To capture a single window or menu, press SHIFT-COMMAND-4-SPACE.
The pointer will change to a camera icon, and the window being captured will be indicated.
To cancel this screenshot, press the escape key.
Alternatively, click the window or menu to screenshot it.
You can also exclude the window's shadow from the screenshot by pressing and holding OPTION while you click.
Where to find screenshots on Mac – where are they saved?
MacOS saves screenshots to the desktop by default.
If you're using macOS Mojave or later, you can change the location.
Go into the Screenshot app and then enter the Options menu to change the save folder.
How to screenshot on Windows PC
There are lots of different shortcuts you can use to take screenshots on your PC.
Pressing the PrtScn button copies your entire screen to the clipboard.
You can then paste this screenshot into other programs.
Alternatively, you can press Alt + PrtScn to copy your active window, rather than the entire screen.
If you press the Windows key, Shift and S, you'll be able to drag the pointer to select an area of your display to screenshot.
And if you press the Windows key and PrtScn, your entire screen will be saved as an image file in the Pictures folder.
There's also an app on Windows 10 called Snipping Tool that you can use to take screenshots.
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