This will turn your cursor from crosshair to camera icon. Press Command + Shift + 4, then press the Space key. Note: You can hold Shift or Option key while dragging to change how you make the selection.ģ. Move and drag the crosshair cursor on the region you want to take a screenshot of and it will be saved on your desktop. Press Command + Shift + 4 and your cursor will turn from arrow to crosshair. The screenshot you’ll take will be saved on your desktop.Ģ. Press Command + Shift + 3 to capture screenshot of the entire screen. With macOS, you can capture the entire screen, the active screen, or any pre-determined region.ġ. You can find it in the "Pictures" folder, in a subfolder called "Screenshots."Īs compared to Windows, macOS offers more options when it comes to screen-capturing. This saves the entire screen as an image file.
( This shortcut only works if you have the latest version of Windows 10 installed, called the Windows 10 Creators Update.)
The screenshot will be copied to the clipboard, which you can paste into another program. You can drag to select a portion of the screen to capture. The screen will dim and the mouse pointer will change. This copies the active window to the clipboard, which you can paste into another program.
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If you need to show support what you are seeing if you get an error message or to show the steps you are taking before you get an error, a screenshot or PrintScreen is the best way to do this! Here is how to use the screenshot keyboard shortcuts for either macOS or Windows!