To take a screen shot on Mac is not a difficult task, you just have to remember some keyboard shortcut keys and create quick screen shots according to your requirement. Here we share some methods to take screen shots on Mac.
Save Mac screen shots on desktop
Use following commands to take screen shots according to your requirement. Mac will store your screen shots on desktop
Command + Shift + 3
Takes full screen picture
Command + Shift + 4
Your mouse pointer will converted to a different icon, use this to specify a region of screen
Command + Shift + 4, and then press Space bar
And click on specific element of screen as a window, Dock, menu, icon etc….It’ll capture that specific element screen shot
Save Mac screen shots on clipboard
By using following commands, you can save your captured screen shot on clipboard and then paste them in any other image editing program.
Command + Control + Shift + 3
Takes full screen picture and saves on clipboard
Command + Control + Shift + 4
Your mouse pointer will converted to a different icon, use this to specify a region of screen and it saves that screen shot on clipboard
Command + Control + Shift + 4, and then press Space bar
And click on specific element of screen as a window, Dock, menu, icon etc….It’ll capture that element’s screen shot and saves on clipboard
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Amazing!
This is nice way to capture screenshot instead of installing any desktop capture utility
nice ways to capture screenshots on mac