If you possess a Mac with a Touch Bar and macOS Sierra 10.12.2: Then you have to Press Shift-Command-6. Then on your desktop, you will find a screenshot as a.png file. You will also be able to customize the Control Strip section of your Touch Bar to incorporate a Screenshot button. The Finder Search window gets instantly populated with any matching screenshots saved on your Mac's startup drive, including any screenshots in your iCloud Drive cached on this Mac. To delete them all from your Mac at once, regardless of where they happen to be stored, just choose Select All from the Finder's Edit menu and drag the files to.
How to take a screenshot on your Mac
- To take a screenshot, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 3.
- If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.
If you possess a Mac with a Touch Bar and macOS Sierra 10.12.2: Then you have to Press Shift-Command-6. Then on your desktop, you will find a screenshot as a.png file. You will also be able to customize the Control Strip section of your Touch Bar to incorporate a Screenshot button. The Finder Search window gets instantly populated with any matching screenshots saved on your Mac's startup drive, including any screenshots in your iCloud Drive cached on this Mac. To delete them all from your Mac at once, regardless of where they happen to be stored, just choose Select All from the Finder's Edit menu and drag the files to.
How to take a screenshot on your Mac
- To take a screenshot, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 3.
- If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.
How to capture a portion of the screen
- Press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 4.
- Drag the crosshair to select the area of the screen to capture. To move the selection, press and hold Space bar while dragging. To cancel taking the screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key.
- To take the screenshot, release your mouse or trackpad button.
- If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.
How to capture a window or menu
- Open the window or menu that you want to capture.
- Press and hold these keys together: Shift, Command, 4, and Space bar. The pointer changes to a camera icon . To cancel taking the screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key.
- Click the window or menu to capture it. To exclude the window's shadow from the screenshot, press and hold the Option key while you click.
- If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.
Where to find screenshots
How To Ss On A Mac Pro
By default, screenshots save to your desktop with the name 'Screen Shot [date] at [time].png.'
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How to activate office 365 for free mac. In macOS Mojave or later, you can change the default location of saved screenshots from the Options menu in the Screenshot app. You can also drag the thumbnail to a folder or document.
Learn more
- In macOS Mojave or later, you can also set a timer and choose where screenshots are saved with the Screenshot app. To open the app, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 5. Learn more about the Screenshot app.
- Some apps, such as the Apple TV app, might not let you take screenshots of their windows.
- To copy a screenshot to the Clipboard, press and hold the Control key while you take the screenshot. You can then paste the screenshot somewhere else. Or use Universal Clipboard to paste it on another Apple device.
