10 ways : How to take screenshots on a Mac Apple Laptop/PC

1. Command+Shift+3

It’s the easiest way to take a screenshot on macOS laptops/ PCs. Simply, press these three keys together, and it’ll capture a still of the entire screen.

2. Command+Shift+4

This is a slightly advanced command that lets you capture a specific portion of the screen. It’ll turn your cursor into a crosshair, which you select and drag anywhere around the screen to take a screenshot.

• Additionally, you can press and release the space bar, which will turn the crosshair into a little camera icon. Hover the icon over the window you want to capture so it highlights, and then click on it or press enter.
• Press and hold the space bar with this command (after dragging to highlight an area but before releasing the mouse button or trackpad) to lock in the shape and size of the selected area and reposition it anywhere on the screen. This is handy if the initially selected area is a little off.
• Lastly, you can hold ‘Shift’ key after dragging to highlight an area, but before releasing the mouse button, to lock each side of the selected area, while keeping up or down to position the bottom edge free.

3. Command+Shift+5

• This option basically gives you a free-hand over the screenshot.
• Once the command is invoked, you see a box on the screen, which you can adjust according to your liking, and a bunch of other options.
• You can simply press ‘enter’ to take a screenshot of the selected area or select ‘Capture selected portion’ option from the small panel below.
• The panel also comprises ‘Capture Entire Screen’ and ‘Capture Selected Window’ buttons, along with two video-recording buttons that let you record your entire screen or a selection of it and an ‘Option’ button to select the drive you want to save screenshots, set timer, among other things.
• On the left is an ‘X’ button to close the screenshot panel, which can be done with the Escape key.

3. Command+Shift+6

This option is only available for MacBook version with Touch Bar as it lets you take the screenshot of the Touch Bar.

All the screenshots taken on macOS laptops will be stored on desktop (by default). However, you can change the location to whichever drive/ folder you prefer. To do so, press Command-Shift-5 –> go to Options –> and select save location, with this all your future screenshots will be saved to that folder or drive.