Three Methods To Capture Screenshots On Your Mac Computer
It depends on what you use your Mac computer for, but if you are a writer, then taking screenshots is an essential process you have to do daily. You may take screenshots to save something you can't write down. But sometimes, you need a screenshot to upload into a particular website. By that, the screenshot is something that essential, and you may need to use it a lot.
At the time I move to macOS from Windows, I can say that there were many things strange. It's a whole new operating system with different features and interface. It took me a week to acquainted with how to use macOS and its features. It's too difficult at some points, especially how to capture a screenshot.
When I need to take a screenshot, I didn't know how to do that because there is no Print Screen key on the keyboard at all. How can I capture a screenshot without that key? But after some minutes of digging on Google, I know exactly how to do. In the next time, if you don't know how to use anything, just search for it on Google. I'm sure you will find something that useful there.
Back to the point, I write this article to tell you that there are three primary methods to take a screenshot on your Mac computer. That are use keystrokes, use Grab and use Preview. From my point of view, use keystrokes to take screenshots is easier. All you need to do is just press some keys and then it's done. Extremely fast, right?
To get started, in order to do Print Screen Mac with keystrokes, you can begin with these three keystrokes:
Shift + Command + 3
Shift + Command + 4
Shift + Command + 4 then Space
The first keystroke is to use for taking a screenshot of a full screen. It's mean what you see in front of you - will be included in the screenshot.
Unlike the first keystroke, the second keystroke will help you take a screenshot of a selected part. You just need to press Shift + Command + 4, then move the cursor to choose the area you want.
That's it!
The third keystroke is the advanced method of the second. By hitting the Space key after using Shift + Command + 4, you can choose a particular active window on your Mac to take a screenshot of. It's a useful feature, right?
Along with keystrokes, you can also use Grab or Preview application to take screenshots of your Mac. Both apps have the same functions that I listed above. They also have the ability to take timed screenshots. So, if you want to take screenshots, remember these methods and it will help you capture screenshots faster.
