How Do I Take A Screenshot On My Mac Pro
Hello, quick tip (rather than a question) for those who need to take screenshots and paste directly clipboard - took me a while to figure this out (though is mentioned on Mac OS Support Site at bottom)
- Use your mouse to draw a rectangle in order to specify what to capture – or press the spacebar and then click on something (e.g. A window) to capture it. Your Mac then saves it as a file on the desktop. The file name will look like “Screen shot 2020-12-02 at 08.45.00 AM.png”.
- Restart your Mac. Long-time no restarting your Mac may cause some applications won't work well.
- Take pictures or screen recordings using Screenshot. On your Mac, press Shift-Command-5 (or use Launchpad) to open Screenshot and display the tools. Click a tool to use to select what you want to capture or record (or use the Touch Bar ). For a portion of the screen, drag the frame to reposition it or drag its edges to adjust the size of the area you want to capture or record.
When you want to take a screenshot on your Mac, the first step is pressing the command + shift + 3 keys all at once. This will save a copy of the screen on the clipboard. You can also press this combination minus the command key so as to save this image on the desktop. If you hear the click sound when taking a screen shot the the shot has been taken and it is in your Clipboard. To get it, open any application (like paint or other) and use the 'Paste command' to see it/modify and save as a file in a location of your choosing.
Q: How to take a Mac screenshot and paste directly to word from clipboard without savings as a PNG file on the desktop?
A: you need to use CONTROL button as well as other buttons to save straight to clipboard
Apple Support - Take a screenshot on your Mac
Taking Screen Shots
Capture a Screen shot entire screen
Take Screen shot as picture (PNG) file on Desktop:
PRESS: Command (⌘)-Shift-3.
The screenshot is added to your desktop (as PNG file)
Copt Screen to Clipboard (for pasting into other apps) – Use CONTROL
PRESS: Command (⌘)-Shift-CONTROL-3
To capture a window to the Clipboard (instead of a PNG desktop file):
Capture a specific window or art of your screen (Select the screen area)
PRESS: Command (⌘)-Shift- -4
Move the camera pointer over the window to highlight it, and then click mouse.
PRESS: Command (⌘)-Shift-CONTROL-4
Move the camera pointer over the window to highlight it, hold down CONTROL and then click mouse.
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
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If you ever need to take a screenshot in Windows whilst using Boot Camp on your Mac – and with the Apple supplied keyboard, you may find it difficult to perform this action. However, this scenario occurs more often than you might think. Today, we still see users requesting Google Search to help them with this task. For that reason, we updated this post to reflect the current state of events, keyboards, and practice.
“Print Screen” is a term used in the Windows environment to explain and give the ability for users to capture the content visible on the screen. Specifically, on Windows compatible keyboards, you will notice Print Screen is an actual button. On the Mac keyboards no button is assigned or labelled that way.
The good news is through a series of keystrokes you can perform the same function as Print Screen. On a Mac, you might hear the language of how to screen capture or how to screenshot.
Screenshot – Screen Capture – Print Screen in Windows on Mac
How To Do Screenshot On Macbook Pro
- To capture the entire screen simply press Function (fn) + Shift + F11.
- To capture the front most window press Option (alt) + Function (fn) + Shift + F11.
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If you have your function keys mapped correctly in Windows you will be able to go without using the Function (fn) key. By default you will need to use it.
FAQ:
Where is the F11 Key located?
We have many people asking about the location of the F11 key. Please look closely – it’s the third key from the top right corner, represented by the “lower the volume” speaker icon.
How To Take A Screenshot On Mac
Where is the destination of the screen capture?
Once you hear the click sound when taking the screen capture, the copy of your image is in your virtual clipboard. In order to retrieve it, you can open an application (such as Paint or Word) and use the “Paste command” to see, alter, or modify this capture. Further, you can save as a file in a location of your choosing.