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by John W. Simek, Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

Screenshot Options on a Mac

July 9, 2018

Sometimes you just want to capture what's on your screen to preserve, review, edit or send along as an e-mail attachment. Taking screenshots on Windows or your smartphone are pretty simple, but what about a Mac? It turns out there are several options for taking screenshots on a Mac that are listed in a Wired post.

  • Entire screenshot – Command + Shift +3
  • Screenshot a specific window – Command + Shift + 4. Select the window to capture.
  • Cropped window screenshot – Command + Shift + 4. Click and drag the selection to capture.
  • Copy to Clipboard – Command + Shift + Control + 3
  • Use Preview – Open Preview. From the File dropdown menu, hover over Take Screenshot. From there choose to capture a screenshot of a Selection, Window, or Entire Screen.
  • Capture webpage with Chrome – Use the Full Page Screen Capture extension.

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