Print Screen on Apple Mac

Apple Macintosh (Mac) does not have a print screen key. Instead, key combinations starting with ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift are used to do a print screen, or screen capture. For example,

  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + 3 captures the whole screen.
  • ⌘ Cmd + ⇧ Shift + 4 captures part of the screen to be selected.

The following are details on how to print screen in different ways.

1. Capturing The Whole Screen

This is like the “print screen button” on other systems.

  • Press the Apple command key ⌘ + Shift ⇧ + 3 at the same time.
  • A capture of the whole screen is saved on your desktop named like ‘Screen shot 2014-02-17 at 1.11.11 PM’

2. Capturing Selected Portion of the Screen

  • Press the Apple command key ⌘ + Shift ⇧ + 4 at the same time.
  • The cursor changes to a ‘+’ sign with pixel coordinates.
  • Position the cursor and drag a box.
  • A capture of the selected portion is saved on your desktop named like ‘Screen shot 2014-02-17 at 1.11.11 PM’

3. Capturing Application Window

  • Press the Apple command key ⌘ + Shift ⇧ + 4 at the same time.
  • The cursor changes to a ‘+’ sign with pixel coordinates.
  • Press the spacebar.
  • The cursor changes to a camera. Click on the application window.
  • A capture of the window is saved on your desktop named like ‘Screen shot 2014-02-17 at 1.11.11 PM’

Hope this saves your time.

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