How to take Screen Shots in Mac Machines

How to take a screenshot on your Mac

You can take screenshots of your whole screen or just part of it. Screenshots are saved automatically as .png files on your desktop.

Take a screenshot of your whole screen

1.    Press Command (⌘)-Shift-3.

2.    Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.

Take a screenshot of part of your screen

1.    Press Command (⌘)-Shift-4. You'll see that your cursor changes to a cross-hair pointer.

2.    Move the cross-hair pointer to where you want to start the screenshot.

3.    Drag to select an area. To adjust the area, hold Shift, Option, or the Space bar while you drag.

4.    When you've selected the area you want, release your mouse or track-pad button. Or to cancel, press Escape (esc).

5.    Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.

Take a screenshot of a window

1.    Press Command (⌘)-Shift-4. You'll see that your cursor changes to a camera pointer.

2.    Press the Space bar.

3.    Move the camera pointer over the window to highlight it.

4.    Click your mouse or trackpad. Or to cancel, press Escape (esc) before you click.

5.    Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.

This works with open Finder windows and most application windows.

Take a screenshot of a menu

1.    Click the menu to reveal its contents.

2.    Press Command (⌘)-Shift-4.

3.    Drag the cross-hair pointer over the entire menu.

4.    Release your mouse or track-pad button. Or to cancel, press Escape (esc).

5.    Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.

Take a screenshot of a menu without the title

1.    Click the menu to reveal its contents.

2.    Press Command (⌘)-Shift-4.

3.    Press the Space bar. Or to cancel, press Escape (esc).

4.    Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.

Cut, Copy, Paste & other common short cuts for MacBook

Shortcut	Description
Command-X	Cut: Remove the selected item and copy it to the Clipboard.
Command-C	Copy the selected item to the Clipboard. This also works for files in the Finder.
Command-V	Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder.
Command-Z	Undo the previous command. You can then press Command-Shift-Z to Redo, reversing the undo command. In some apps, you can undo and redo multiple commands.
Command-A	Select All items.
Command-F	Find: Open a Find window, or find items in a document.
Command-G	Find Again: Find the next occurrence of the item previously found. To find the previous occurrence, press Command-Shift-G.
Command-H	Hide the windows of the front app. To view the front app but hide all other apps, press Command-Option-H.
Command-M	Minimize the front window to the Dock. To minimize all windows of the front app, press Command-Option-M.
Command-N	New: Open a new document or window.
Command-O	Open the selected item, or open a dialog to select a file to open.
Command-P	Print the current document.
Command-S	Save the current document.
Command-W	Close the front window. To close all windows of the app, press Command-Option-W.
Command-Q	Quit the app.
Command-Option-Esc	Force Quit: Choose an app to force quit. Or press Command-Shift-Option-Esc and hold for 3 seconds to force just the front app to quit.
Command–Space bar	Spotlight: Show or hide the Spotlight search field. To perform a Spotlight search from a Finder window, press Command–Option–Space bar. If you use multiple input sources to type in different languages, these shortcuts change input sources instead of showing Spotlight.
Space bar	Quick Look: Use Quick Look to preview the selected item.
Command-Tab	Switch apps: Switch to the next most recently used app among your open apps.
Command-Shift-Tilde (~)	Switch windows: Switch to the next most recently used window of the front app.
Command-Shift-3	Screenshot: Take a screenshot of the entire screen.
Command-Comma (,)	Preferences: Open preferences for the front app.