When you release the mouse button, the screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop following the same naming convention as explained on the first tip above.

A cross-hair cursor will appear and you can click and drag to select the area you wish to capture.

In the meantime, share this article with others. To capture a portion of the screen, press Command-Shift-4. If you know any other way of how to take a screenshot on Mac with Windows keyboard let us know in the comments section below. Hopefully, now you have been able to take a screenshot on Mac with Windows keyboard. Suggested read: Easy Guide on How to Take a Screenshot on a Mac Command + Shift + 3 - captures entire screen Command + Shift + 4 - captures selected region. Turn the Accessibility Keyboard on or off Turn it on: On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, click Keyboard on the right, then turn on Accessibility Keyboard. Click to imprint the measurement on the screenshot. By default, screenshots are saved on your Macs desktop in PNG format. Press or key and move your mouse to measure vertical size, or for horizontal size. Move the cursor over different windows to highlight them and then click to take the screenshot. In macOS, you can take a screenshot by hitting the Shift-Command-3 keys in combination. The cursor would become a camera icon from a crosshair. (You may need to scroll down. If you want to take a screenshot of an app window, press the Shift+Command+4 keys together and then hit the Space bar. Turn it on: On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, click Keyboard on the right, then turn on Accessibility Keyboard. If you happen to change your mind after dragging the selection, press the Esc key to reset and start over. Click and drag to choose the area and let go of the mouse to capture the image. If you want to take a screenshot of a selected area on your screen, you need to press the Shift+Command+4 keys simultaneously.īy doing this the cursor would turn into a crosshair. You may wait for the preview to disappear and for the screenshot to be saved to the Desktop as a PNG file. A screenshot preview will instantly appear at the bottom-right corner which you can click to make changes to the screenshots if required.

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