How to take a screenshot on your MacBook

If you'd like to take a screenshot on Mac you'll just need to know simple key combinations. We'll show you how to take a screen capture of the whole MacBook-Screen, of a section of the screen and a single window or other screen components. If you don't feel like memorizing all the shortcuts we're happy to show you how to take a screenshot on your MacBook without a keyboard

How to take a full page screen capture

• To take a screenshot of the entire screen, press [Shift] + [cmd] + [3].

Take a screenshot of a part of your screen

1. Press [Shift] + [cmd] + [4].
2. Hold down the mouse button and use the crosshair cursor to select the area to capture. Then release the mouse button - the screen grab is taken.

Screenshot a single window or other screen components

If you want to take a snapshot of a single window, e.g. only your mail inbox or of a menu, e.g. the menu bar at the bottom of your screen, just to this:

1. Press [Shift] + [cmd] + [4]. Your cursor shifts to a crosshair.
2. Press [Spacebar]. Your cursor shifts again to a camera symbol.
3. Use the cursor symbol (camera) to select the part of the screen that should be photographed. Click once with the mouse button - the screenshot is taken.

How to screenshot without a keyboard on your Mac  

You can also take a screenshot on the MacBook without using the keyboard, with a tool called "Grab".

With this app you can take any kind of screenshot also known as grab shot without using shortcuts: full screen, only a portion of the screen or even timed screenshots. Here's how you can use it:

• Go to applications, then choose "Utility" and click on "Grab"
• From the main menu of the app, click on the tab "Capture" and then on "Selection". 
• Now you can select the area which you want to take a screenshot of. 
• Select "Capture" and then "Window" to select a window you want to screenshot
• To take a timed screenshot click on "Timed Screen"
• The timer will give you 10 seconds to adjust the screen for your screenshot otherwise the whole screen will be captured
• You can save your screenshots as a high resolution .tiff format or other formats like .jpeg or .png 

Can you take a scrolling screenshot on Mac? 

This is how so-called scrolling screen capture works with a MacBook:

• Open the web page you want to screenshot
• Launch "Capto" 
• Click on the Capto icon in the menu bar 
• Select "Snap active browser URL"

Where are my screenshots saved? 

• Normally, your screenshot is saved to your desktop as a .png.
• If you want to save it to your Clipboard, simply add Control (ctrl) to your screenshot combination, e.g. press [Shift]+[cmd]+[crtl]+[3].