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Use Shift-Command-5 in macOS Mojave

With macOS Mojave, press Shift-Command (⌘)-5 on your keyboard to see all the controls you need to record video and capture still images of your screen. Use these onscreen controls to select whether to record the entire screen, record a selected portion, or capture a still image of your screen. If you haven't upgraded to Mojave, you can record the screen with QuickTime Player.

Record the entire screen

1. Click in the onscreen controls. Your pointer changes to a camera .
2. Click any screen to start recording that screen, or click Record in the onscreen controls.
3. Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save, or take other actions.

Record a selected portion of the screen

1. Click in the onscreen controls.
2. Drag to select an area of the screen to record. To move the entire selection, drag from within the selection.
   
3. To start recording, click Record in the onscreen controls.
4. To stop recording, click in the menu bar. Or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
5. Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save, or take other actions.

Trim, share, and save

After you stop recording, a thumbnail of the video appears briefly in the lower-right corner of your screen.

• Take no action or swipe the thumbnail to the right and the recording is automatically saved.
• Click the thumbnail to open the recording. You can then click to trim the recording, or click to share it.
• Drag the thumbnail to move the recording to another location, such as to a document, an email, a Finder window, or the Trash.
• Control-click the thumbnail for more options. For example, you can change the save location, open the recording in an app, or delete the recording without saving it.

Change the settings

Click Options in the onscreen controls to change these settings:

• Save to: Choose where your recordings are automatically saved, such as Desktop, Documents, or Clipboard.
• Timer: Choose when to begin recording: immediately, 5 seconds, or 10 seconds after you click to record.
• Microphone: To record your voice or other audio along with your recording, choose a microphone.
• Show Floating Thumbnail: Choose whether to show the thumbnail.
• Remember Last Selection: Choose whether to default to the selections you made the last time you used this tool.
• Show Mouse Clicks: Choose whether to show a black circle around your pointer when you click in the recording.

Use QuickTime Player

QuickTime Player also has a screen-recording feature, and you don't need macOS Mojave to use it.

1. Open QuickTime Player from your Applications folder, then choose File > New Screen Recording from the menu bar. The Screen Recording window opens.
2. Before starting your recording, you can click the arrow next to to change the recording settings:
   
   • To record your voice or other audio with the screen recording, choose a microphone. To monitor that audio during recording, adjust the volume slider (if you get audio feedback, lower the volume or use headphones with a microphone).
     
   • To show a black circle around your pointer when you click, choose Show Mouse Clicks in Recording.
     
3. To start recording, click and then take one of these actions:
   • Click anywhere on the screen to begin recording the entire screen.
   • Or drag to select an area to record, then click Start Recording within that area.
4. To stop recording, click in the menu bar, or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
5. After you stop recording, QuickTime Player automatically opens the recording. You can now play, edit, or share the recording.

Learn more

• When saving your recording automatically, your Mac uses the name ”Screen Recording date at time.mov”.
• To cancel making a recording, press the Esc key before clicking to record.
• You can open screen recordings with QuickTime Player, iMovie, and other apps that can edit or view videos.
• Some apps, such as DVD Player, might not let you record their windows.
• Learn how to record the screen on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Have you ever wanted to take a screenshot on your Mac device? It is possible, thankfully, and it is not as hard as you may think about it. The Mac has the ability to take screenshots thanks to a build-in-feature. You can take plenty of screenshots as long as you have the space left on your device for it.

How to Take a Screenshot on a Mac Device?

The built-in feature is quite easy to use, and it is actually quite fun. See, usually when you take a screenshot you take a picture of the entire screen, like on your phone or other devices. To take a simple screenshot you have to hold the Shift-Command key and the 3 keys at the same time.

Thanks to the feature, you may also choose exactly how much of your screen you want to have saved. If you only want to take a picture of a third of your screen or if you only want to show someone a portion of what is there, then you can hold down the Shift-Command and 4 keys at the same time. After holding those keys, you are free to drag your cursor and resize it however you want.

If you held the right keys successfully, then you will hear a sort of shutter sound, like that of a camera when it goes off. If you do not hear this sound then you may not have held the buttons at the same time or the right ones, and might want to retake it before checking.

Where to Find Them

Once the screenshot is taken you will be able to find it on your desktop. All screenshots automatically save themselves directly onto your desktop, so no need to worry about saving them yourself. Every screenshot is saved as a .png file.

What the Screenshot File Looks Like

Every screenshot file will be titled by the date that it was taken as well as the time. It will state that it is a Screenshot as well. To help clarify, here is an example of what the name of the file will look like:

Screenshot YEAR-MONTH-DAY at TIME.png

OR more specifically:Outlook mac new profile.

Screenshot 2017-12-22 at 4.15.51 PM.png

Screenshots by Command Line

If you wish to take a screenshot in a way that does not involve include holding a set of buttons, then you can go through the Terminal app that can be found on the computer. This terminal app can be found by going to the Applications folder, and then to the Utilities application.

Once you are on the Terminal app, then enter in any of these commands:

screencapture ~/Desktop/macreports.jpg (names the file macreports and saves it to the desktop)

screencapture -c (takes a screenshot and saves it to the clipboard on your device)

man screencapture (which can help you if you are having trouble taking a screenshot)

screencapture -T 10 macreports.jpg (the t stands for time, in seconds, and allows you to set the screenshot to occur after the time has run out)

Final Thoughts

I hope that this was helpful and that you now know how to take screenshots on your device. Remember to save space for them though, and delete any that you do not need anymore. If any of this was unclear, then please check in with the Mac help people.