A Complete Guide on Capturing a Screenshot on a Mac

Whether you're taking a screen grab of a video, sharing your screen with others, or just need to save a crucial piece of information, taking screenshots on a Mac is a vital ability. Thankfully, macOS offers multiple screenshot-taking techniques, each tailored to certain requirements. This comprehensive tutorial will help you make the most of these features.

Using Shortcuts on the Keyboard
Complete-Screen Image
In order to record your whole screen:

Hold down Shift + 3 and Command (⌘).
As soon as the screenshot is taken, you'll hear the sound of the camera shutter.
The screenshot will be saved to your desktop by default. The Screenshot app's options (described later) are where you can modify this location.
Section of the Screen Selected to Capture a Particular Area:

Hold down Shift + 4 and Command (⌘).
Your cursor will now change into a crosshair. Just click and drag across the area you want to capture.
Let go of the mouse button to capture screenshot.
Window Screenshot
To capture any window of your choice:

Hit ⌘ + Shift + 4, followed by Spacebar.

Your cursor changes into a camera. With this, click any window that you want to capture.

The screenshot will be captured from the selected window, capturing even the shadow.
Touch Bar Screenshot
For MacBook Pros with Touch Bar:

Hit ⌘ + Shift + 6.
The screenshot will include everything that happens to be on the Touch Bar at that particular moment.
2. Screenshot Application
If you are on macOS Mojave and beyond, you have a Screenshot application. It offers more capability than the default keyboard shortcut.
To open the Screenshot application, press ⌘ + Shift + 5.
You will see a control panel appear along the bottom of your screen with several options:
Capture Entire Screen: Click the screen icon.
Capture Selected Window: With the window icon selected, click on the selected window to be captured. Capture Selected Portion: Having the dotted rectangle icon selected, select the area. Record Entire Screen: With the video camera icon selected, start recording your screen. Record Selected Portion: Having the dotted rectangle icon with a video camera selected, record an area.
After taking the screenshot or recording, you can save it to any location you like or open it into an application such as Preview. Editing Screenshots Once you have taken a screenshot, you can immediately edit it. Click the thumbnail that appears briefly in the corner of the screen; click markup tools to add text, shapes, or highlights; click Done to save your edits, or close the preview to discard changes.
4. How to Change the Default Save Location
To change where your screenshots are saved:

Open the Screenshot app (Command (⌘) + Shift + 5).
Click Options on the control panel.
Under the Save to section, choose a new location.
5. How to Take Screenshots Using Preview
Preview has a screenshot function as well:

Open Preview from the Applications folder.
Head to File > Take Screenshot, then select From Selection, From Window, or From Entire Screen.
Follow the prompts to take and save your screenshot.