This lets you take a cropped screenshot instead of cropping it later. You can also get to the screenshot toolbar from Launchpad by clicking Other > Screenshot.
Click the Capture a window icon if you only want to capture the contents of a single window. This is great for screenshotting your web browser, a settings window, or another app alone. Click the Capture a portion of the screen icon to draw a box around the portion of the screen you want to capture. This is handy when you need to include more than one window in your screenshot but not other areas of the desktop.
You can instantly launch the window capture feature in the future by pressing Shift + Command + 4 on the keyboard and then pressing the Spacebar. At that point, just click the window to take the screenshot.
You can instantly launch the window capture feature in the future by pressing Shift + Command + 4 on the keyboard and then pressing the Spacebar. At that point, just click the window to take the screenshot.
When you lift your finger, your screenshot will be captured and saved to your desktop. [1] X Research source You can also launch “Capture a portion of the screen” by pressing Shift + Command + 4 and then dragging the box around the desired area. If you need to crop your screenshot further or add text or drawings, you can do so in Preview.
When you lift your finger, your screenshot will be captured and saved to your desktop. [1] X Research source You can also launch “Capture a portion of the screen” by pressing Shift + Command + 4 and then dragging the box around the desired area. If you need to crop your screenshot further or add text or drawings, you can do so in Preview.
If you only want to capture a single window or area of the screen, check out the “Capture a window” and “Capture a portion of the screen” features.
If the screenshot preview disappeared before you could click it, don’t worry—you can still use Preview to crop it.
Screenshot are saved automatically to your desktop in the PNG format. The file name begins with “Screenshot” and ends with the date and time of capture. Want to add text, shapes, or drawings to your screenshot? Preview makes it easy!
Open the Preview app. You’ll find it on your Mac’s Launchpad and in your Applications folder. Click the File menu and select Take Screenshot. [3] X Research source Select one of these three options: From Entire Screen to capture the whole screen. If you’d rather select a particular area of the screen, select From Selection and draw a box over that area. To capture a single window, choose From Window and click a window.
You can also crop by clicking the Tools menu at the top of the screen and selecting Crop on the menu.
Click the thin squiggly line icon to sketch with a single stroke. If Preview recognizes the shape you’re drawing (such as an arrow or square), your drawing will be replaced by a more official-looking version of the shape. Click the thicker squiggly line to freehand draw. You’ll only see this option on Macs that have Force Touch trackpads. [5] X Research source Click the A in a square to open the text tool. You can change the font color and style by clicking the Aa icon. Click the overlapping square and circle to select from a menu of shapes, which you can then move and resize as needed.
