How Do You Screenshot On Mac Airbook

When it comes to taking screenshots in Windows, the Print Screen key is crucial. Most Windows-based keyboards have a Print Screen key, so it's usually not an issue. But what if you're running Windows on a Mac via Boot Camp? Apple's compact keyboards don't have a Print Screen key so, absent third party software, how do you take screenshots when booted into Windows on your Mac? Like Davo says, use the on screen keyboard when you can not use or remember the key combo. Start - Accessories - Accessibilty - On screen keyboard. Then slide it mostly out of the way while you can still click the print screen key with your mouse pointer. Edit away the on screen keyboard from the shot later if you want to.

• After that, you can hit and launch it on your Desktop. When it is over, hit it to launch on your Mac. On the main interface, choose Video Recorder as your recording mode. Choose Your Recording Area. Now, let's move onto the recording area settings part. As you can see there are 2 buttons available for you to option, Full or Custom.
• Taking screenshot for a part of the screen: It is possible that you might not need to take the screenshot of the whole screen but just a part of the screen. This is also possible in your Macbook air. Keep pressing cmd and Shift key simultaneously and alongwith it press key 4.
• How to take a screenshot on your Macbook Air and Macbook pro of the entire screen, a screenshot of a selected part of the screen or a screenshot of a particu.

How to take a screenshot on your Mac

1. To take a screenshot, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command and 3.
2. If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to be saved to your desktop.
   

How to capture a portion of the screen

1. Press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command and 4.
2. Drag the crosshair to select the area of the screen to capture. To move the selection, press and hold Space bar while dragging. To cancel taking the screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key.
   
3. To take the screenshot, release your mouse or trackpad button.
4. If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to be saved to your desktop.

How to capture a window or menu

1. Open the window or menu that you want to capture.
2. Press and hold these keys together: Shift, Command, 4 and Space bar. The pointer will change to a camera icon . To cancel taking the screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key.
   
3. Click the window or menu to capture it. To exclude the window's shadow from the screenshot, press and hold the Option key while you click.
4. If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to be saved to your desktop.

Where to find screenshots

By default, screenshots will be saved to your desktop with the name 'Screen Shot [date] at [time].png.'

In macOS Mojave or later, you can change the default location of saved screenshots from the Options menu in the Screenshot app. You can also drag the thumbnail to a folder or document.

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• In macOS Mojave or later, you can also set a timer and choose where screenshots are saved with the Screenshot app. To open the app, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 5. Find out more about the Screenshot app.
• Some apps, such as the Apple TV app, may not let you take screenshots of their windows.
• To copy a screenshot to the Clipboard, press and hold the Control key while you're taking the screenshot. You can then paste the screenshot somewhere else. Or use Universal Clipboard to paste it on another Apple device.

Having the possibility to take a screenshot comes in handy if you are writing a tutorial, reporting a bug or you simply want to share a glimpse of your screen to a friend. Mac OS, the second most popular operating system for PCs is very intuitive and has a tone of features to offer. Screenshots on MacBook Air can be taken of the whole screen or in parts using various shortcut options.

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How to take a screenshot of the entire screen?

When you want to freeze an entire screen into an image,

• Press Shift + Command + 3.
• You will see an animation notifying you of a screenshot taken.
• To access the screenshot head to the desktop and you can see a ‘.png' with the name ‘Screen Shot at

How to take a screenshot of a part of the screen?

• Press Shift + Command + 4.
• You will see your mouse pointer change into a crosshair.
• Move the crosshair to any corner of the area you wish to select. Click and hold the mouse/trackpad and move until you have covered the area you want to capture and release the hold.
• The screenshot file will appear on the desktop in ‘.png' format.
• Use keys Shift, Option or Space Bar to change the ways the cursor moves between start point to end point of selection. Hit the Escape key (Esc) before releasing the hold if you wish to cancel the selection and start from the first.

How to screenshot a window alone?

To screenshot a window, you can simply drag and select the whole window but Mac OS has got easy ways to do that.

• Press Shift + Command + 4 to bring up the crosshair.
• Now tap on the Spacebar. You will see the mouse pointer change to camera icon.
• Hover the camera over any window and you will find the whole window highlighted in blue. Click on the window of your choice.
• The ‘.png' file will be available in desktop.
• Press Esc before clicking to abort.
  Note: This method to take a screenshot on MacBook Air works with all native apps and most second
  party apps.

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How to take screenshot of a menu?

• Click on the menu to reveal the menu items.
• Press Shift + Command + 4. The cursor will change to a crosshair.
• Tap Spacebar to change the cursor into a camera icon.
• Hover over the menu to see the menu selected. Click on any part of the menu.
• The taken screenshot will be available in Desktop.
• Note: This will take a screenshot of the menu without the title of the menu only. If you wish to capture the whole menu press Shift + Command + 4 to click, drag and select.

How to take screenshot from Preview?

Preview is a native program that opens images and PDF files.

• Open Preview.
• Select File from the menu bar.
• Choose Take Screenshot and select any of the three from the pop-up menu and follow the same steps as seen above to take a screenshot of your preference.
• As always, the file will appear on the desktop in ‘.png'.

How to take a screenshot from Grab?

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Grab is an inbuilt program that is available under the Utility folder that has options to take screenshot similar to keyboard shortcut options and Preview. In addition, it also has an option to take a delayed screenshot.

• Open Grab. It does not have any window. It just shows up in the menu bar and in the dock.
• Head to the menu bar, click Capture.
• Apart from the 3 usual option to take a screenshot you will find the Timed Screen option click on it and in the upcoming Pop-up dialog box press start timer and have a timed screenshot of your screen. You can also trigger timed screenshot by pressing Shift + Command + Z.
• The file will appear on the desktop as always.
• By default, any of the screenshot won't show the mouse pointer. With Grab, you can make it show by heading to the Preferences and selecting one of the available pointers.

Tips to take a screenshot on MacBook Air

You can move the screenshot to your clipboard directly without saving it as an image file. To do that pressing Control in addition to the key combination to be pressed. For taking the screenshot of part of your screen press Control + Shift + Command + 4. Then paste it into a word document, image editor or any other program that takes the image as input.

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Some third-party application like DVD player and some unlicensed software do not allow to screenshot the window alone.