Shortcuts to Take Screenshots and Record Video on a Mac
Posted: January 11, 2022
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Over the years, Apple has made it easy to capture screen content. It allows you to take a quick screenshot of part of the screen, capture video, change screen capture locations, or take a timed screenshot. While you may have known about the ability to capture the screen, maybe how to do it wasn't quite as clear. These simple keyboard shortcuts make performing any of these tasks quick and easy.
Jason Cross, contributor to
Macworld, explains the simple shortcuts to take screenshots or capture video on a MAC.
One of the best features of macOS over the years has been its built-in screen capturing utility. Working on a computer often means taking screenshots, whether it’s to show a colleague what you see, file a ticket for
support, or grab images from the web or apps for creative use. Most modern computers have some way to take screenshots, but they’re often either too bare-bones or too complicated. Apple’s screen capturing features are right in the goldilocks zone–simple enough to be fast, but powerful enough to be useful.
There are three keyboard shortcut to know about when capturing your screen in macOS. One just instantly captures the whole screen, another captures just one region of the screen (you can drag out a rectangle or capture one window), and a third brings up a flexible toolbar that includes multiple options including
video recording.
Read the full article,
How to take screenshots and record video on your Mac, on
Macworld.