You can choose where your screenshots go on a Mac by using the built-in screenshot menu. By default, all screenshots you take on your Mac will be saved to the Desktop, labeled with the date and time they were taken. If you hold down Control while taking a screenshot, it'll be temporarily saved to your computer's clipboard instead of the hard drive. Visit Business Insider's Tech Reference library for more stories.
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Insider Inc. Additional comments. Email optional. To take a screenshot of part of the screen, press Shift-Command-4 and then drag the cursor to outline the area you want to capture. If you want to capture a specific window, press Shift-Command Hit the spacebar. The cursor will turn into a camera. Hover the cursor over the window you want to capture so it highlights, and then click on it. Screenshots on a Windows 10 PC Depending on your specific system, you should be able to take a screenshot by pressing the Windows logo key simultaneously with the PrtScrn or PrtSc key which is usually on the right end of the function key row.
Screenshots on an Android phone There are two ways to take a screenshot of your Android screen assuming you have Android 9 or 10 : Press and hold your power button. Hold down the power button and press the volume-down button. Next Up In Reviews. Sign up for the newsletter Verge Deals Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week. All three are available for free as part of a seven day trial of Setapp , a sensational suite of productivity apps for your Mac.
What are you waiting for? Give Setapp a try today! Try free. How to change where Mac screenshots are saved? Hit Return Quit Terminal From now on, every time you take a screenshot, it will be saved in that folder in iCloud Drive.
Send your screenshots to the Paste clipboard Paste is a clipboard manager for Mac that allows you to copy multiple items to its inboard, categorize them, and recall them from the clipboard whenever you need.
How to change the default file format of a screenshot As we mentioned earlier, screenshots are saved as PNG files by default. Conclusion Taking screenshots is as much a part of using your iPhone, iPad, and Mac as typing is. Get Setapp. How to take a full page screen capture on a Mac. How to access photos in iCloud Photo Library. Your email. If you do nothing, or if you swipe left to remove it, the screenshot gets saved to the Photos app.
If you tap the thumbnail, you have access to editing and annotation tools. You can crop the screenshot or use Markup to annotate the image: you can draw on it, add shapes, add text, and more. See this Apple support document for more on Markup.
Or, tap the share button and send it by email, Messages, or perform other actions. You can record a video of the screen of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. To do this, you need to enable the Screen Recording icon in Control Center.
Tap this button, and it counts down from 3, then turns red. You can switch to a different app, and the recording will continue until you stop. To end a screen recording, tap the red button at the top left of your screen, then tap Stop. You may not think of this, but it is possible to take screenshots on an Apple Watch. To be able to do this, you must enable screenshots. Go to the Watch app on your iPhone, then tap General, and scroll down until you see Enable Screenshots; toggle this on.
To take a screenshot on the Apple Watch, press the side button and Digital Crown at the same time.
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