7 Easy Ways to Screenshot on a Laptop or Macbook PC

Taking screenshots from a computer screen is one of the most common ways for owners of Windows-based computers/laptops, as well as Macbook computers or laptops. Taking a screenshot in Windows requires several steps, starting by pressing the “Print Screenshot” button on the keyboard, followed by opening Microsoft Paint and then pressing Control+V.

Then how to screenshot on a Macbook laptop? For those of you who have just switched to using a Macbook from Windows (commonly called a switcher), here are 7 ways to take screenshots on a Macbook laptop that you can try.

Screenshot With Cmd + Shift + 3

This way, you don’t have to worry about which area you want to screenshot, because the result is a full screen on the laptop. This screenshot method is arguably the easiest, just press the Cmd + Shift + 3 shortcut.

If the Macbook sound is activated, there will be a camera shutter sound that sounds a sign that the screenshot has been successful. The resulting image will be saved on the desktop in .png format.

Screenshots With Command + Shift + 4

This feature is specifically for those of you who only want to take screenshots on a partial laptop. You must first mark which area you want to screenshot. To do this, press the shortcut Command + Shift + 4. You will see the cursor icon change to a crosshair sign or a box framed by a thin line. Click and hold the mouse, then drag to the area you want to screenshot. You can press the Esc (Escape) key to restart without taking a picture. Release the mouse, if the sound on the computer is on, it’s a sign that the screenshot has been successful.

Screenshot With Cmd + Shift + 4 + Space

Actually, this method is almost the same as the method discussed earlier, the only difference is that in this way, you don’t need to bother doing it with neater results because it uses the Macbook screenshot shortcut which incidentally is intended to take a full window screenshot.

Not only that, this method even has an immediate effect shadow from the screenshot image on the Macbook laptop that you made. To do this, press the shortcut Cmd + Shift + 4 + Space. The pointer will change to a crosshair, then press the space key to turn the cursor into a small camera icon that will let you know which window you want to screenshot. Finally, left-click the mouse to take a screenshot and the results will immediately appear on the desktop.

Screenshots to Clipboard

If you want to directly copy and paste the screenshots into a program, you can save the screenshots to the Clipboard, not to the desktop. How to screenshot on a Macbook laptop and save the results to the Clipboard is very easy, namely by pressing the keyboard shortcut as needed as explained above and then directly pasting it into Word or Pages.

Screenshots of Timer with Grab

Without the addition of other applications, you can use the default application of OS X, namely Grab which can be found in the Utilities folder. With the help of this application you can take screenshots with timer automatically. To run this application, first go to Application > Utilities > Grab. Then open the menu bar select Capture > Timed Screen or press Command + Shift + Z to start the countdown of the screenshot capture time, finally press the Start Timer button.

Screenshot With Shift + command + 6

For those of you MacBook Pro Touch Bar users with macOS Sierra 10.12.2 or later. You can still take screenshots from the Touch Bar screen, just press Shift + command + 6 then look for a screenshot image of the Touch Bar display on the desktop in .png format. In addition, you can also display the screenshot button by adjusting the control strip touch bar area. Finally, click the screenshot button to see the results and where to save them.

Screenshots of Dwith App Help

If you are not satisfied with some of the methods above, you can try using a third-party application to take screenshots on a Macbook laptop, for example, such as:

Droplr App

With the Droplr application, not only screenshots in the form of images, you can also make video screen recordings that can record in whole or in part. In addition, this application is also equipped with an automatic upload mode with a more complete and easily accessible shortcut and annotation mode.

Application PSD

With the help of this application, you can make screenshots on Macbook laptops into PSD or Photoshop images. Not only that, PSD screenshots can also detect application windows running behind the main display.

Application Monosnap

With the Monosnap application, you can add some information in taking screenshots and it can be uploaded directly to the Cloud. You can also save or reopen the file with another external editor.

So, that was complete information on how to screenshot on a laptop or Macbook PC. Keep up with the Game News to find out more interesting tutorials about gadgets. Apart from that, there is also news on the latest gadgets and games, various reviews of gaming gear to interesting tips & tricks about smartphones.

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