How to take a screenshot on your Mac

You can capture the entire screen, a window, or just a selected portion of the screen.

With macOS Mojave, press Shift-Command (⌘)-5 on your keyboard to see all the controls you need to capture still images and record video of your screen. Use these onscreen controls to select whether to capture the entire screen, capture a window, capture a selected portion, or record a video of the screen. (To capture the Touch Bar, continue to use Shift-Command-6.)

Capture the entire screen

1. Click  in the onscreen controls. Your pointer changes to a camera .
2. Click any screen to capture that screen, or click Capture in the onscreen controls.

Capture a window

1. Click  in the onscreen controls. Your pointer changes to a camera .
2. Click a window to capture that window. To exclude the window's shadow from the screenshot, press and hold the Option (⌥) key while you click.
   

Capture a selected portion of the screen

1. Click  in the onscreen controls.
2. Drag to select an area of the screen to capture. To move the entire selection, drag from within the selection.
   
3. Click Capture in the onscreen controls.

Capture a menu

1. Click the menu to reveal its contents.
2. Press Shift-Command-5 while the menu is shown.