Find the location you want to save to in the Save to section.It is possible to change where screenshots are saved in Mojave or later: Grab is likely to save the screenshot to your Documents folder – and if you don’t change the name of the image it will save as Untitled. If you were to use an app such as Grab (available in earlier versions of macOS) to take your screenshots then they might end up elsewhere. But in Mojave or later, you can choose a variety of other places where your screenshot can be saved. If you press Control at the same time the screenshot will be copied to your pasteboard.īy default, Mac screenshots are saved to the desktop.Press Escape at any time to abort the screengrab.Hold Shift and you’ll be able to move horizontally only.Once you’ve clicked the mouse button and started dragging the cursor, press Space, and you’ll be able to move the selected area around.Once the crosshairs appear you can let go of the keyboard keys.Try these tips below to fine-tune your screenshots:

This way we can always create screenshots at the same size. We often choose the Capture Selected Portion option which we have set to a certain dimension. There are also options so you can make a screen recording of what’s happening on your screen: Record Entire Screen and Record Selected Portion.

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