1. Mac Screen Capture Tool
2. Screen Capture Mac Os Catalina
3. Mac Os Screen Recording

Way 3: Record Video with Camtasia Mac. The last screen recorder in our list is Camtasia from TechSmith company. This video capture is a best combination of screen recording and video editing. It's more than a simple screen recorder, but gives you the tools you need to truly customize and edit your videos. Click the Capture menu and choose between the four different options. To take a picture of your entire screen, click on Screen (or just use the keyboard command Apple Key + Z). A window will pop up telling you where to click and letting you know that the window will not appear in the shot.

In Mac OS X, to take a screenshot (including any menus youmay have selected), pressCommand-Shift-3. You will hear a camerashutter click, and an image of your current screen will be saved toyour desktop in PNG format. In Mac OS X 10.6 and later, itwill be named with the date and time that you take the screen shot.In Mac OS X 10.5 and earlier, it will be named Picture N,where N is a number (e.g., Picture 1,Picture 2, etc.).

To take a screenshot of only a portion of the screen:

1. Press Command-Shift-4. Your mouse pointer willchange into crosshairs.

   Note: If you want to cancel at any point in thisprocess, press Esc.

2. Move your mouse to the upper-left corner of the area you want tocapture. Hold down the mouse button, drag the mouse to thelower-right corner of the area you want to capture, and then releasethe mouse button.

You can also take screenshots of individual windows, menus, and icons:

Mac Screen Capture Tool

1. If you want to take a screenshot of a menu, select it. If you wantto take a screenshot of a window, click it to bring it into focus.
2. Press Command-Shift-4, and then press the Spacebar.Your mouse pointer will change into a camera.

   Note: If you want to cancel at any point in thisprocess, press Esc.

3. Click the window, menu, or icon you want to capture.

Note: Whether capturing an image of the screen, aportion of the screen, a menu, an icon, or a window, if you also holdthe Ctrl key down along with other keys, it will save theimage to the Clipboard rather than a file.

Grab

You can use Grab, which is normally installed in/Applications/Utilities, to take screenshots of all orparts of your screen. It has a timed function that lets you include apull-down menu or change which application will be active in thescreenshot. You may also change the appearance of the mouse pointer orremove it from the screenshot altogether. Grab saves your images asTIFF files, which you can display in Preview or modify in agraphics editor, such as Adobe Photoshop.

Snapz Pro

For more advanced screen capture features, including video capture,see SnapzPro X, available as shareware from Ambrosia Software.

How to take a screenshot on your Mac

1. To take a screenshot, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 3.
2. If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.
   

How to capture a portion of the screen

1. Press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 4.
2. Drag the crosshair to select the area of the screen to capture. To move the selection, press and hold Space bar while dragging. To cancel taking the screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key.
   
3. To take the screenshot, release your mouse or trackpad button.
4. If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.

How to capture a window or menu

1. Open the window or menu that you want to capture.
2. Press and hold these keys together: Shift, Command, 4, and Space bar. The pointer changes to a camera icon . To cancel taking the screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key.
   
3. Click the window or menu to capture it. To exclude the window's shadow from the screenshot, press and hold the Option key while you click.
4. If you see a thumbnail in the corner of your screen, click it to edit the screenshot. Or wait for the screenshot to save to your desktop.

Where to find screenshots

By default, screenshots save to your desktop with the name ”Screen Shot [date] at [time].png.”

Screen Capture Mac Os Catalina

In macOS Mojave or later, you can change the default location of saved screenshots from the Options menu in the Screenshot app. You can also drag the thumbnail to a folder or document.

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Mac Os Screen Recording

• In macOS Mojave or later, you can also set a timer and choose where screenshots are saved with the Screenshot app. To open the app, press and hold these three keys together: Shift, Command, and 5. Learn more about the Screenshot app.
• Some apps, such as the Apple TV app, might not let you take screenshots of their windows.
• To copy a screenshot to the Clipboard, press and hold the Control key while you take the screenshot. You can then paste the screenshot somewhere else. Or use Universal Clipboard to paste it on another Apple device.