Native Screen Capture Tool For The Mac

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The name of the game with Captur is simplicity. It sits in the menu bar giving you just a few more options in addition to your Mac’s own native screenshot powers. For example, you can easily change the file format, destination, default file name, as well as add times and dates to all your captures. Advanced users with knowledge of the Mac OS X Lion Terminal application can also use the 'screen-capture' command to take a screenshot from the command line. An alternative to saving a Grab file as a TIFF formatted file is to copy it and open Preview. Since my recent testing and use of Camtasia:mac, I’ve been trying out another product for screen capture on a Mac – Snagit, by the same company who make Camtasia. There’s a similar story to my testing process here; I’ve used the native OS X Grab app, Snapz Pro X and my long-term favourite, LittleSnapper.

If you've upgraded to macOS Mojave, you can use Shift-Command (⌘)-5 to take all types of screenshots, or make video recordings of your screen. Other keyboard shortcuts, such as Shift-Command-3 and Shift-Command-4, continue to work in all versions of macOS.

Accessing The Built In Screen Capture Utilities In Mac By Jeffry Thurana – Posted on Mar 22, 2009 Mar 21, 2009 in Mac After reading my recent article about screen-capture utilities for Windows, my friend asked my recommendation of the similar tool(s) in Mac and where can he download it/them.

Capture the entire screen

In macOS Mojave:

  1. Press Shift-Command-5 on your keyboard to see the onscreen capture controls:
  2. Click Capture Entire Screen in the onscreen controls. Your pointer changes to a camera .
  3. Click anywhere on any screen to capture the screen of that display, or click Capture in the onscreen controls to capture the screen of every display.
  4. A thumbnail of the screenshot briefly appears in the corner of your screen. You can then find the screenshot on your desktop.

In all versions of macOS:

  1. Press Shift-Command-3 to capture the screen of every display.
  2. Find the screenshot on your desktop.

Capture a window

In macOS Mojave:

  1. Press Shift-Command-5 to see the onscreen capture controls.
  2. Click Capture Selected Window in the onscreen controls. Your pointer changes to a camera .
  3. 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.
  4. A thumbnail of the screenshot briefly appears in the corner of your screen. You can interact with the thumbnail to edit the screenshot, move it, or take other actions. Or wait for the screenshot to appear on your desktop.

In all versions of macOS:

  1. Press Shift-Command-4.
  2. Press the Space bar. The pointer changes to a camera .
  3. 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.
  4. Find the screenshot on your desktop.

Capture a selected portion of the screen

In macOS Mojave:

  1. Press Shift-Command-5 to see the onscreen capture controls.
  2. Click Capture Selected Portion in the onscreen controls.
  3. Drag to select an area of the screen to capture. To move the entire selection, drag from within the selection.
  4. Click Capture in the onscreen controls.
  5. A thumbnail of the screenshot briefly appears in the corner of your screen. You can interact with the thumbnail to edit the screenshot, move it, or take other actions. Or wait for the screenshot to appear on your desktop.

In all versions of macOS:

  1. Press Shift-Command-4.
  2. Drag to select the area of the screen to capture. To move the entire selection, press and hold Space bar while dragging.
  3. After you release your mouse or trackpad button, find the screenshot on your desktop.

Capture a menu

In macOS Mojave:

  1. Click the menu to reveal its contents.
  2. Capture the menu by following the steps to capture the entire screen or capture a window (the menu is treated like a window) or capture a portion of the screen that includes the menu.

In all versions of macOS:

  1. Click the menu to reveal its contents.
  2. Press Shift-Command-4.
    • Drag to select the area of the menu to capture, then release your mouse or trackpad button to capture that area.
    • Or press Space bar to change the pointer to a camera , then click the menu to capture it.
  3. Find the screenshot on your desktop.

Capture the Touch Bar

If you have a Mac with a Touch Bar and macOS Sierra 10.12.2 or later, press Shift-Command-6 to capture what is currently displayed on the Touch Bar. Then find the screenshot on your desktop.

You can also customize the Control Strip region of your Touch Bar to include a Screenshot button.

Use the screenshot thumbnail


When you take a screenshotin macOS Mojave, a thumbnail of the screenshot appears briefly in the lower-right corner of your screen.

  • Take no action or swipe the thumbnail to the right: The screenshot is automatically saved to your chosen save location, which by default is the desktop.
  • Control-click the thumbnail to choose more actions, such as change the default save location, open the screenshot in an app, or delete the screenshot without saving it.
  • Drag the thumbnail to move the screenshot to another location, such as to a document, an email, a Finder window, or the Trash.
  • Click the thumbnail to open the screenshot. You can then use the markup tools in the toolbar to crop, rotate, annotate, and take other editing actions. Or click the share button to share the screenshot.


Clicking the thumbnail opens it in editing view. Hover your pointer over each button in the toolbar to see its function.

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If you don't want the thumbnail to appear, click Options in the onscreen controls, then use the ”Show Floating Thumbnail” option to change the setting.

Learn more

  • By default, screenshots are saved with the name ”Screen Shot date at time.png”.
  • To cancel taking a screenshot, press the Esc (Escape) key before clicking to capture.
  • To store the screenshot in the Clipboard instead of saving it, press and hold the Control key while you click to capture. You can then paste the screenshot into a document, message, or other location. Using Universal Clipboard, you can even paste it on another Apple device.
  • You can open screenshots with Preview, Safari, or other apps that can edit or view images. Preview can export to a different format, such as JPEG, PDF, or TIFF.
  • Screenshot controls in macOS Mojave are provided by the Screenshot app, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. This app replaces the Grab app from earlier versions of macOS.
  • Some apps, such as DVD Player, might not let you take screenshots of their windows.

CloudApp also makes it super simple to record HD videos, in full or select parts of your screen with audio as well as with a webcam feature. As with annotations, there are several ways to do this on both a Mac or a PC:

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For Mac:

  1. Use shortcut 'Cmd + Shift + 6' to capture a section of your screen, choose the HD video option, and click the Start button to record. You can also select the [ ] to capture full screen (customize the shortcut in Preferences menu)
  2. Click the CloudApp icon installed in your menu bar (top of your screen) or Applications Folder, then select the TV 'Record Your Screen' icon and select a part of your screen to capture and record

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For Windows PC:

Screen Capture Tool For Mac Tutorial

  1. Use shortcut 'Alt + Shift + 6' to capture a section of your screen, choose the HD video option, and click the Start button to record. You can also select the [ ] to capture full screen (customize the shortcut in Preferences menu)
  2. Click the CloudApp icon installed in system tray (bottom right of your screen) or Programs Menu, then select the TV 'Record Your Screen' icon to select part of your screen to capture and record

Screen Capture App For Mac

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