How to take a screenshot on your Mac

Macs have built-in functionality to take screenshots easily.

Take a screenshot of your whole screen

command ⌘ + shift + 3

Take a screenshot of a part of your screen

command ⌘ + shift + 4

Your pointer will change to a crosshairs pointer. Click and drag the area you want to screenshot

Take a screenshot of a window

command ⌘ + shift + 4

- Press the spacebar, the pointer will turn into a camera icon
- Move the camera pointer over the window to highlight
- Click to take screenshot, esc to cancel

Change the location where screenshots are saved

\By default, your screenshots are saved to your desktop. I, for one, hate a messy desktop, so I won't want all my screenshots saved here

To change the default location where screenshots are saved:

1. Create a new folder where you'll be storing your Screenshots. In my case, I made a new Screenshots folder in my Documents folder
2. Open Terminal
3. Type the following (where ~/Documents/Screenshots is the where you want your screenshots to be saved moving forward):
   
   

   defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Documents/Screenshots

   
   
   
4. Apply your changes by typing:
   
   

   killall SystemUIServer

That's it! Take another screenshot and test it out