If you don't use the Control key, your Mac saves these keystroke captures to your desktop by default. That allows you to copy and paste what you see on the screen into an application, such as image editing software. Your cursor immediately returns to normal after that selection.Ĭontrol added to the start of either of these sequences saves the image to the clipboard temporarily instead of to a permanent file. Click and drag the tool to make your selection.
Command+Shift+3 captures the entire screen and saves it to a file on your desktop.Ĭommand+Shift+4 temporarily replaces your mouse cursor with a tool to select any rectangular portion of the screen.
