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title: "How to screenshot on Mac"  
description: "One of the hardest parts for the newbies of Mac, who have just moved from Windows, is to figure out how to screenshot on Mac."  
author: "Adam Mitchel"  
published: 2019-06-21  
updated: 2019-09-07  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/105997/how-to-screenshot-on-mac  
category: "internet"  
tags: ["mac os x"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to screenshot on Mac

All computer users face the necessity to take [screenshots](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2115/twitter-encourages-users-to-share-tweets-rather-than-copy-links-from-screenshots) from time to time. As in [Windows](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155659/connecting-to-windows-instances-and-install-iis-server), if you want to make a [screenshot on Mac](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31646/how-to-take-screenshot-on-mac), there are necessary [tools](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1826/the-best-self-defense-weapons-and-tools-for-2022) for this. However, the hardest part for the newbies of Mac, who have just "moved" from Windows, is to [figure](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87536/what-are-ghosts-jobs-and-how-to-figure-out-them) out how to screenshot on Mac. As it turns out that to take a screenshot Mac users need to use different hotkeys and the previously worked [methods](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2253/what-are-difference-between-get-and-post-methods) are not [efficient](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/33381/4-software-tools-to-manage-your-remote-employees-in-a-more-efficient-manner) here, as such a familiar [button](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23268/connect-devices-using-wps-button-on-your-linksys-wifi-router) [print screen](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49846/where-is-the-print-screen-key-on-a-mac) Mac users will not see on their keyboard.

![How to screenshot on Mac](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/4b70963e-8e96-452b-ba76-7d5bcf86b209/images/25169d4c-4633-40ab-917c-076e1c5f7adf.jpeg)\

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