Mac OS offers several keyboard shortcuts for taking screenshots, each with different functionalities. Here’s a comprehensive list of those shortcuts:

Full Screen Capture

• Shift + Command (⌘) + 3: Captures the entire screen and saves the screenshot to your desktop.

Selected Portion Capture

• Shift + Command (⌘) + 4: Changes the cursor to a crosshair, allowing you to click and drag to select a portion of the screen to capture. The screenshot is saved to your desktop.

Window Capture

• Shift + Command (⌘) + 4, then Spacebar: Changes the cursor to a camera. Click on any open window to capture it. The screenshot is saved to your desktop.

Touch Bar Capture (for MacBook Pro with Touch Bar)

• Shift + Command (⌘) + 6: Captures the Touch Bar (if your MacBook has one) and saves the screenshot to your desktop.

Screenshots Saved to Clipboard

• Shift + Command (⌘) + Control + 3: Captures the entire screen and copies the screenshot to the clipboard instead of saving it to the desktop.
• Shift + Command (⌘) + Control + 4: Captures a selected portion of the screen and copies the screenshot to the clipboard.
• Shift + Command (⌘) + Control + 4, then Spacebar: Captures a selected window and copies the screenshot to the clipboard.
• Shift + Command (⌘) + Control + 6: Captures the Touch Bar and copies the screenshot to the clipboard.

Screenshot App (introduced in macOS Mojave)

• Shift + Command (⌘) + 5: Opens the Screenshot app, providing options to capture the entire screen, a selected window, or a selected portion of the screen. It also offers options for screen recording.

Additional Shortcuts within the Screenshot App

• Capture Entire Screen: In the Screenshot app, click the first button on the toolbar or press Command (⌘) + 1.
• Capture Selected Window: In the Screenshot app, click the second button on the toolbar or press Command (⌘) + 2.
• Capture Selected Portion: In the Screenshot app, click the third button on the toolbar or press Command (⌘) + 3.
• Record Entire Screen: In the Screenshot app, click the fourth button on the toolbar or press Command (⌘) + 4.
• Record Selected Portion: In the Screenshot app, click the fifth button on the toolbar or press Command (⌘) + 5.

TextEdit

For a basic text editor on Mac that does not carry any formatting, you can use one of the following options:

1. TextEdit (Plain Text Mode)
   • Description: TextEdit is a built-in text editor on macOS. By default, it supports rich text formatting, but you can switch it to plain text mode.
2. How to Use:
   1. Open TextEdit.
   2. Go to Format in the menu bar.
   3. Select Make Plain Text or use the shortcut Shift + Command + T.