I've fiddled around with the screenshots applet on my M1 and it makes the "noise" to take a screenshot but no matter what combo of prescribed keys I select, it doesn't save the screenshots anywhere. What could I be missing?
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Screenshots not screenshotting...
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Actually, the screenshot function in MacOS is one of the few things I think Windows and Linux are far more superior with.
I like to have a button to press on my keyboard, or map a button of choice. In MacOS it's a strange key combination(s) that i always seem to forget. Was it Control +Command + shift +4 or was it Option +Control +Command +Shift and +3 and so on...
This could be more, or better manageable with a simple print screen key on my Apple magic keyboard.
I like to have a button to press on my keyboard, or map a button of choice. In MacOS it's a strange key combination(s) that i always seem to forget. Was it Control +Command + shift +4 or was it Option +Control +Command +Shift and +3 and so on...
This could be more, or better manageable with a simple print screen key on my Apple magic keyboard.
Are you using the keyboard command Shift +Command+ 3 or 4 for your screenshots?Doesn't save to the desktop or anywhere else I can find...
Try using Finder to locate the screenshot. Do a search for "screenshot" without the quotes.
Check the clipboard in case some are there.Tried finder, spotlight...screenshots are NOT being saved.
Mind telling us what command(s) you're using to take a screenshot and if you've got any screenshot-related software installed? Even something like Dropbox can intercept your screenshots and save them to a Dropbox folder.
Apple tech helped me resolve that problem, but now I am saving screen shots as PNGs, and I would rather have them as JPEGs. For some reason, the lines of code I have seen work in "Terminal" don't seem to work in Big Sur on my mBA M1. ??
I use Snagit to take screenshots and make recordings. I listed the standard keyboard commands in a previous post, to see what the OP was using.
Double-click the screenshot. That should open the default Preview app. Then click on File > export > and then save as Jpeg.
Install TinkerTool, there you can select your screenshot file format and destination folder (working perfectly on MBA M1) using their GUI, not terminal commands:
Also:
cmd+option+3/4 = take screenshot and save it as a file
cmd+option+shift+3/4 = take screenshot and save it into a clipboard only (then you can cmd+c to paste it elsewhere)
Also:
cmd+option+3/4 = take screenshot and save it as a file
cmd+option+shift+3/4 = take screenshot and save it into a clipboard only (then you can cmd+c to paste it elsewhere)
You should all bookmark the Apple Support Document Mac Keyboard Shortcuts and reference that time to time!
I really could not disagree more, but that's maybe because printing the entire screen is not functionality that I ever need. I need to take snippets of the screen. To do that in Windows I have to either use the terrible Snipping Tool, or I have to print screen, open Paint, paste and then start mucking about. In Windows I have to make sure that the the snipping tool is open and is in the foreground, then I have to click new, ctrl + n. This makes it useless when I want to capture menus in an application for example.
MacOS could not make this process any simpler. I am not sure how hitting print screen is that much easier than command + shift + ctrl + 3 and considering that Windows has less functionality to take screenshots, I cannot see how it is superior.
Command + shift + 3 = print entire screen and save to chosen location
Command + shift + ctrl + 3 = print entire screen and save to clipboard (just like windows print screen)
Command + shift + 4 = print a selection of the screen using a mouse, or if you hit space bar if you can take a screenshot of an application window
Command + shift + ctrl + 4 = same as above, but saves to the clipboard
Command + shift + 5 = gives you all of the options of the above with a GUI and you can set the location of all of your screenshots
Simple, fast and elegant and not very difficult to remember. 3 - entire screen. 4 - snippet of the screen. holding ctrl saves to clipboard instead of to file.
Hit command shift 5 and look into the options to see the location that is being used for the screenshots
It's manageable, but easier with a press of a button. In fact on my Gentoo Linux installation i press the prnt scr key and have assigned the "Command + shift +ctrl +4" to "screenshot" application, default in the Xfce Desktop environment.
One press on one key does it all
Using the Keyboard control panel (system setting), I changed the Command-Shift-5 to the fn-F3 key on my MBA's keyboard. The F3 key has the icons for Mission Control (three boxes), so I figured it would be easy to remember that for screenshots. So F3 is Mission Control and fn-F3 is the screenshot/window capture command. Works great and is easier to key in than Command-Shift-5 (IMHO).It's manageable, but easier with a press of a button. In fact on my Gentoo Linux installation i press the prnt scr key and have assigned the "Command + shift +ctrl +4" to "screenshot" application, default in the Xfce Desktop environment.
One press on one key does it all
My Keychron keyboard comes with a screenshot button and it is mapped to command + shift + 4 by default. As per @xraydoc, you can map the screenshot shortcuts to other keys or key combos that work better for you.It's manageable, but easier with a press of a button. In fact on my Gentoo Linux installation i press the prnt scr key and have assigned the "Command + shift +ctrl +4" to "screenshot" application, default in the Xfce Desktop environment.
One press on one key does it all
You’ve barely scratched the surface of screenshots in Windows..., everything you suggested indicates you’re stuck in the Windows Vista timeframe.