How to take a screenshot on your Mac
You can capture the entire screen, a window,or just a selected portion of the screen.Use Shift-Command-5 in macOS MojaveWith macOS Mojave, press Shift-Command (⌘)-5 on your keyboard to see all the controls you need to capture still images and record video of your screen. Use these onscreen controls to select whether to capture the entire screen, capture a window, capture a selected portion, or record a video of the screen. (To capture the Touch Bar, continue to use Shift-Command-6.)
Capture the entire screen
Click
Click any screen to capture that screen, or click Capture in the onscreen controls.
Use the thumbnail to markup, share, save, or take other actions.
Capture a window
Click
Click a window to capture that window.
To exclude the window's shadow from the screenshot, press and hold the Option (⌥) key while you click.
Use the thumbnail to markup, share, save, or take other actions.
Capture a selected portion of the screen
Click
Drag to select an area of the screen to capture. To move the entire selection, drag from within the selection.
Click Capture in the onscreen controls.
Use the thumbnail to markup, share, save, or take other actions.
Capture a menu
Click the menu to reveal its contents.
Press Shift-Command-5 while the menu is shown.
Capture the menu by following the steps to capture the entire screen, capture a window (the menu is treated like a window), or capture a selected portion of the screen.