If you want to share something that you are viewing on your screen, taking a screenshot and sharing it is the easiest thing you can do.
It’s much more visual and you don’t have to explain what is there on your screen.
Screenshot can also help if you are trying to troubleshoot someone’s Mac, an iPhone or, an iPad.
Here is how you can take a screenshot on either of these products from Apple.
How to take a screenshot on a Mac
In Mac, you can either take the screenshot of the entire screen or take a screenshot of a selected portion of your screen.
Take a screenshot of the entire screen
- Press Shift-Command (⌘)-3.
- Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
Take a screenshot of a selected portion
- Press Shift-Command-4. The pointer changes to a crosshair.
- Move the crosshair to where you want to start the screenshot, then drag to select an area.
- While dragging, you can hold Shift, Option, or Space bar to change the way the selection moves
- When you’ve selected the area you want, release your mouse or trackpad button. To cancel, press the Esc (Escape) key before you release the button.
- Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
Take a screenshot of a window
- Press Shift-Command-4. The pointer changes to a crosshair.
- Press the Space bar. The pointer changes to a camera.
- Move the camera over a window to highlight it.
- Click your mouse or trackpad. To cancel, press the Esc (Escape) key before you click.
- Find the screenshot as a .png file on your desktop.
How to take a screenshot on an iPhone?
Press the home and lock buttons on your phone at the same time to capture the screenshot
How to take a screenshot on iPad
Taking a screenshot on an iPad is similar to taking a screenshot on an iPhone.
To take the screenshot on iPad, you need to press and hold the two physical buttons on the iPad at the same time, these two buttons are the home button and the Sleep /Wake up button.
Check out to take a screenshot on a PC or How to take screenshots on an Android Mobile
