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I don’t have a definitive list but if you do see a blank image instead of what you were expecting, this could be why. Apparently, some Mac apps don’t allow screenshots to be taken of them. I have experienced this on a few occasions and I couldn’t work it out for the longest time. If you find your screenshot appears blank and not what you are expecting, you’re not alone.

Select Start Timer and set up the screen to be captured.

Select Capture in the top menu and Timed Screen.

It’s a very useful tool that can do a lot more than use a timer. Also you have an option to automatically save the screenshot to your desktop or to the clipboard. For this we need Grab, a built-in utility that takes screenshots. On Mac, you have an option to capture your entire screen or just a selected portion of it (partial screen). When Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom is selected, you can zoom in (press Option-Command-Equal sign), zoom out (press Option-Command-Minus sign), or quickly switch between the two settings (press Option-Command-8). The downside of that method is that it doesn’t capture the menu title which can be key in setting the context of the image.įor more involved screenshots, sometimes you need to perform an action to describe what you want. Zoom in on the screen: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Accessibility, then click Zoom. You can also use the window capture method above and set the camera icon over the menu.

Drag to include the menu and a little window context.Select Command + Shift 4 and the cursor changes to a crosshair.Getting a good screenshot of a menu is an essential part of creating tutorials as it accurately describes what you are asking the reader to do. png file on your desktop the same as the other methods here.

Click the mouse button or tap the trackpad to make the capture.Move the camera over the window you want to capture.Select Command + Shift 4 and hit Space.You can use the above method to drag and select an area of the screen that includes the window but there is also a command that captures just the window. Often it is useful to just capture an active window or dialog within OS X to make a point.