I have to take plenty of screenshots, every now and then capturing a screenshot on a Mac is very easy, so simple that I just love doing it. Here is how you do it.

If you have to capture a screenshot of your entire desktop simply press (Command + Shift + 3) all together. The Command button is the one that has the apple symbol on it.

The screenshot will appear as image file on your desktop, something called Picture 1.png. I would recommend that before you edit the picture you open the captured image in “Preview” and save it as a JPEG, instead of the PNG format that it is captured.

In order to capture a selected portion of your screen press all together (Command + Shift + 4) and use the cursor to highlight what you want captured.