A dotted screen icon with a dot: This lets you record video of a selection of the screen. A screen icon with a dot: This lets you record video of the entire screen – it’s a feature you used to get in QuickTime. A dotted box outline: This tool lets you capture a selection of the screen. A window icon: Click this to capture a window on your screen. A screen icon: Tap this to capture the entire screen. This invokes the crosshair pointer that you use to select portions of the screen it also summons a brand-new menu. Mojave adds a brand-new screen capture shortcut: ⌘+⇧+5: You’ll need to get to know this command, as it’s the one you use to access Mojave’s new screenshot tools. ⌘+⇧+4 then Space: Capture a window, menu, desktop icon, or the menu bar and save as a file. ⌘+⇧+4: Capture dragged area and save as a file. ⌘+⇧+3: Capture entire screen and save as a file. Taking a screenshot using MojaveĪpple has introduced some new controls for capturing screenshots on your Mac, but all the keyboard commands you are used to when you grab an image continue to work.Īs described in full here, these include: It also includes improved tools for taking, sending, and saving screenshots and screen recordings. Until then, here's a look at what we can expect from the screenshot tools.Īpple’s latest iteration of macOS includes several enhancements, including Dark Mode, desktop management and Finder improvements, Quick Look, security and privacy improvements, and more.
Set to ship in the fall, macOS Mojave will be available to Apple’s Public Beta testers soon so they can take a look at it themselves.