For example, Apple has configured it so that it is not possible to make a screenshot of a movie that is being played via the DVD player software. This usually has something to do with the program that you are attempting to display. It can sometimes be the case that making a screen capture on a Mac doesn’t work. (It is also possible to install a button in the Touch Bar specifically for the creation of MacBook screenshots.) The shortcut key for this form of screen grab – as the Touch Bar is located underneath the actual monitor – is + +. A requirement for this is that you have the update macOS Sierra 10.12.1 or later. It is also possible to make a screenshot of this display.

Touch Bar: As of 2016, MacBook Pros are fitted out with an additional navigation bar – an OLED touch screen known as the Touch Bar.Like with the other processes, you can cancel this process by pressing the Esc button. Now when you click into a menu, the title will also be a part of the screenshot. This can only be done if, prior to clicking your mouse, you transform the pointer into a crosshair cursor by pressing the spacebar. However, this will not save the title of the menu.

Using the cursor, click on the menu and create your screenshot. To do this simply open the menu and press + +.

Menu: Even a menu can be saved separately as a screenshot on a Mac.

This process can also be cancelled at any time by pressing the Esc button. Simply click on the window that you wish to make a screenshot of. Now by pressing the space bar the cursor will become a camera symbol. Once again, your mouse will transform into a crosshair cursor.

Window: If it is the case that you wish to save an entire window (and nothing else) as a screenshot, then you should also be pressing the button combination of + +.

If you wish to cancel the screengrab during the process, simply press the Esc button. The screenshot will then be performed at this moment. Move the cursor to where you would like to begin the screen grab, then click and pull to the desired size before releasing the mouse again. In this case, the mouse pointer will turn into a crosshair cursor.

Rectangular area: Press + + to grab a rectangular section of a screen.

Entire screen: You can make a screenshot of the entire display by pressing + +.

There are different buttons depending on which area of a macOS or OS X you wish to make a screen grab of: Apple users will always need to press a combination of buttons (a shortcut) to make a screenshot on a Mac. It is this button that allows Windows users, with one single press of a button, to make a screen grab of everything on display on a monitor. Apple devices don’t have a ‘Print Screen’ button.

Mac print screen shortcut key