#Change mac screenshot settings mac#
If your Mac has a Touch Bar, then you can take a screenshot of the Touch Bar using the ‘Shift + Command + 6’ keyboard shortcut.Ĭhanged your mind? Switch back to the Desktop.Move the camera over the window that you want to screenshot, until that window is highlighted blue. The pointer will then transform into a camera. To screenshot a specific window, press the ‘Shift + Command + 4’ keys and then press the ‘Space’ bar.To get selective, use the ‘Command + Shift + 4’ keyboard shortcut, and then use the crosshairs to select the portion of the screen that you want to screenshot.
Open Terminal and type the following command but DON’T hit Return yet!ĭefaults write locationģ. For this example, I created a folder called “Screenshots” on my Desktop.Ģ. You can also change the default location for screenshots.ġ. Click (or tap) to take a screenshot of the highlighted window. Move the camera icon and hover it over the window you want to take a screenshot of. The marker will change to a camera icon.ģ. Press Command + Shift +4 to reveal the crosshair marker.Ģ. When you want to grab a screenshot of a specific application window, instead of using Command + Shift + 4 to draw a box around it, you can instead do this.ġ. You may need to issue this command as well (although I have not found it necessary): To change the screenshot file format, type this command in Terminal, replacing “jpg” with your format of choice (bmp,gif,jpg,pds,tiff).ĭefaults write type jpg