Et voila, now you have the handy screenshot toolbar up, ready to document anything you need. Either click on the magnifying glass in the top righthand corner or your screen (next to or near the clock) or press Command+Space Bar to get the Spotlight search bar to come up, and then type in “screenshot” and press Return. You can also access the screenshot screen on your MacBook by going through Spotlight. If you forget that shortcut, do not worry. The preview will pop up down the bottom right hand side of your screen, clicking on it will let you edit the screenshot (crop, etc). You can also take a grab of the entire screen by pressing Command+Shift+3. The menu that comes up at the bottom provides options of what to do with the image/recording after you’re done, activate a timer, and determine whether or not you want the pointer to show up. It also allows you to record the entire screen or just a portion. That will bring up the screenshot menu and from there you can decide whether you want to take a shot of the whole screen, your current window or just a portion of the screen. The quickest way to take a screenshot or screen recording on a MacBook is to press Command+Shift+5.
There are two main ways to go about taking a screenshot on your MacBook. Whether you’re taking it for record-keeping, proving to your friends that that guy really did say that thing, or showing someone what weird thing your MacBook is doing, being able to take a screenshot is super useful. It’s been said that the world runs on screenshots.