The easiest way to take screenshots on Mac is with the MacOS built-in app. If you take too many screenshots, do you know how you can easily retrieve these images when needed?
In your question ‘How to find Screenshots on MacBook’, Then you have come to the right place. Today we will inform you about all the information through this article.
Find Screenshots on MacBook
When we take a screenshot on a MacBook with its built-in tools, it goes straight to the desktop by default. MacOS snapshot gives a name to these images and saves them in PNG format along with the time and date.
Too many screenshots make a mess on the desktop. To avoid this, use Finder (a new feature in MacOS Mojave). It organizes all the screenshots on your desktop. Whenever you want, you can get the whole collection in one folder.
How to save screenshots in a different location on a MacBook
If you do not want your screenshot collection on your desktop, change the save directory. This will keep your desktop tidy and make your images easy to find.
According to your operating system, there are two places to collect photos in Mac, which we are going to tell you-
How to change screenshot location in MacOS mojave
1- Open Finder then go to
Applications > Utilities > Screenshot (in short you can press)
Command + Shift + 5 to open the Screenshot app
2- Tap on Options- Select a folder as the screenshot location from the list-
Desktop, Documents, Mail, Messages, QuickTime Player, Other Location.
3- If you choose another location, you will have to go to the folder where you want the images. Or, you can create a new folder. If you change the location, you will find the images in that folder unless you change the location again.
How to change screenshots location in MacOS high Sierra
If you are using macOS High Sierra or earlier, it may be hard to change from the screenshot save directory. For this you need to use the terminal app, it will help you. Let us learn it step by step-
1- First open Mac Launchpad- Navigate to other > Terminal
2- As soon as Windows appears, type the command given below:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location
Note- Give space after typing location otherwise the command will not work.
3- Drag the folder you want to use for the screenshot to the terminal location. The terminal command will now be in another path in the file path.
4- Press the return key, tap the below command to make sure the changes take effect.
killall SystemUIServer
Press the return key on your keyboard, and the next time you take a screenshot, it will save in a new folder.
How do I recover a Screenshots on MacBook?
Today we will tell you the best way to recover deleted screenshots on MacBook-
1- First, download Disk Drill,
2- Install Disk Drill,
3- Open Disk Drill, select your Mac drive and click search for lost data,
4- Click on review founds item
5- Select the screenshot and click Recover
6- Choose a recovery destination and now click next
How to crop a screenshots on MacBook
Taking screenshots on MacBook is very easy and informative too. But sometimes, you want to focus on a part of the screenshot. Or, you want to remove some unneeded layers. We will give you step by step details in this article.
Crop a screenshot with Mac’s editor
Come and let’s start our discussion about screenshots on MacBook-
1- Double click on your screenshot and then access the Markup toolbar.
2- Click on the crop button
3- Click and drag the corners of the crop box to select the area you want to keep.
4- You can also adjust the size and position of the crop box by clicking and dragging the edges.
5- Once you are happy with the cropping, tap the Done button. It’s in the bottom right corner of the window.
6- Your screenshot cropped. You could save it by clicking on File in the menu bar. Then press ‘Command + Save’ on your keyboard.
How to crop a screenshot on Mac using Preview
1- Open a screenshot in preview, and access the Markup Toolbar.
2- Tap on the selection tool
3- Tap and drag to the selected area you want to crop. You can also adjust the size and position of the screenshot by clicking and dragging the edges.
4- When you satisfied with selecting the crop area, click Tools on the menu bar. Then select Crop or press ‘Command + K’ on your keyboard.
5- You can also save your screenshots by clicking on File in the menu bar. Then, select Save. Or, press ‘Command + S’ on your keyboard.
Crop your screenshot using Snagit
There are many third-party apps that will help you crop easy way on Mac like Snagit. This app has many advanced features or customized options for cropping your screenshots.
The easiest way to take a screenshot in Snagit is to open the capture window. Then, select whatever you want to capture.
Be it a particular area or a screenshot of the entire screen, the Snagit captures .
MacBook screenshot shortcut key
To take a screenshot on a MacBook, you have to press these three keys .
Shift+Command+$
If you see a thumbnail in the corner of the screen, click it to edit the screenshot.
MacBook screenshot shortcut not working
First of all we’re going to go to the Apple menu and navigate to System Preferences. Tap on Keyboard and next tap on the Shortcut tab. After this we will get the option of screenshot on the left side of Screen.
Make sure that all options here are active.
Final Words
As soon as you locate the screenshots folder, you will see all the screenshots of the MacBook. If you saved your default location for your screenshots, you will need to go to the default folder. Not the selected one. We have told you all the information related to screenshots on MacBook in this article. We will soon come up with a new article with the solution to more updated queries.