Pressing that key combination will capture your entire screen and place the image as a new PNG file on your desktop. You simply take an existing screenshot keyboard shortcut and add Control to the mix.įor example, the keyboard shortcut to capture then entire screen is Shift (⇧) + Command (⌘) + 3.
To save your Mac screenshot to the clipboard instead of to a file on your desktop, the magic key is Control (displayed on some older Mac keyboards as ⌃).
Copying a Mac Screenshot to the Clipboard
