
When you release the mouse button, you can paste the screen shot to another application. A cross-hair cursor will appear and you can click and drag to select the area you wish to capture. To copy a portion of the screen to the clipboard, press Command-Control-Shift-4.When you release the mouse button, the screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop following the same naming convention as explained on the first tip above.

To capture a portion of the screen, press Command-Shift-4.

The screen shot will be placed on your clipboard for you to paste into another program like PowerPoint, Word, Photoshop, etc.

Bear in mind that you'll need an iPad-compatible keyboard like Apple's Smart Keyboard or a third-party Bluetooth keyboard to perform them. Many iPad owners know how to take a screenshot using the device's physical buttons, but many iPad owners using connected keyboards may not realize that they can also use keyboard shortcuts that make capturing screenshots even easier.Īpple has brought its macOS screenshot shortcuts to iOS, so if you often make screen captures on your Mac then you'll already know the following keyboard shortcuts.
