Some apps such as the apple tv app might not let you take screenshots of their windows.
Screenshot macos sierra.
You can use the screenshots in emails or word documents or even edit your screenshots and upload.
Previous versions of mac os sierra will display your print screen or screenshot as picture so if it s your fourth screenshot on your computer then it will be labeled as picture 4 once you have taken a mac print screen and you need to make the mac print screen selection for the fourth image.
In macos mojave or later you can also set a timer and choose where screenshots are saved with the screenshot app.
I have explained how to take a screenshot on windows and this article will explain to you how to take a screenshot on macos sierra high sierra mojave as well as the latest os catalina.
The keyboard shortcuts to take screenshots on mac are the same with all versions of mac os including macos catalina macos mojave high sierra macos sierra os x el capitan yosemite mac os x mavericks mountain lion lion snow leopard and basically any other version of mac os or mac os x that you ll possibly come across.
Your screenshot s will be saved to a png file or multiple files one for each monitor and placed on the desktop the file name format is screenshot 2019 02 15 at 10 43 02 pm in the below example two files were created since i was using two monitors.
Apple makes it super convenient to take a full screenshot a specific area or a single window in every version of macos or previous mac os x.
To open the app press and hold these three keys together.