If you realize you've captured an area slightly off from what you wanted, don't release any buttons yet: You have two options to reposition or resize your selection. What a selected area of screen looks like. You don't have any options with this method-it captures the entire screen and anything on it. The quickest, easiest way to take a screenshot is to press Command + Shift + 3. SEE: How to take screenshots in Windows 10 (TechRepublic) How to take a quick screenshot in macOS We'll cover both here, so hopefully you'll find a new preferred method for capturing all, or part, of the screen on your Mac. There's more to taking screenshots than just a single key combination, and if keyboard shortcuts aren't your style, there's also a built-in screen capture app in macOS as well. SEE: macOS Big Sur: A cheat sheet (free PDF) (TechRepublic)
Almost all my work is done on my MacBook Air, and thankfully Apple has made taking screenshots in macOS as easy as pressing three keys. I write quite a few how-tos like this one, and they often necessitate taking screenshots of my work to provide as examples.
