How to take a Screenshot on Mac?

There are three different ways of taking a screenshot if you own a modern Mac. But all of them involve keyboard shortcuts. However, if you own a MacBook Pro having a Touch Bar, there is another method. macOS Software also provides you with several options for saving, deleting, or opening those screenshots easily. You can apply the same tips to the latest models also, such as MacBook Pro with M2 Chip and MacBook Air also.

How to screenshot on mac
How to screenshot on mac

Let’s take a look at some of the methods you can choose to take a screenshot on Mac.

1.      Cmd-Shift-3

You can use this shortcut for capturing the screenshot of your Mac’s entire screen.

2.      Cmd-Shift-4

You can use this keyboard combo for turning the cursor into a crosshair. You can then drag it for selecting a part of the screen to capture. Releasing the mouse button then will take the shot.

You may use some other options as well after you hit “Cmd-Shift-4”.

·         Press & Release the Space bar

After pressing & releasing the spacebar, the crosshair will turn into a camera icon. You can move that icon over any window you want for taking a screenshot of. The screenshot taken this way will feature a “White Border” around that window with some drop shadow as well.

·         Press & Hold the Space bar

After you drag crosshair for highlighting a specific area, don’t release the mouse button. This will lock in the size and shape of that area but will allow you to reposition on the screen. It is a good option if the area you selected initially is a bit off. You just need to hold down the spacebar for repositioning it before you release the mouse button for taking a screenshot.

·         Hold down “Shift” Key

After you drag crosshair for highlighting a specific area, don’t release the mouse button. This will lock in each side of that selected area you made with crosshairs. This will not only let you save the bottom edge, but you can move the mouse as well for positioning that edge.

After that, release the “Shift” key instead of the mouse button ad press it again. This will reposition the edges of your selected area. Toggling between the two edges also becomes easy; you just need to keep the touchpad engaged while pressing the “Shift” key at the same time.

3.      Cmd-Shift-5

This shortcut command was introduced few years back in macOS Mojave. It calls up some parts of the panel along with screen capture options. You get to see three screenshot buttons on your screen for capturing it entirely or a part of it. But that doesn’t end here; you can also record your entire screen or some selected part using the buttons. On the left side of the screen is an “X Button” for closing the screenshot panel. Or you can use the “Escape” key also for this purpose.

Moreover, you will see an “Options” button on the right side of the screen. You can choose where you want to save that screenshot; Documents, Mail, Desktop, Messages, Clipboard, or any other location. And don’t forget to set a 5-second delay so that you may not lose any item while engaging the screenshot tool. The tool automatically enables “Show Floating Thumbnail” by default. This will put a small preview thumbnail (in the lower right corner of your screen) of the screenshot you just captured. This procedure is quite similar to the one we witnessed for iOS. But you can’t turn this preview thumbnail on your iPhone. However, Mac lets you do that also. And you also have the option of showing the mouse pointer in video or screenshot.

If you see the screenshot panel causing hindrance, you can just move it anywhere on the screen by grabbing its left edge and dragging it. So, it’s quite easy to take a screenshot on Mac, particularly if you follow the built-in keyboard shortcuts. And if one or two keys aren’t working, you can opt to go for others keys also (mentioned in method 2).

Now, let’s take a look at how you can screenshot on Mac that has a touch bar as well.

4.      Cmd-Shift-6: Touch Bar MacBooks

If you have an older MacBook Pro or the latest version of it, you can screenshot on it as well. The screenshot will show you what’s in front of you, on the Touch Bar. Just press “Cmd-Shift-6” for taking a skinny and wide screenshot of the Touch Bar.

Easy Annotation

By embracing the “Floating Thumbnail”, you will have access to different “Markup Tools” for annotating your screenshot. You can let the thumbnail slip away, or you can swipe it away as well. This will save it to the spot where you previously saved the screenshot. Click on “Floating Thumbnail” and a new window will appear containing all the markup tools. You just need to right-click it for:

  • Saving the screenshot to Documents, Clipboard or Desktop.
  • Opening it in Photos, Messages, Mail or Preview
  • Showing in Finder
  • Deleting it
  • Opening in the Markup Window
  • Closing and saving it.

Mac screenshotters don’t work as effectively as they should with the Cmd-Shift-5 shortcut. But since you get the option of annotation without opening any preview, this one is more reliable. And deleting the messed-up screenshots when you can’t handle them is another good thing. Apart from that, a good addition is a 5-second delay which most other shortcuts don’t offer. So, this is one of the best ways of taking a screenshot on Touch Bar.

If for some reason if you can’t take a screenshot on mac, check this article on how to fix it.

Conclusion

MacOS doesn’t allow you to take a screenshot for safety purposes. But you can use various keys to do that as well. This isn’t some kind of hack; it’s just a way to save whatever is on the screen. Even though the method of taking a screenshot on an iPhone is simple, Mac doesn’t offer that much flexibility. So, just take a look at the options mentioned above and choose the one that suits your device the most.

The Ultimate Guide: Backup and restore drivers

  STEPS: BACKUP AND RESTORE DRIVERS

Backup and restore drivers

Backup and restore drivers

 

            Its always important to have a backup of your pc or laptop drivers. We all are always trying to limit our data plan and to spend less. In this article your are going to learn how to backup and restore your drivers. Ensure you can always backup and restore drivers easily.

This will be super helpful when you are about to format your PC for any reason. And also, sometimes you might not have the driver CD or even find the best compatible driver online, that’s the time you need to use this method.

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Why we need to backup and restore drivers.

  • We don’t have time to download all drivers
  • It will impact our data plan.
  • We might not find the suitable driver online.
  • Easy installation in minutes.
  • Restore if anything happens

STEPS: to backup drivers

  1. Download double driver LINK: Double Driver
  2. open double driver and scan your pc for the available driver.
  3. Select the desired drivers to backup
  4. Click the Backup button.
  5. Click restore button to restore the driver
  6. Select the folder that contain the backup
  7. select ok and proceed with installation
 

Lets see how to backup and restore drivers

A story from my personal experience about driver

In 2021, I started to work as a IT Technician on an organization. During my time, I was tasked to connect a display to a PC using USB TO VGA adapter. As a normal technician, I connected the display using the USB to VGA adapter. However, It was not working. I realized it should have something to do with driver. So I installed the driver from their website. It was a perfect match, but somehow that PC started crashing cannot always go to startup repair screen.

To solve the issue, I had to format the PC. Later I used double driver to copy the driver from another PC which already is connected using the USB to VGA adapter. And finally, It worked fine. So its better to backup the drivers and use it on compatible PC, instead of trying new ones from the internet.

while you are here, also check How to upgrade to windows 11 without loosing any data

What if I cant find the driver I need?

This is a common issue for many people. Somehow double driver also did not find the driver you are looking. It’s rare, But it might happen. So let me tell you what you need to do if you ever face a situation like this.

Instead of randomly google searching for driver, you need to care fully identify the manufacture brand and go to their website. Once you reach their website head over to download section which will most probably be under the support section. Once you go their most likely you can enter the model number of the product. This way they will show you the real and updated driver for your PC. It’s not recommended to install drivers from websites that are not original manufactures.

Is there any software that will help me find the drivers?

There are software’s that you can install on your PC and it will search for the driver based on your system hardware specifications. But the downside of these software’s is that they all come with a pricing. Of course, they have a free package, but it wont cover it all. One of the famous software for this is Driver Boosters

Steps: View password of previously connected Wifi networks




Yes! If you have connected to a wifi network ever in your life means that you can see the password of that network. Connected wifi passwords will be stored in your pc and you can easily accsess it. Follow the steps below.



Setps:

  1. Open CMD
  2. Write the command “netsh wlan show profiles” and press enter
  3. You will see the list of networks you have connected
  4. Write the name of wifi network with previous command.
  5. It will be some thing like this “netsh wlan show profiles wifinetworkname”
  6. After pressing the enter, you will see many information about the network.
  7. Under security setting look for “Security key : Present” (If absent you cant view wifi password)
  8. with previous command type key=clear
  9. Now you will see the password under “security setting”

Final Command will look something like this

netsh wlan show profiles wifiname key=clear


Did you ever feel difficulty to connect to wifi network?

Fix Windows 10 Can’t Connect to This Network

 

If any users facing the problem that you are not getting connect to the internet then there are some best solutions for you to try in Windows 10.Depending on the reason,any of these five methods should be able to fix can’t connect to network error message on windows.Here are a couple of methods to solve the Windows 10 can’t connect to this network problem. I’ll list out all the methods you can try to fix can’t connect to this network problem.So without wasting any time let’s see how to actually fix this error.

While you are also here do check How to upgrade to windows 11 without formatting

Method 1: Forget WiFi Network

1.Click on the Wireless icon in the system tray and then click Network Settings.

2.Then click on Manage Known networks to get the list of saved networks. 3.Now select the one which Windows 10 won’t remember the password for and click Forget. 4.Again click the wireless icon in the system tray and connect to your network, it will ask for the password, so make sure you have the Wireless password with you. 5.Once you have entered the password you will connect to the network and Windows will save this network for you.

6.Reboot your PC and again try to connect to the same network and this time Windows will remember the password of your WiFi. This method seems to Fix Can’t Connect to this network issue in Windows 10.

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Method 2 : Run Network Troubleshooter

The Network Troubleshooter in windows 10 is there to help you diagnose and fix common network connectivity issues on your computer and check if it detects the source of the network connection problem on your computer and fix it for you.

1. Right click on windows start button and click on Control Panel.

2. On the control panel screen,make sure that you are in categroy view and click on find and fix problems(See image below)

3. On the next screen click on Internet Connection to start the process of finding and fixing internet connection problems on you computer. also check this Facebook Group Poster

Method 3 : Update Network Adapter Driver

To solve it, you need to update your network card driver.In most situations, Windows 10 can not connect to this network problem is found in the driver of the network card obsolete.

1. Go to Device Manager and expand category Network adapters.

2. Right-click on the network device name, and then select Driver Update Software…

3. Select Search automatically for updated driver software. Follow the steps, then select Close.

If you are a computer novice, you should use a free utility download and update of professional drivers, such as Driver Talent, which could help you find your network card driver problematic in seconds, then download and install automatically the most compatible version in two minutes

1) Download and install Driver Easy.

2) Run Driver Easy and click Scan Now button. Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers.

3) Click the Update button next to a flagged network driver to automatically download and install the correct version of this driver (you can do this with the FREE version). Or click Update All to automatically download and install the correct version of all the drivers that are missing or out of date on your system (this requires the Pro version – you’ll be prompted to upgrade when you click Update All).

Other than those two method, you can also go to your laptop manufacturers website and download the network driver for the model number of your laptop.

Method 4 : Use Network Troubleshooting 

If the Windows 10 can’t connect to this network issue still persists, you could run the network troubleshooting commands. To do it, take the following steps:

Step 1.  Right-Click on the network icon button at the bottom o your screen.

Step 2.  Click on the troubleshoot problem. Step 3.  Let the computer do the work.

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