How to Screen Grab/Record on Macs

Follow these simple steps to screen record on your MacBook.

  1. Press and hold down the Shift, Command, and 5 buttons at the same time

2. The screen recording bar will pop up on the bottom of your screen with 5 options to choose from (left to right)

  • Capture entire screen
  • Capture selected window
  • Capture selected portion
  • Record entire screen
  • Record selected portion

3. Taking a photo

  • To take a screen grab, simply click your mouse pad. You can adjust the size of the screen grab by clicking on capture selected portion before taking the photo.

4. To take a screen recording

  • Simply hit the record button. Your laptop will automatically start recording your screen.

5. To stop recording

  • Press the stop button on the info bar at the top of your screen.

The screen grabs and recordings will appear on your desktop after you’re done.