
When you hover over any of the buttons, a hint appears to remind you what that button does. The other three buttons let you take screenshots and capture the entire screen, the second button from the left lets you capture a selected window, and the button with the dashed rectangle lets you capture selected parts of the Mac screen. Mac Snipping tool optionsĬlick the cross in the circle on the left side to close the Mac’s Sniper tool and return to the desktop.


Apple has also provided a number of useful settings that allow you to further customize your workflow if needed. Here you can perform various screen capture options, such as taking screenshots, capturing a selection of screen areas, and also recording screen videos for tutorials and instructional videos.

Use the Mac shortcut key: Shift, Command, 5 on a MacBook or iMac running macOS Mojave or later to access the Mac Snipping control panel (pictured below), which appears at the bottom of the screen.
