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rockerchick78

Q: Screenshots not working

I am unable to take a screenshot on my Macbook Pro. It used to work just fine, but pressing Command -shift - 3 does nothing now. I need to tak screenshots f

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)

Posted on May 17, 2016 3:09 PM

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  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine May 17, 2016 3:13 PM in response to rockerchick78
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    iCloud
    May 17, 2016 3:13 PM in response to rockerchick78

    Try Shift+Command+4, or Shift+Comand+4+space. The first allows you to select the portion you want to capture, the second one captures the entire screen or window.

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE May 17, 2016 3:58 PM in response to gail from maine
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    Mac OS X
    May 17, 2016 3:58 PM in response to gail from maine

    gail from maine wrote:

     

    Try Shift+Command+4, or Shift+Comand+4+space. The first allows you to select the portion you want to capture, the second one captures the entire screen or window.

     

    I tried it and the Safari window is reproduced but not the entire display.

     

    Ciao.

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE May 17, 2016 3:59 PM in response to rockerchick78
    Level 9 (52,108 points)
    Mac OS X
    May 17, 2016 3:59 PM in response to rockerchick78

    This is a guess, try a NVRAM reset:

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

     

    It cannot harm your MBP.

     

    Ciao.

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine May 17, 2016 4:13 PM in response to OGELTHORPE
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    May 17, 2016 4:13 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

    You are right OGEL. I was so focused on the stuff in the main window, I didn't even realize that the Dock and Mac Menu Bar weren't in there....

     

    GB

  • by OGELTHORPE,

    OGELTHORPE OGELTHORPE May 17, 2016 4:18 PM in response to gail from maine
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    May 17, 2016 4:18 PM in response to gail from maine

    Not to worry. 

     

    Ciao.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis May 17, 2016 4:51 PM in response to rockerchick78
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    May 17, 2016 4:51 PM in response to rockerchick78

    Please launch the Console application in any one of the following ways:

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

    ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

    The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select

              SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages

    from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select

              View ▹ Show Log List

    from the menu bar at the top of the screen.

    Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take an action that isn't working the way you expect. Select any lines that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.

    The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.

    Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.

    Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.

    Some private information, such as your name or email address, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

    When you post the log extract, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "The message contains invalid characters." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the text on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.

    If you have an account on Pastebin, please don't select Private from the Paste Exposure menu on the page, because then no one but you will be able to see it.