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Screenshot directions

The web site states to use command-shift-3 for screenshots. The pulldown help menu states to use command-shift-5. Using 5 allows you to take a shot of only part of the screen. But using 5 also leaves a white box outline on the screen that can only be removed by restart.

Is this a bug or are the pulldown directions out of date?


MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.1

Posted on Feb 10, 2023 9:37 AM

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Posted on Feb 10, 2023 10:02 AM

The support document you posted from, states it was last updated in July of 2022. So it's fairly current.


You can use either command+shift+3, command+shift+4 or command+shift+5 to take a screen shot.


command+shift+3 , takes a screen shot of the entire screen.

command+shift+4 lets you select a specific area.

command+shift+5 gives you more options, including selecting which type of screen shot from the 2 above you want plus taking a screen shot of a specific window, making a video recording the screen, or changing the output options of the screen shot.


It should not leave an outline after the screen shot has been taken. That sounds like a glitch or bug on your specific Mac.

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Feb 10, 2023 10:02 AM in response to NJDH

The support document you posted from, states it was last updated in July of 2022. So it's fairly current.


You can use either command+shift+3, command+shift+4 or command+shift+5 to take a screen shot.


command+shift+3 , takes a screen shot of the entire screen.

command+shift+4 lets you select a specific area.

command+shift+5 gives you more options, including selecting which type of screen shot from the 2 above you want plus taking a screen shot of a specific window, making a video recording the screen, or changing the output options of the screen shot.


It should not leave an outline after the screen shot has been taken. That sounds like a glitch or bug on your specific Mac.

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