how to take a screenshot on a mac

⌘ shift 4 > drag a selection rectangle

⌘ shift 4 and then press space bar: grabs the active window

⌘ shift 3: grabs entire display

Sorry for sounding silly but how do I "paste" my screenshot? command v or two finger click with "paste" don't seem to do the trick for me (((

Either drag the image into the editor window or use the little camera on the toolbar to select it.

Thanks but don't get it. Editor window? I just hear a click and thats it! (( My first day using Mac! Figuring out how stuff works!!

Got it. Am used to windows which saves it to clipboard. Didn't realised it was on my desktop all this while.

Thanks for your help! ))

The editor window is the window you typed your reply in. It has a camera on the toolbar

If you hold down the control key while performing any of the screenshot actions listed above, the image is saved to your clipboard rather than to a file on your Desktop the way you're used to it working. 🙂