How To Print Screen: On Mac

This is the classic "Print Screen." It instantly captures everything visible across all connected monitors.

Introduced in macOS Mojave, this shortcut opens an that consolidates all capture tools in one place. Take a screenshot on Mac - Apple Support

The most common way to "print screen" on a Mac is through dedicated keyboard shortcuts that save images directly to your as .png files by default.

This "magic" trick turns your cursor into a camera icon. Hover over any open window or menu—it will highlight with a blue tint—and click to capture just that element, often neatly excluding the desktop background and shadows. The Command Center: Command + Shift + 5