Running along the top of your keyboard is the first and most direct way to take a screenshot with a dedicated keyboard button. 'Prt Sc' (or 'Prt Scn') means "print screen" – and it's been on Windows ...

Taking a screenshot can be very easy as it allows you to screen capture or screen grab of that’s being shown on your computer screen. The image format of these screenshot varies from JPG to PNG. But ...

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When you take a screenshot on your Mac using the Shift-Command-3 keyboard shortcut (or Shift-Command-4 to capture a portion of the screen) the images are saved to your desktop by default. Keep reading ...