To take a screenshot on a MacBook, you have several easy keyboard shortcuts:

• Capture the entire screen: Press Shift + Command (⌘) + 3 simultaneously. The screenshot will be saved as a file on your desktop

• Capture a selected portion of the screen: Press Shift + Command + 4 , then drag your cursor to select the area you want to capture. Release the mouse or trackpad button to take the screenshot, which will be saved on your desktop

• Capture a specific window or menu: Press Shift + Command + 4 , then press the Space bar. Your cursor will turn into a camera icon. Move the camera over the window you want to capture (it will highlight), then click to take the screenshot

• Screenshot options and screen recording: Press Shift + Command + 5 to bring up a control bar with options to capture the entire screen, a window, a selected portion, or to record your screen. You can also set timers and choose where to save your screenshots

• Save screenshot to clipboard instead of a file: Hold Control along with any of the above shortcuts (e.g., Control + Shift + Command + 3) to copy the screenshot to the clipboard for pasting elsewhere instead of saving it as a file

All screenshots by default save as PNG files on your desktop with names like "Screen Shot [date] at [time].png"

. These methods work on all modern MacBooks and macOS versions

. Summary:

Shortcut| Action| Save Location
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Shift + Command + 3| Capture entire screen| Desktop
Shift + Command + 4| Capture selected area| Desktop
Shift + Command + 4 + Space| Capture specific window or menu| Desktop
Shift + Command + 5| Open screenshot & screen recording toolbar| Choose location
Control + (any above)| Copy screenshot to clipboard (no file saved)| Clipboard

This covers all common screenshot methods on a MacBook.