How to Take and Highlight a Screenshot on Mac

How to Take and Highlight a Screenshot on Mac

To take and highlight a screenshot on a Mac, follow these steps:

  1. Open the window or screen that you want to capture in the screenshot.
  2. Press the “Command” + “Shift” + “4” keys on your keyboard. Your cursor will turn into a crosshair.
  3. Use the crosshair to select the area of the screen that you want to capture in the screenshot. To do this, click and drag the crosshair to draw a rectangle around the area you want to capture.
  4. When you have selected the desired area, release the mouse button. The screenshot will be taken and saved to your desktop.
  5. To highlight the screenshot, open the screenshot in the Preview app. You can do this by double-clicking on the screenshot file on your desktop.
  6. In the Preview app, select the “Annotate” tool from the toolbar at the top of the window.
  7. Use the “Highlight” tool to highlight the desired areas of the screenshot. You can choose the color and thickness of the highlight using the options in the toolbar.
  8. When you are finished highlighting the screenshot, save the annotated version by going to File > Save or by pressing “Command” + “S” on your keyboard.

That’s it! You have now taken and highlighted a screenshot on your Mac.

How to Take a Screenshot on Mac

To take a screenshot on a Mac, follow these steps:

  1. Open the window or screen that you want to capture in the screenshot.
  2. Press the “Command” + “Shift” + “3” keys on your keyboard. The screenshot will be taken and saved to your desktop.

Alternatively, you can press the “Command” + “Shift” + “4” keys on your keyboard to take a screenshot of a specific area of the screen. Your cursor will turn into a crosshair. Use the crosshair to select the area of the screen that you want to capture in the screenshot by clicking and dragging the crosshair to draw a rectangle around the area. When you have selected the desired area, release the mouse button. The screenshot will be taken and saved to your desktop.

That’s it! You have now taken a screenshot on your Mac. The screenshot will be saved as a .png file on your desktop. You can open the screenshot by double-clicking on the file.

Highlighting a Screenshot on Mac

To highlight a screenshot on a Mac, follow these steps:

  1. Find the screenshot on your Mac and open it in the Preview app. You can do this by double-clicking on the screenshot file.
  2. In the Preview app, select the “Annotate” tool from the toolbar at the top of the window.
  3. Use the “Highlight” tool to highlight the desired areas of the screenshot. You can choose the color and thickness of the highlight using the options in the toolbar.
  4. When you are finished highlighting the screenshot, save the annotated version by going to File > Save or by pressing “Command” + “S” on your keyboard.

That’s it! You have now highlighted a screenshot on your Mac using the Preview app. You can open the annotated screenshot by double-clicking on the file.