Shortcuts · Screenshots
Capture the whole screen: the Mac and Windows shortcut
macOS
Shift+Command+3
Windows
PrtScn
What catches people out
⇧⌘3 writes a PNG to the desktop. On Windows 11 PrtScn now opens Snipping Tool by default; on older builds it only copies to the clipboard. Win+PrtScn saves a file to Pictures\Screenshots.
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