How to take screenshot

tufas 21021

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How do you take a screenshot in Parallels? Obviously, Mac don't have a Print Screen button. Does anyone know which Mac key it's assigned to?
 
Sorry, but I probably wasn't clear enough with my request. I'd like to do a Print Screen within Windows, not Mac. Thanks.
 
tufas,

Try using Virtual Machine -> Send Keys -> Print Screen. If you use it a lot, I would recommend making a permanent key mapping for it in Parallels Desktop -> Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse. Just press the "+" and configure a Mac keyboard shortcut to be interpeted as "PrintSc" (which can be selected in the drop-down menu).
 
Thanks Flagg, I was actually playing around last night and found that F13 on my external Mac keyboard is already assigned to the Print Screen command. But your advice is still very helpful for future reference!
 
MacBook: Tapping [Command]+[shift]+[3] allows you to snapshot the whole screen. Tapping [Command]+[shift]+[4] enables you to screenshot the certain area of the whole screen.
Windows: For some Ccomputer, you can tap [PrintScreen SysRq]. But the screenshot will be saved to the clipboard and you need to paste it in some apps such as Paint and Word.
But the above screenshot method is quite inflexible. You may try FonePaw Screen Recorder and it is more powerful.
 
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MacBook: Tapping [Command]+[shift]+[3] allows you to snapshot the whole screen. Tapping [Command]+[shift]+[4] enables you to screenshot the certain area of the whole screen.
Windows: For some Ccomputer, you can tap [PrintScreen SysRq]. But the screenshot will be saved to the clipboard and you need to paste it in some apps such as Paint and Word.
But the above screenshot method is quite inflexible. You may try FonePaw Screen Recorder and it is more powerful.
Hi @cliver2, thanks for the information and it is really helpful for @tufas21021
 
Create a desktop folder called screenshots. Open terminal. Whenever you need to take a screenshot repeat the command below. (Up arrow followed by enter allows you to repeat the previous command without typing it again)

screencapture -W ~/Desktop/screenshots/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).jpg
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Create a desktop folder called screenshots. Open terminal. Whenever you need to take a screenshot repeat the command below. (Up arrow followed by enter allows you to repeat the previous command without typing it again)

screencapture -W ~/Desktop/screenshots/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).jpg
Thank you for sharing this Terminal command with the users.
 
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