| Action | Screenshot a Selected Area |
| Shortcut | ⌘ + ⇧ + 4 |
| Platform | Mac |
| Category | Screenshots & Recording |
On Mac, you can screenshot a selected area with ⌘ + ⇧ + 4. Turns the pointer into crosshairs to capture any region. It sits in the Screenshots & Recording group and is one of the Mac shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard Mac conventions.
Open the app or screen where you want to screenshot a selected area.
Press ⌘ + ⇧ + 4.
Turns the pointer into crosshairs to capture any region.