If you’ve just switched from Windows to Mac, you should know that your new computer has all the screenshot tools you need. Your Apple computer may not have a dedicated app for screenshots, but you can easily take a snippet on a Mac with a keyboard shortcut.

The Snipping Tool on Windows mainly takes four types of screenshots: full screen, rectangular, individual windows, and selected area. You can emulate all of them on Mac using keyboard shortcuts. To take a screenshot of the entire screen, press Command+Shift+3. This will automatically take a screenshot of the entire screen.

To take a screenshot of a selected area, press Command+Shift+4, then click and drag the area you want to capture and release the trackpad or mouse button when you’re done. While you click and drag, you can hold down the spacebar to move the selected area. This is a handy hack for those times when you accidentally misalign your selection.

Likewise, if you want to take a screenshot of a specific window, press Command+Shift+4 and then press the Space bar. If you've done this correctly, your cursor will change into a camera icon. You can now click on the window you want to capture, and your Mac will take the screenshot. You'll notice that the screenshot also has a drop shadow effect. To avoid the drop shadow effect, hold down the Option key before clicking on the window you want to capture.