The Mac OS X has made it easy to take a screenshot of your computer desktop or an active window. You can use different ways to capture the specific screenshot according to your requirement. No matter you're using Mavericks, Mountain Lion, or other versions of the Mac operating system, here is a summary of all the methods that you can use to capture your screenshot on your iMac, Macbook, Macbook Pro, and Mac Air/mini.

Capturing a screenshot is a simple way to share whatever it is you're seeing on the screen. If it's an error, you can snap a picture and send it to tech support. If it's a message on social media, you can capture the moment and share the image with your friends and followers.

Screenshot tools for Mac have always been easy to use, yet somewhat rudimentary. You could capture just about anything—if you knew the right keyboard shortcuts. Since the release of Mojave, macOS now has a built-in screenshot tool—similar to what you might find in Windows—that allows you to take screen grabs with the click of a button.

To open the screenshot tool, navigate to Launchpad > Other > Screenshot, or use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Command + 5. The floating toolbar will offer options to grab the entire screen, a selected window, or a custom section of the screen. You can also capture video of the entire screen or a custom selection. Here's how to capture what's on your screen.