# How to screenshot a menu on a Mac > Open the menu, press Shift, Command and 4, then drag over the items. To capture the menu bar, press Shift, Command and 4, Space bar and click it. Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-a-menu-on-mac/ Last updated: 2026-11-04 Published 2026-11-04. To screenshot a menu on a Mac, open the menu, press `Shift-Command-4`, then drag a box over the menu and its items. Apple lists this in its Mac User Guide for macOS 13, 14, 15 and 26, checked on 4 November 2026. A menu closes if you click elsewhere, so the order matters. ## Steps 1. Open the menu you want, for example a menu in the menu bar. Leave it open. 2. Press `Shift-Command-4`. The pointer turns into a crosshair. 3. Drag from one corner to the opposite corner of the menu and its items. 4. Let go to take the screenshot. If you drag the wrong area, press Esc and try again. ## The menu bar Apple's guide also lists "Window or menu bar": press `Shift-Command-4`, press Space bar, then click the highlighted window or menu bar. Use this to capture the whole menu bar in one go. ## If the menu closes Some menus close when you press keys or when the pointer leaves them. Use the Screenshot toolbar to give yourself time: 1. Press `Shift-Command-5`. 2. Click **Options** and set a **Timer**. 3. Choose the tool for a portion of the screen and adjust the frame over where the menu will be. 4. Click **Capture**, then open the menu before the timer runs out. Apple describes the timer as a delay before capture begins. Apple's pages do not say that every menu stays open while you use the shortcut, so if a particular menu closes, the timer method is the next thing to try. ## Copy it instead Hold `Control` too: `Control-Shift-Command-4`. The image goes to the clipboard and you can paste it with `Command-V`. See [screenshot to the clipboard on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-to-clipboard-on-mac/). ## The mouse pointer If you want the pointer in the image, use the **Show Mouse Pointer** option. See [screenshot with the cursor on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-with-cursor-on-mac/). ## Related To capture a whole window, read [how to screenshot a window on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-a-window-on-mac/). To select any area, read [screenshot part of the screen](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-part-of-screen-on-mac/). NotchStar's [Screenshot Tray](https://www.notchstar.com/features/screenshot-tray/) holds the finished capture under the notch for you to drag into a note or a message. ## Keep reading. - [Screenshot Tray: your screenshots wait under the notch](https://www.notchstar.com/features/screenshot-tray/): Every screenshot lands in a tray under your Mac notch. Drag it into a chat, an email or a folder, or send several at once. - [How to screenshot a single window on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-a-window-on-mac/): Press Shift, Command and 4, then Space bar, then click the window. Hold Option to leave out the shadow. Steps from Apple's support pages. - [How to screenshot part of the screen on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-part-of-screen-on-mac/): Press Shift, Command and 4 and drag over the area. Hold Space bar to move the selection, Esc to cancel. Steps from Apple's support article. - [How to screenshot on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/how-to-screenshot-on-mac/): Press Shift, Command and 3 for the whole screen, 4 for a selection, 5 for the Screenshot toolbar. Steps checked against Apple's guides for macOS 13 to 26. ## More in Screenshots. - [How to screenshot on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/how-to-screenshot-on-mac/): Press Shift, Command and 3 for the whole screen, 4 for a selection, 5 for the Screenshot toolbar. Steps checked against Apple's guides for macOS 13 to 26. - [How to screenshot on a Mac running macOS Sonoma](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-on-mac-sonoma/): Screenshot shortcuts and the Screenshot toolbar on macOS Sonoma 14, with the Options menu, the floating thumbnail and how to copy to the clipboard. - [How to screenshot on a Mac running macOS Sequoia](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-on-mac-sequoia/): Take screenshots and recordings on macOS Sequoia 15: shortcuts, the Screenshot toolbar, every Options menu item and where the files go. - [How to screenshot on a Mac running macOS Tahoe 26](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-on-mac-tahoe/): Screenshot shortcuts on macOS Tahoe 26 plus what is new: the HDR or SDR Capture Format and recording a selected window. Checked against Apple's guides. - [How to screenshot on a Mac running macOS Ventura](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-on-mac-ventura/): Screenshot shortcuts and the Screenshot toolbar on macOS Ventura 13, with Options, the floating thumbnail, copying to the clipboard and recordings. - [Where Mac screenshots are saved](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/where-mac-screenshots-are-saved/): Mac screenshots made with the keyboard shortcuts are saved to the desktop by default. How the file is named, and how to find one that is not there.