# How to screenshot on a Mac running macOS Sequoia > Take screenshots and recordings on macOS Sequoia 15: shortcuts, the Screenshot toolbar, every Options menu item and where the files go. Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-on-mac-sequoia/ Last updated: 2026-11-04 Published 2026-11-04. On macOS Sequoia 15, press `Shift-Command-5` to open the Screenshot tools, or use `Shift-Command-3` for the whole screen and `Shift-Command-4` for a selection. This follows Apple's Mac User Guide for macOS 15, checked on 4 November 2026. ## Steps with the toolbar 1. Press `Shift-Command-5`, or open Screenshot from Launchpad. 2. Pick one of the tools: capture the entire screen, a window or a portion, or record the entire screen or a portion. For a portion, drag the frame to move it or drag its edges to resize it. 3. Open the **Options** menu to adjust the capture. 4. Click **Capture** for the screen or a portion, click the window for a window, or click **Record** for a recording. ## The Options menu on Sequoia The Apple page lists these items: - **Save to**: a preset location or **Other Location**. - **Timer**: a delay before capture begins. - **Microphone**: pick one for recordings, or **None**. - **Show Floating Thumbnail**: switches the corner preview on or off. - **Remember Last Selection**: keeps a portion selection for the next capture. - **Show Mouse Pointer**: includes or excludes the pointer. ## Shortcuts The Sequoia page lists `Shift-Command-3`, `Shift-Command-4`, `Shift-Command-4` then Space bar then a click for a window or the menu bar, and `Shift-Command-6` for the Touch Bar. You can change these under System Settings, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts, Screenshots. To copy to the clipboard, hold `Control` while you press a shortcut, for instance `Control-Shift-Command-3`. ## Where files go Screenshot toolbar captures go to the location you picked under **Save to**. Captures made with the keyboard shortcuts are described as saved to the desktop. Files are `.png` for screenshots and `.mov` for recordings. See [where Mac screenshots are saved](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/where-mac-screenshots-are-saved/). ## What is different The Sequoia page matches the Sonoma page on the basics and names the **Remember Last Selection** option. It does not list a capture format choice. For that, see [Tahoe](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-on-mac-tahoe/). The general shortcut table is in [how to screenshot on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/how-to-screenshot-on-mac/). NotchStar's [Screenshot Tray](https://www.notchstar.com/features/screenshot-tray/) is an optional extra. It holds new screenshots under the notch for you to drag into a chat or folder, and it works alongside every step on this page. ## 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 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. - [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. - [How to take a screenshot to the clipboard on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-to-clipboard-on-mac/): Add Control to any screenshot shortcut, for example Control, Shift, Command and 4, then paste with Command and V. Steps from Apple. ## 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 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. - [How to change where Mac screenshots are saved](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/change-mac-screenshot-save-location/): Press Shift, Command and 5, open Options and pick a folder under Save to. How to choose Other Location, what the list means and how to check it worked.