# How to screenshot on a Mac running macOS 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. Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-on-mac-sonoma/ Last updated: 2026-11-04 Published 2026-11-04. On macOS Sonoma 14, press `Shift-Command-3` for the whole screen, `Shift-Command-4` to select an area, or `Shift-Command-5` to open the Screenshot tools. This page follows Apple's Mac User Guide for macOS 14, checked on 4 November 2026. ## Steps 1. Press `Shift-Command-5`. The page also says you can open Screenshot from Launchpad. 2. Choose a tool: capture the entire screen, capture a window, capture a portion of the screen, record the entire screen or record a portion of the screen. 3. Click **Options** if you need a timer, want the mouse pointer or clicks to show, want to pick a save location or want to turn **Show Floating Thumbnail** on or off. 4. Click **Capture** for the full screen or a portion. For a window, click the window. For a recording, click **Record**. To skip the toolbar, use the shortcuts instead. `Shift-Command-4` then Space bar turns the pointer into a camera so you can click a window or the menu bar. For a menu and its items, open the menu, press `Shift-Command-4` and drag over them. `Shift-Command-6` is the Touch Bar shortcut on Macs that have one. ## After you capture With **Show Floating Thumbnail** on, a thumbnail floats in the bottom right corner for a few seconds. Swipe right to save and dismiss it, drag it into a document, email, note or Finder window, or click it to mark it up or share it. The guide says shortcut captures go to the desktop, screenshots are `.png` files and recordings are `.mov` files. Names start with "Screenshot" or "Screen Recording" plus the date and time. ## Copy instead of save Add `Control` to any shortcut, for example `Control-Shift-Command-3`, and the image goes to the clipboard so you can paste it with `Command-V`. More in [screenshot to the clipboard on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-to-clipboard-on-mac/). ## What is different from other versions The Sonoma page lists these Options: timer, mouse pointer or clicks, save location and Show Floating Thumbnail. It does not mention a capture format choice or a way to record just one window. Those appear in the macOS 26 page, covered in [screenshots on macOS Tahoe](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-on-mac-tahoe/). For the shared basics see [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 collects each screenshot under the notch so you can drag it out. It needs no change to the steps above. ## 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 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. - [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.