# How to screenshot on a Mac running macOS Tahoe 26 > 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. Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/tips/screenshot-on-mac-tahoe/ Last updated: 2026-11-04 Published 2026-11-04. On macOS Tahoe 26, the screenshot shortcuts are unchanged: `Shift-Command-3` for the whole screen, `Shift-Command-4` for an area and `Shift-Command-5` for the Screenshot panel. What is new is a **Capture Format** choice and a way to record a single window. This follows Apple's Mac User Guide for macOS 26 and two Apple support articles, checked on 4 November 2026. ## Steps 1. Press `Shift-Command-5`, or open Screenshot with Spotlight. 2. Click a tool for the entire screen, a window or a portion. The matching record tools sit beside them. 3. Click the **Options** pop up menu. 4. Click **Capture** for the entire screen or a portion. For a window, move the pointer over it and click. For a recording, click **Record**, then click the **Stop Recording** button in the menu bar. ## New or changed on Tahoe 26 - **Capture Format**: choose **HDR** or **SDR**. Apple says HDR captures more brightness and color but needs an HDR display to show the difference. Apple's support article says this applies on supported Macs and calls the SDR choice the most compatible, saved as PNG. - **Record Selected Window**: Apple's recording article marks this as macOS Tahoe 26 or later. Read [how to record the screen on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/record-screen-on-mac/). The other Options items are the same as on Sequoia: **Save to**, **Timer**, **Microphone**, **Show Floating Thumbnail**, **Remember Last Selection** and **Show Mouse Pointer**. ## Files and the clipboard Toolbar captures go to the **Save to** location, shortcut captures to the desktop, as `.png` and `.mov` files named "Screenshot" or "Screen Recording" with a date and time. Hold `Control` with a shortcut to copy instead of save. The shortcuts can be changed under System Settings, Keyboard, Keyboard Shortcuts, Screenshots. ## A note on macOS 27 Apple's current support article also describes a Siri feature for macOS 27 that uses `Command-Shift-Space bar` and `Command-Shift-6` to ask about the screen. That is not part of macOS 26, so ignore it on Tahoe. For the shared basics, read [how to screenshot on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/how-to-screenshot-on-mac/). For the save folder, read [where screenshots are saved](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/where-mac-screenshots-are-saved/). NotchStar's [Screenshot Tray](https://www.notchstar.com/features/screenshot-tray/) is an optional extra. It sits under the notch and gives each new capture a place to wait, with 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. - [How to record the screen on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/record-screen-on-mac/): Press Shift, Command and 5, choose a record tool and click Record. Stop from the menu bar or with Command, Control and Esc. QuickTime is the other way. ## 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 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.