How to screenshot on a Mac running macOS Tahoe 26
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
- Press
Shift-Command-5, or open Screenshot with Spotlight. - Click a tool for the entire screen, a window or a portion. The matching record tools sit beside them.
- Click the Options pop up menu.
- 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.
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. For the save folder, read where screenshots are saved.
NotchStar’s 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.
