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There are a few key useful keyboard shortcuts for capturing screenshots on Macs.

If you find yourself using it all the time, I recommend you try the same!

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This shortcut lets you quickly move the active window to the left, right, top or bottom half of the screen.

There’s a key combo for that.

To see the full list, head on over toApple’s Mac keyboard shortcut page.

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This shortcut lets you quickly move the active window to the left, right, top or bottom half of the screen.

Active tiling in action

Adding Shift to the mix lets you move the second active window to the other half of the screen automatically.

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In the Screenshot app (which I’ve put on the Dock here, but you can also open any time by hitting Shift + Command + 5) you can choose whether you want a screenshot or video recording, tweak the settings and more.

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