Even as a regular Windows-user, I had quite some difficulty figuring out a quick way to take Screenshots in Windows in Boot Camp on my Mac with an Apple keyboard. No easy PrtScn button, which are common on most dedicated Windows keyboards…

Print screen shortcut with Apple Keyboard on Windows in Boot Camp

With an Apple Keyboard and Windows in Boot Camp, use the following keyboard-shortcut for a quick screenshot:

⌘Command + ⇧Shift + S

This corresponds to the Windows keyboard shortcut: WINDOWS+SHIFT+S
Article teaser for macOS Boot Camp Windows Print Screen Shortcut

Additional Windows screenshot shortcuts using the function keys on the Apple Keyboard

There are additional Print Screen shortcuts for Windows in macOS Boot Camp, but they require the fn-function key. In my case they were not working, due to a different configuration of the F1-F12 function key behaviour.

fn + Shift + F11

Full screen capture

fn + Option + Shift + F11

Capture only the currently active window

Windows keyboard setting «Print Screen shortcut» on/off has no effect

When searching the Windows 10 settings for a keyword like «Print Screen» or «Screenshot», a Keyboard setting named Print Screen shortcut can be found.

However, within Windows on Mac Boot Camp in combination with an Apple Keyword (hence no dedicated PrtScn key), I found that this is setting seems not to have any effect if enabled.

Screenshot showing the Windows Print Screen Shortcut Setting in macOS Boot Camp
Share:
  • 0
  • 0

Questions? Suggestions? Let us know with a comment!

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.