macOS Screenshot Shadow Tool

macOS Screenshot Shadow Tool — enable or disable the shadow border and transparency in screenshots that are added when taking a screenshot of a window.

How to enable or disable

Disabling

1. Open Terminal.
   • Open Launchpad or press F4 on your Apple keyboard, go to the Other folder and look for Terminal.
   • Open Launchpad or press F4 on your Apple keyboard and search "Terminal".
   • Press ⌘/⊞ + Space and search "Terminal".
2. Copy the command below and paste it into the Terminal app.
   

   defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true && killall SystemUIServer
   

3. Press Enter and the shadow and the transparency are gone!

Enabling

1. Open Terminal.
   • Open Launchpad or press F4 on your Apple keyboard, go to the Other folder and look for Terminal.
   • Open Launchpad or press F4 on your Apple keyboard and search "Terminal".
   • Press ⌘/⊞ + Space and search "Terminal".
2. Copy the command below and paste it into the Terminal app.
   

   defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool false && killall SystemUIServer
   

3. Press Enter and the shadow and the transparency are back!

No sudo command is required!

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Screenshots

Enabled




Disabled