Screenshot in Apple iPad mini (2021)

How to take a screenshot or screen capture on an iPad mini (2021)

One essential feature of modern tablets is the ability to take screenshots, capturing an image of what is currently displayed on your Apple iPad mini (2021)'s screen.

Although there are apps for this function, you don’t need to install any additional ones, as it’s already built into the iPadOS 15 operating system.

Taking a screenshot allows you to save a WhatsApp conversation, a Tinder message, an Instagram story, a Facebook photo, or a video frame directly to your Apple device's memory.

If, on the other hand, you want to record a video of your Apple iPad mini (2021)'s screen, such as a video call, a story, a web page, or part of an internet video, you can follow the next tutorial: Record screen on Apple iPad mini (2021)

Table of Contents:

First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Apple iPad mini (2021) you have to follow these simple steps:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

First, go to the screen that you want to capture a screenshot of on your Apple iPad mini (2021), whether it's a web page, chat, or application.

2- Second step:

On your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app. Click on the My Watch tab, and then click on General. Scroll down and activate the Activate screenshots option. With two fingers, press the Digital Crown and the side button at the same time. The screen flickers when you take a screenshot on your Apple iPad mini (2021).

How to take a screenshot or screen capture on an iPad mini (2021)

3- Third step:

The captured image will be minimized and will appear in the lower part of the screen on the left of the iPad mini (2021) for a few seconds.

If you want to edit or share the capture immediately, click on the thumbnail before it disappears. If you don't want to use the screenshot at this time, you can ignore the thumbnail and continue using the device, taking more screenshots if desired.

4- Fourth step:

If you have clicked on the thumbnail, the screenshot editor will open, allowing you to edit the screenshot. You can cut it, draw on it, erase parts, add arrows, circles, comment bubbles, use the magnifying glass, add text, or add a signature. These tools can be very useful for highlighting important information or annotating the screenshot before sharing it with others.

5- Fifth step:

Once you have finished editing the capture, press “OK” to save it in the photo gallery of your iPad mini (2021). A confirmation prompt will appear, asking you to either save the screenshot in the photo gallery or delete it.

6- Sixth step:

If you want to send the capture, press the share button, select the app where you want to share it, and once it has been shared, press “OK.” A confirmation prompt will appear, asking you to either save the capture or delete it.

Screenshot without using the buttons on iPad mini (2021)

There is another method to take screenshots without using the buttons on the Apple iPad mini (2021), it is an accessibility setting but it can help us if any of the buttons on the iPad mini (2021) do not work, it is very difficult for us to press the two buttons at the same time or you simply look for the convenience of being able to take a capture without using the buttons.

Check out the tutorial “How to take a screenshot without buttons on iPhone” to be able to take screenshots with two or three taps on the back of the Apple iPad mini (2021).

How to capture a full page in Apple iPad mini (2021)?

If you want to capture a complete web page on your iPad mini (2021), you should first be aware that this method only works with Apple's Safari browser. Therefore, you should open the page you want to capture with scrolling using the Safari browser.

To take the screenshot, follow the method indicated above. When you take the screenshot, the thumbnail will appear in the lower left of the screen on the Apple iPad mini (2021) screen. Click on the thumbnail to access the screenshot editing application. You will see the text “Full page” appear at the top right. Click on it and you will see the full screenshot along with the scrolling on the right side of the screen.

You can now add notes, draw on the capture, crop, rotate and share the screenshot by clicking on the arrow icon in the upper right of the screen. When you are finished, press “Done” to save the edited screenshot in the photo gallery

Where are screenshots saved on Apple iPad mini (2021)?

All the screenshots taken on an Apple iPad mini (2021) are saved in the photo gallery both in the recent images together with the photos captured with the camera and in a specific folder that you can see below.
Screenshots are saved in PNG format.

Go to the home screen where you will find the icon of the photo gallery of your Apple iPad mini (2021), it is an icon of a kind of flower with each petal of a different color.

In recent you will be able to see the screenshots that you have taken recently, they are also saved in a specific category called "Captures", to see this category go down to the "Types of content" section, you will see the "Captures" category, click to access and see all the screenshots taken on your Apple iPad mini (2021).

Content types: screenshots Apple iPad mini (2021)

About the device:

Apple iPad mini (2021) is a tablet with dimensions of 195.4 x 134.8 x 6.3 mm (7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 in), a weight of 293 grams, a screen size of 8.3 inches, 203.9 cm2 (~77.4% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 1488 x 2266 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~327 ppi density).

It has a processor Hexa-core (2x2.93 GHz + 4xX.X GHz), a graphics card Apple GPU (5-core), a RAM memory 4 GB and an internal memory of 64GB, 256 GB.

The Apple iPad mini (2021) comes from the factory with the iPadOS 15 operating system.

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