Comments on: Screen Capture in Mac OS X

By: mistamaker

mistamaker — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:38:38 +0000

Hey, you just saved my life with this article, googled forever and kept getting wrong results, now i can screen grab to PDF and didn’t know about the 4 option as i always used number 3. My client can’t see when i email jpeg to his blackberry and saving a low scale pdf every time i do a change is zoo time consuming… now i can do it all with a simple cmd, shift and 4.. .your a star …. thanks

By: Take Screen Shots from the Terminal in Mac OS X

Take Screen Shots from the Terminal in Mac OS X — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:45:05 +0000

[...] from the keyboard shortcuts, Grab, and other screen shot apps, you can also take screenshots of your Mac OS X desktop directly [...]

By: Moby

Moby — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:44:37 +0000

Regarding the file type for screen captures… another easier way to change the file type is to install the Secrets system preferences panel. It has a simple drop down menu that makes setting that preference a click away. Here’s a screen shot of how it looks:

http://db.tt/B2HdSHU

By: Disable the Window Shadow on Screen Shots in Mac OS X

Disable the Window Shadow on Screen Shots in Mac OS X — Mon, 23 May 2011 12:41:28 +0000

[...] take a screen capture of an individual window using Command+Shift+4 and the screen shot will not include the window [...]

By: Take a Timed Screen Shot in Mac OS X

Take a Timed Screen Shot in Mac OS X — Sun, 01 May 2011 13:27:52 +0000

[...] You can adjust the time to anything in seconds, that example is for a 10 second delay. The filename follows, which will be created in your users home directory unless you specify otherwise. You can see some more screencapture options here. [...]

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:09:25 +0000

Thanks so much for the post! It was just what I was looking for.

By: Change the Screenshot Save File Location in Mac OS X

Change the Screenshot Save File Location in Mac OS X — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:03:21 +0000

[...] OS X, Tips & Tricks – January 26th, 2011 – No Comments By default, anytime you take a screen capture in Mac OS X it will save the screenshot file to the current users desktop. You can adjust where Mac OS X saves [...]

By: Mass upload pictures to Facebook from a Mac - OS X Daily

Mass upload pictures to Facebook from a Mac - OS X Daily — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:33:48 +0000

[...] a screen selection and upload to Facebook – much like your standard Mac screen capture function plus [...]

By: Change the screenshot capture file format - OS X Daily

Change the screenshot capture file format - OS X Daily — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:48:50 +0000

[...] if you take a screen capture, it’ll appear as whatever file type you [...]

By: Take a screen capture from the command line - OS X Daily

Take a screen capture from the command line - OS X Daily — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:08:35 +0000

[...] instructions appeared on our screen capture in Mac OS [...]

By: Pir

Pir — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:54:48 +0000

Thanks for the post. And did u know anything about Actymac ScreenShots Remote? Did u read any reviews of this program? I know that it allows to get screenshotrs of Mac with iPhone or iPad.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:00:04 +0000

I would also add the free utility Skitch which has the added benefit of being able to add text and graphics (lines, circles, boxes, arrows).

http://skitch.com