Screenshots Tip

[Virtual Epiphany]

never mind, I got Mac-Slapped by Cara's infinite wisdom........

Edited July 5, 2008 by Virtual Epiphany

[Cara Veteran]

Actually this tip is out of date...

Anyone with a Fresh Install of OS X 10.4 or 10.5 will notice their Screenshots capture in TIFF or PNG (Depending on Version) and not JPG, JPG hasn't been the default screenshot method since 10.3 if memory serves me right.

[CPressland]

Actually this tip is out of date...

Anyone with a Fresh Install of OS X 10.4 or 10.5 will notice their Screenshots capture in TIFF or PNG (Depending on Version) and not JPG, JPG hasn't been the default screenshot method since 10.3 if memory serves me right.

Your memory is perfect dear Cara :)

[Cara Veteran]

never mind, I got Mac-Slapped by Cara's infinite wisdom........

Ever since Steve put a Borg on the Board of Directors, sharing information has become quite a bit easier... ;)

[.Neo]

Didn't Mac OS X 10.3 Panther use PDF as the default way of saving screen shots? I've never had a Mac OS X installation saving them as JPG that's for sure.

[zuperfluff]

what i always had to do was modify the setting so it would save them as JPEG.

now i dont know if there is a way to actually do that again... now leopard saves them automatically as .png files.

[giga Veteran]

^ Onyx.

[zuperfluff]

it crashed my new machine when i installed it.

it works perfectly in my powerbook, but for some reason it freaked out my macbookpro.

?

[giga Veteran]

Onyx crashed?

[zuperfluff]

unbelievable.

it did.

and i'm really annoyed by it cause i dont like the screenshot being saved as a .png

suggestions?

[giga Veteran]

Which version of Onyx are you using? Better yet--why do you not like PNG?

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

I can't see a reason why you'd want to save them as anything other than a PNG (transparency, etc.), And I think the option was removed from the OS anyway (i.e. changing it does nothing)

[zuperfluff]

used 1.9.5

i'm telling you... it freaked out my machine, and i don't know why.

[I8PP]

In Terminal...

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleScreenShotFormat JPEG

I did that, but I can't change it back to PNG =\

[Cara Veteran]

In Terminal...

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleScreenShotFormat JPEG

I did that, but I can't change it back to PNG =\

Isn't it...

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleScreenShotFormat default or defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleScreenShotFormat

[I8PP]

The 'default' argument does nothing (still JPEG) and no argument after AppleScreenShotFormat does not work: Rep argument is not a dictionary.

[Cara Veteran]

The 'default' argument does nothing (still JPEG) and no argument after AppleScreenShotFormat does not work: Rep argument is not a dictionary.

Hrm, I'll have to go dig that one up, I know there is a way to reset it aside from going into the pref file and deleting the line...

[I8PP]

It seems "defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png" in conjunction with killing SystemUIServer worked in giving me back PNG :)

When i did "defaults read NSGlobalDomain AppleScreenShotFormat" it would say PNG but "defaults read com.apple.screencapture type" would still say "jpg" even after i did "...NSGlobalDomai AppleScreenShotFormat PNG" *shrug*

[Quillz]

I've always used TinkerTool or Cocktail to change the file type, although I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to use PNG in the first place.

[CPressland]

I've always used TinkerTool or Cocktail to change the file type, although I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to use PNG in the first place.

+1 PNG for the win, however it does have issues with Windows XP + IE 7 sometimes

But thats their problem

[Quillz]

I've never had any .png issues with IE7, must be an isolated incident.

[CPressland]

Hmm, my bad, IE6 was the problem, in my college all the machines are IE6 and they all have the same issues with PNG24