equivilent of "print screen" for mac?


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command+shift+3 = capture the screen to file

command+option+shift+4 = screen to clipboard

u can change the shortcuts, i have, in system preferences

if u want a jpeg, then do capture the screen to file and export it in preview...

hope that helps ;)

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Unlike some other OSs, if you use the built in help it tells you all about this ;)

i did that and used there built in app called "grabber" i think with a scizzor icon. anyway..it can only save as dot TIFF. the file sizes are HUGE and not very versatile. now i have all these tiffs. how do i convert them to JPEGS?

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i did that and used there built in app called "grabber" i think with a scizzor icon. anyway..it can only save as dot TIFF. the file sizes are HUGE and not very versatile. now i have all these tiffs. how do i convert them to JPEGS?

open it and export it (in preview)

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I've attached the Screen Capture shortcuts.

Also, you can capture a particular window instead of a selection. First use the shortcut for ?Capture Selection to File?, then when the cross-hair cursor appears press the spacebar. Doing so changes the cross-hair to a camera cursor which you then use to click on window. The screen capture is saved to a file named picture x.pdf on your desktop.

I use a ?Convert - PDF to JPG? script to quickly convert formats.

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Don't forget Panther equipped Mac's have Folder Actions. Attach a script to one of them, and it does the job of conversion on the fly, it's really nice...

I have GOT to start looking into that stuff. Really neat.

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I have GOT to start looking into that stuff. Really neat.

It suddenly occured to me today to apply the image convert script to the desktop folder. i only have PDF's on there, that are to be converted to jpg. This could be handy ... or annoying, we'll see...

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