Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.sys.mac.hardware.video,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.systems Subject: Re: Screen capturing on Retina Macs... Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 07:15:23 -0700 Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <1852197961466542927.238344usenet-gallopinginsanity.com@news.individual.net> <1mccg0l.1sex0v413blshgN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net XJYcX6Auqvb1thKSoIUF0QosB0Fy/u9KE2zBNMSTdthvXFIc6h Cancel-Lock: sha1:mfw5bift1cDjZR5XAoJ/DrGEWBk= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Screen capturing on Retina Macs... Thread-Index: AdEHU+4sj8lHCoG86kCUtn2u1zkPMQ== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32675 comp.sys.mac.graphics:349 comp.sys.mac.hardware.video:239 comp.sys.mac.system:83504 On 10/14/15, 9:18 PM, in article 1mccg0l.1sex0v413blshgN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz, "Jamie Kahn Genet" wrote: > Snit wrote: > >> Ant wrote: >>> Hello. >>> >>> I noticed screen capturing on Retina Macs show very high resolutions and >>> sizes. Is there a way not to have this big since I copy and paste them >>> into documents, e-mails, etc. often? >>> >>> Thank you in advance. :) >> >> No great way, but found this online and seems like it should work: >> >> Use OsX embedded Automator to downsize screenshots automatically after they >> taken. >> >> 1. Open /Applications/Automator >> 2. Create a "Folder Action" >> 3. At the top of the window, where it says "Folder Action receives file and >> folders added to", select "Desktop" >> 4. From the panel on the left, select "Files & Folders" and drag the item >> "Filter Finder Items" to the right panel. >> 5. Add the following conditions to the Filter Finder Items action: Name >> begins with "Screen Shot"; Kind is image. >> 6. (Optional step: if you want to keep copy of originals) - From the >> Actions list on the left, find "Copy Finder Items" and drag it to the panel >> on the right. Set the destination folder for the image copy (for example: >> "To: Pictures") >> 7. In the Actions library on the left, click on "Photos" and drag the >> "Scale Images" action to the right panel. >> 8. In the Scale Images action, select "By Percentage" from the drop-down >> and set the value to 50. >> 9. Select File > Save and give the Folder Action a snappy name like >> "Smaller Screenshot Copy" > > Great idea. I always forget about Folder Actions, though they've existed > since System 7 days. I use them from time to time... they work better and faster in modern OS X than they did back on System 7 - and they were pretty cool back then. -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: