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Re: Printscreen

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Printscreen
Date 2014-07-07 20:58 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <070720142058481601%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <070720141335577373%nospam@nospam.invalid> <53badeff$0$15843$e4fe514c@dreader35.news.xs4all.nl> <080720140926072123%YourName@YourISP.com> <070720141804123035%nospam@nospam.invalid> <2014070717381483288-xxx@yyyzzz>

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In article <2014070717381483288-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

> >>>> pict has been deprecated. however, the screen capture format can be
> >>>> changed to any of several formats, including pict for snow leopard and
> >>>> earlier.
> >>> 
> >>> Yes.
> >>> 
> >>> defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg ; killall SystemUIServer
> >> 
> >> The original (and only) option in early versions of Mac OS X was for
> >> screenshots to be saved as PDFs ... which is annoyingly silly since
> >> they only contain a bitmap image anyway.
> > 
> > it could be changed at least as far back as 10.1.
> 
> Via a command-line in Terminal?  That's about as oblique as it gets for 
> the average user. Hell, I suppose I'd prefer a jpeg and generally trust 
> input from usenet, but when I see "killall" in a terminal line it does 
> give me the heebie-jeebies.  I would think the many people I counsel on 
> how to work a Mac would be even less inclined to encounter it. 

there are apps that wrap that all that nonsense, such as tinkertool.

<http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html>

choose the screen shot format from a popup menu and also where to put
them:
<http://www.bresink.com/osx/0TinkerTool/Images-en/3General.png>

tinkertool classic runs on 10.1.

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Re: Printscreen gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-07 09:28 -0700
  Re: Printscreen nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-07 13:35 -0400
    Re: Printscreen Steve <gratefuldead@xs4all.nl> - 2014-07-07 19:55 +0200
      Re: Printscreen Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-08 09:26 +1200
        Re: Printscreen nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-07 18:04 -0400
          Re: Printscreen gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-07 17:38 -0700
            Re: Printscreen nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-07 20:58 -0400
              Re: Printscreen Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2014-07-08 07:51 +0200
                Re: Printscreen Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-08 15:42 +0000
                Re: Printscreen Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-09 00:34 +0000
                Re: Printscreen Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-09 01:53 +0000
                Re: Printscreen Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-09 16:11 +1200
                Re: Printscreen nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-09 00:23 -0400
                Re: Printscreen Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-09 05:21 +0000
            Re: Printscreen Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-07-08 13:27 +1200
              Re: Printscreen nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-07 21:46 -0400
            Re: Printscreen Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-08 05:43 +0000
  Re: Printscreen Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-07-07 20:22 +0000
    Re: Printscreen gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-07 14:20 -0700

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