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Re: Printscreen

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Printscreen
Date 2014-07-07 21:46 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <070720142146313367%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <53badeff$0$15843$e4fe514c@dreader35.news.xs4all.nl> <080720140926072123%YourName@YourISP.com> <070720141804123035%nospam@nospam.invalid> <2014070717381483288-xxx@yyyzzz> <080720141327556687%YourName@YourISP.com>

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In article <080720141327556687%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> > >> 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. 
> 
> The default screen capture image format can't actually be changed in
> versions earlier than Mac OS X 10.4. 

yes it most certainly can be changed.

> For those you don't like using the Terminal, some of the third party
> applications like TinkerTool allow you to change the format (where
> possible) among other "hidden" settings.

you might try running that on 10.1-10.3.

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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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