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Re: Printscreen

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In article <53badeff$0$15843$e4fe514c@dreader35.news.xs4all.nl>, Steve
<gratefuldead@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 07-07-14 19:35, nospam wrote:
> > In article <2014070709285879403-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What key combination will let me save screens on the Mac?
> >>>>>
> >>>> Hold down shift and command (Apple button) amd press 3.  A PICT is
> >>>> created in the main level of the startup volume.  Simpletext will let
> >>>> you view and crop the image.  You can get software that allows more
> >>>> sophisticated screen grabbing than this but I don't know what it is.
> >>>> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> I assume it makes has no conspicuous difference, but it produces a png
> >> file not a PICT file.
> >
> > 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.

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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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