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Solution for anyone interested in different screen capture format
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jun 2005
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"defaults write com.apple.screencapture type pdf"
you need to logout and back to activate, and I think you can change the pdf to jpg or whatever.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Originally Posted by Stefdar
"defaults write com.apple.screencapture type pdf"
you need to logout and back to activate, and I think you can change the pdf to jpg or whatever.
Huh???? Where would I enter this? I would be very interested in changing the default from pdf to jpg.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities) and type that exact text (without the quotes; you can copy and paste it from this web page) and hit return.
Then log out and back in.
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Mac Enthusiast
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I think the default is png because it offers the best lossless compression. PNG screenshots are often even smaller than jpgs but never have artifacts. When it comes to photos, jpg works better. Anyway, you can just use preview to save as a jpg after taking the shot. You can't take a jpg screenshot and go to a png and get as good results.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally Posted by Stefdar
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type pdf
Interesting . . . but, how did you discover this??? 
The preference file doesn't seem to even exist ( . . . until we create it):
Code:
machost:~ (500) $ find ~ -iname "*screencapture*"
machost:~ (501) $ find /Library -iname "*screencapture*"
find: /Library/Application Support/SyncService/0: Permission denied
find: /Library/Application Support/SyncService/502: Permission denied
find: /Library/Logs/Console/0: Permission denied
find: /Library/Logs/Console/502: Permission denied
machost:~ (502) $ defaults read com.apple.screencapture
2005-06-24 14:00:04.463 defaults[19328]
Domain com.apple.screencapture does not exist
machost:~ (503) $ defaults read -g com.apple.screencapture
2005-06-24 14:00:11.017 defaults[19331]
The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, com.apple.screencapture) does not exist
machost:~ (504) $
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