Comments on: Screen Captures: Change Save to Location http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/ Tech Questions Answered by a Girl Geek Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:33:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Robert http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-8731 Robert Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:13:57 +0000 http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-8731 Just watched through all unwatched vids on Miro and stumbled upon this episode... You could use the awesome tool Deeper to change this easily. http://screencast.com/t/ScdnBMpQ2 It can do a lot more as it actually is the non-admin part of Onyx. You can find it here: http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/deeper.html Just watched through all unwatched vids on Miro and stumbled upon this episode…
You could use the awesome tool Deeper to change this easily. http://screencast.com/t/ScdnBMpQ2
It can do a lot more as it actually is the non-admin part of Onyx.
You can find it here: http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/english/deeper.html

]]> By: keith http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-8278 keith Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:27:28 +0000 http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-8278 Mason, I do a number of screen captures on XP for my lesson plans and I use a free program called PrintScreen which works fine for my needs. http://www.gadwin.com/download/ Mason,

I do a number of screen captures on XP for my lesson plans and I use a free program called PrintScreen which works fine for my needs.

http://www.gadwin.com/download/

]]> By: geowar http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-8062 geowar Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:08:17 +0000 http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-8062 To change the location where screenshots will be stored type the following command in terminal: term> defaults write com.apple.screencapture location "${HOME}/Screenshots" Make sure that location exists! To change the format of the saved file: term> defaults write com.apple.screencapture type "jpg" To restart the system UI server (so screen capture will use your new settings) ether logout or: term> killall SystemUIServer To verify the settings: term defaults read com.apple.screencapture It should output something like this { location = "/Users//Screenshots"; type = jpg; } To change the location where screenshots will be stored type the following command in terminal:

term> defaults write com.apple.screencapture location “${HOME}/Screenshots”

Make sure that location exists!

To change the format of the saved file:

term> defaults write com.apple.screencapture type “jpg”

To restart the system UI server (so screen capture will use your new settings) ether logout or:
term> killall SystemUIServer

To verify the settings:

term defaults read com.apple.screencapture

It should output something like this

{
location = “/Users//Screenshots”;
type = jpg;
}

]]> By: Mason http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-7956 Mason Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:01:47 +0000 http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-7956 Any utilities for XP other than Jing? I can't seem to get Jing to capture the File, Edit, etc. menus. Any utilities for XP other than Jing? I can’t seem to get Jing to capture the File, Edit, etc. menus.

]]> By: Rhet Turnbull http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-7611 Rhet Turnbull Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:14:40 +0000 http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-7611 You can change the screen capture location with: defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Full/Path/To/Folder and the format with defaults write com.apple.screencapture type xxx where xxx=pdf, jpg, tif, png, etc Both of these require that you log out and log back in. You can change the screen capture location with:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Full/Path/To/Folder

and the format with
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type xxx
where xxx=pdf, jpg, tif, png, etc

Both of these require that you log out and log back in.

]]> By: Tony Meyer http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-7603 Tony Meyer Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:21:34 +0000 http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-7603 You can also change the file type using the defaults command as well:: defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleScreenShotFormat JPEG You can also change the file type using the defaults command as well::

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleScreenShotFormat JPEG

]]> By: jpitkin http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-7559 jpitkin Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:35:56 +0000 http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-7559 I just had the same problem yesterday! My solution was provided by 'macosxhints.com' http://tinyurl.com/2uzd66 I just had the same problem yesterday!

My solution was provided by ‘macosxhints.com’

http://tinyurl.com/2uzd66

]]> By: James http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-7523 James Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:35:58 +0000 http://www.dearcali.com/screen-captures-change-save-to-location/#comment-7523 TinkerTool is a free application for the Mac that let's you change the system settings for a bunch of things, including image capture type and destination. Screen shot settings are under the general tab. http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html TinkerTool is a free application for the Mac that let’s you change the system settings for a bunch of things, including image capture type and destination. Screen shot settings are under the general tab.

http://www.bresink.de/osx/TinkerTool.html

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