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Change OS X's default screenshot image format (See related posts)

At the prompt, type this:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type image_format


Replace "image_format" with a file format name, like pdf, png, tiff, etc. Then to take screenshots, Cmd+Shift+4, then drag around the area you want to capture.

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peter posts on Jul 08, 2005 at 19:31
Just testing. Apologies.

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