Settings on screenshot capture

pachakutek · pachakutek #1 (**permalink**)

05-07-2010, 03:05 PM

Hi all!
My first post (yay!)

I use the command+shift+4 a lot to get screen captures...
I used to do this on Leopard (10.5.x) and the capture would get saved on the Desktop as Picture 1.png (Picture 2, 3, etc).

Now I switched to Snow Leopard (10.6), and the pictures get saved on the Desktop too, but with name as 'Screen shot 2010-05-07 at 11.49.33 AM.png' (current date/time)... As useful this might look, it's very cumbersome to have such a long name for a simple screenshot...
Yes, I could rename it but I take a lot of screenshots a day, so it is a lot of work too...

The Question:
Where/how can I set up how these picture files get saved? choose a simpler name or the 'Picture X.png' name as in Leopard (command line solutions welcome)

Please help!
Thanks a lot..
Tona

McYukon · McYukon #2 (**permalink**)

05-07-2010, 03:53 PM

Using an Utility such as OnyX you can change the format of the screenshots and where they get saved, and their prefix but you can't get rid of the date behind it.

Terminal Approach

Disable the shadow in screenshots
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true

Change file format (JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, jpg2000, PDF, PICT, SGI, TGA, TIFF)
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg

Change Save Path
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Documents/Screenshots/

Change Name Prefix
defaults write com.apple.screencapture name prefix

To make the new values active run this afterwards.
killall SystemUIServer

And welcome to the forums!

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #3 (**permalink**)

05-07-2010, 07:23 PM

Or you can use Sharpshooter and call them what you want on the fly.
Download Sharpshooter for Mac - Rename screenshots as they are taken. MacUpdate Mac Software Downloads
Here is one i just did;

Click for full size

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #4 (**permalink**)

05-22-2010, 04:28 AM

Seems i deleted the pic so here it is again;

Click for full size

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pachakutek #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 07, 2010 Posts: 1	05-07-2010, 03:05 PM Hi all! My first post (yay!) I use the command+shift+4 a lot to get screen captures... I used to do this on Leopard (10.5.x) and the capture would get saved on the Desktop as Picture 1.png (Picture 2, 3, etc). Now I switched to Snow Leopard (10.6), and the pictures get saved on the Desktop too, but with name as 'Screen shot 2010-05-07 at 11.49.33 AM.png' (current date/time)... As useful this might look, it's very cumbersome to have such a long name for a simple screenshot... Yes, I could rename it but I take a lot of screenshots a day, so it is a lot of work too... The Question: Where/how can I set up how these picture files get saved? choose a simpler name or the 'Picture X.png' name as in Leopard (command line solutions welcome) Please help! Thanks a lot.. Tona
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Collin Bl #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,273 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, 2.4 C2D MBP & iMac 20, 1TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4	05-22-2010, 04:28 AM Seems i deleted the pic so here it is again; Click for full size
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