MacBites Episode 0020

on 29 June 2009 in Show Notes tagged by The MacBites Crew

In this episode we discuss the latest apps that we’ve installed on our iPhones (and some that we haven’t) and take a look at a number of screen-capturing applications that we use.

BackBites

ChatBites

Switchers Corner and Software Review

  • Keyboard shortcuts in OSX for capturing screen
  • Shift+Cmd+3 – captures entire screen and saves to Desktop
  • Shift+Cmd+4 – captures selection and saves to Desktop
  • Shift+Cmd+4 then spacebar, then click a window – captures selected window and saves to Desktop
  • Shift+Cmd+Ctrl+3 – captures entire screen to the clipboard
  • Shift+Cmd+Ctrl+4 – captures selection to the clipboard
  • Shift+Cmd+Ctrl+4 then spacebar, then click a window – captures selected window to the clipboard
  • In Leopard, the following keys can be held down while selecting an area (via Cmd+Shift+3 or Cmd+Ctrl-Shift+4):
  • Space, to lock the size of the selected region and instead move it when the mouse moves
  • Shift, to resize only one edge of the selected region
  • Option, to resize the selected region with its centre as the anchor point
  • Tinkertool

Feedback and Comments

  • Thanks to StargateJohn for some suggestions about screen capture software – we’ll be covering video capture in a future episode
  • Welcome to Nick from http://nickgreenphotography.com
  • LucyC – had the same problem Mike had with updated apps disappearing in iTunes – Mike’s apps are now back

Events

4 Comments

  • Gazmaz says:
    29 June 2009 at 09:43

    Hi Guys great show again keep it up :-)

    Anyway just a quick note on a Windows screen grab utility (just in case someone you know need one lolz). This is a very basic tool and is no good for grabbing menus etc, but I have to do lots of screen grab and send them in notes, the nice thing about this App is that it copies a small image rather then the enormous image that screen grab or paint produces. Plus it’s a free App for Windows
    It’s called ZapGrab
    Here’s a lnk
    http://download.cnet.com/ZapGrab-net-free-screenshot-capture/3000-10247_4-10667351.html
    As I say it is a just a basic tool but a neat little windows(yuk) App.

    Cheers
    Gaz.

  • stargatejohn says:
    30 June 2009 at 16:14

    Great show there guys, keep up the good work.

    You did miss a Mac Screen Capture App out though, Voila. Its similar to my personal favourite, LittleSnapper in that you can annotate the screen captures, but I think it lacks a service similar to QuickSnapper.

  • LucyC says:
    4 July 2009 at 15:37

    Hi Elaine and Mike. Been away this week but caught up today. Thanks for the screen capture tips – and I’d never heard of tinkertool. Must check it out!!!

    Lucy

  • Elaine says:
    5 July 2009 at 21:40

    Nice one Gaz. I’ve not tried that one but then I haven’t got a functioning version of Windows right now … no change there then ;-) I’ll let Mike try that one.

    & John I had heard of Voila but not tried it so another good one to mention.

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