When I try to take a screenshot (Command + Shift + 3/4) I get the camera sound, but a file is never created on my desktop. I have searched my drive and can't see that these images are going anywhere. Any ideas?
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Screenshots not working
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There are a couple discussions on Apple Forums about this. I'm having the same problem - some kind of memory leak with Screencapture. If you check your console.app you might see the messages about it.
I've filed a bug report with Apple already, you might want to do the same.
I've filed a bug report with Apple already, you might want to do the same.
It seems to only affect my account. I just created a new one and it works just fine, now we just need to figure out how to fix it on the "broken" account...
I fixed it!
Open Terminal
Then navigate to ~/Library/Preferences/ and open .GlobalPreferences.plist
Once it is open just remove the AppleDisplayScaleFactor string and save.
Then in Terminal turn invisible files off again:
In a way it's good this happened, because when I turned invisible files on I found 2 movies that were hidden on my desktop each ~2GB so I got some hard drive space back.
Now for some explanation... it seems that if you mess with Resolution Independence you mess up your screenshots.
Open Terminal
Code:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true; killall FinderThen navigate to ~/Library/Preferences/ and open .GlobalPreferences.plist
Once it is open just remove the AppleDisplayScaleFactor string and save.
Then in Terminal turn invisible files off again:
Code:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true; killall FinderIn a way it's good this happened, because when I turned invisible files on I found 2 movies that were hidden on my desktop each ~2GB so I got some hard drive space back.
Now for some explanation... it seems that if you mess with Resolution Independence you mess up your screenshots.
Same problem but on Snow Leopard 2 years later
Guys,
I'm having the same problem but it appeared only after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Unfortunately, in Snow Leopard, there is no AppleDisplayScaleFactor string in .GlobalPreferences.plist anymore, or at least for me. Any ideas where that string is located now, or what else I can tweak?
Thanks,
Guys,
I'm having the same problem but it appeared only after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Unfortunately, in Snow Leopard, there is no AppleDisplayScaleFactor string in .GlobalPreferences.plist anymore, or at least for me. Any ideas where that string is located now, or what else I can tweak?
Thanks,
Hey, sorry I know this is resurrecting a dead thread, at the moment I do not quite care! I- I tried your solution, but got to the second step and found that there is no file titled .GlobalPreferences.plist on my computer.
So I decided to give up and tried your third step to hide all these invisible files now showing all over my computer and it is not working! I am freaking out a little. What's going on??
So I decided to give up and tried your third step to hide all these invisible files now showing all over my computer and it is not working! I am freaking out a little. What's going on??
I ran into the exact same issue. I noticed the commands to show and hide hidden files were identical, so taking a wild guess I tried:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool false; killall Finder
and it worked.
I actually CAN take a screenshot but when I double click it, the picture comes up static-y. It's messed up looking. When I attached it to an e-mail to show someone, they said that it was blank and nothing was even there.
I attached it onto this message. I hope it actually pulls through. What the hell is going on and how can I fix it? I really need this screen shot function.
Thanks in advance!
I attached it onto this message. I hope it actually pulls through. What the hell is going on and how can I fix it? I really need this screen shot function.
Thanks in advance!
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I know this is a zombie thread, but it's now the top hit on Google.
To fix this problem, just type into Terminal: killall SystemUIServer
This will fix it without having to log out and back in again.
Edit: Nevermind; it must have been another coincidence. It's not working, as ever.
To fix this problem, just type into Terminal: killall SystemUIServer
This will fix it without having to log out and back in again.
Edit: Nevermind; it must have been another coincidence. It's not working, as ever.
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I know this is a zombie thread, but it's now the top hit on Google.
To fix this problem, just type into Terminal: killall SystemUIServer
This will fix it without having to log out and back in again.
Edit: Nevermind; it must have been another coincidence. It's not working, as ever.
I have the same problem in Lion.. Any progress?
I know this is a zombie thread, but it's now the top hit on Google.
To fix this problem, just type into Terminal: killall SystemUIServer
This will fix it without having to log out and back in again.
Edit: Nevermind; it must have been another coincidence. It's not working, as ever.
I rebooted earlier that did not fix it.. This seems to have fixed it(in Lion). I will keep my fingers crossed.
Guys i'm getting this problem as well.
Also my Trash is completely empty when i haven't cleared out my trash in a month!
Is there any fix?
Nvm, found the fix for future reference:
Just shut down your Mac and turn it on again. Fixed it for me!
Also my Trash is completely empty when i haven't cleared out my trash in a month!
Is there any fix?
Nvm, found the fix for future reference:
Just shut down your Mac and turn it on again. Fixed it for me!
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Workaround
The suggestions in this thread didn't fix the problem for me, but until a fix comes out I use this method. In Applications/Utilities there is a program called Grab. It does the same thing, just takes a little longer. It's in my Dock until the keyboard shortcut gets fixed. Good thing I don't take a ton of screenshots.
The suggestions in this thread didn't fix the problem for me, but until a fix comes out I use this method. In Applications/Utilities there is a program called Grab. It does the same thing, just takes a little longer. It's in my Dock until the keyboard shortcut gets fixed. Good thing I don't take a ton of screenshots.
