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I use CMD + Shift + 4 and SELECT what I want with the mouse. Then - it instantly puts that on my desktop.

Right-Click on the .png file created - and open with Preview. In Preview - File - Save As... Select .jpg - and the "quality" slider will change the file size (and quality obviously) You can also crop and what not in Preview.

or you download tinkertool which is a sort of add on to the system preferences. you can choose to save screen shots as jpegs automatically 🙂
 
Heres mine for the past day or so:
 

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or you download tinkertool which is a sort of add on to the system preferences. you can choose to save screen shots as jpegs automatically 🙂
Code:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpeg

Why waste time with third party tools?
 
Code:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpeg

Why waste time with third party tools?
Oooo could I have an idiot's guide of how/where to do that, I note by the font it must be part of the black art of IT.


Seriously, really simple baby-steps.😱
 
Oooo could I have an idiot's guide of how/where to do that, I note by the font it must be part of the black art of IT.


Seriously, really simple baby-steps.😱
Open up Terminal.app, paste that in, and hit return.
 
Doesn't seem to work for me, but here's a .png of what I entered😕
I just copied the command I used as well and I'm getting JPEG's.

Great...

Note: You might need to log out for this to take effect or just killall SystemUIServer.
 
Just updated mine, too. I don't know if it's NSFW though. She is nude, but you can't see anything inappropriate. If there are problems, I'll remove the image.

12-22-2007.png
 
Just updated mine...a pic of a flower in Costa Rica from a vacation back in October, then tweaked the colors a little bit:

2129498997_88714d977e.jpg
 
desktop is a portrait of my friend julie, a present i'm making her for christmas =]

i need to get leopard. 🙄
 

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