Grabber - quick question

[DW58]

While Grabber is a great little utility, the fact that it saves grabs as TIFFs by default is a pain in the ass.

Is there any way this can be changed to either JPEG or PNG?

TIA.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Have you looked into taking screenshots via keyboard shortcuts, which is faster than using "Grab", if that is what you mean with "Grabber"?

 

[DW58]

Have you looked into taking screenshots via keyboard shortcuts, which is faster than using "Grab", if that is what you mean with "Grabber"?

I have - I have that bookmarked in fact, but I quite like the way Grabber works - Grabber is what the Mac Utility is called after all.

There is this, but saving in a more sensible format in the first place would make more sense.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

I have - I have that bookmarked in fact, but I quite like the way Grabber works - Grabber is what the Mac Utility is called after all.

There is this, but saving in a more sensible format in the first place would make more sense.

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Sorry, I can't help you with Grab though, as I use the shortcuts, which are faster for me, as the result is automatically saved as .png to the Desktop, which I then can use in Preview or Photoshop, like picture below, an edit, which took me less than two minutes, due to the automatic saving feature of the keyboard shortcuts.

Just out of interest, what is that way Grab works, that you like?

Anyway, using a search algorithm of my choice I found this, which resulted in this.

 

[DW58]

Being a relative newcomer to Mac, it's very much a case of what I'm used to - for a long time I used a little utility called Faststone Capture over on the Dark Side, Grab is similar. I've never used keyboard shortcuts much until now other than cut and paste.

Oh and my apologies, I see what what I called Grabber is actually Grab.

I guess shortcuts are easier - question answered, thanks.

It's ... ... ...

Command + Shift + 3 takes a screen shot and save as .png on your desktop

Command + Shift + 4 lets you select an area

Command + Shift + 4, Space bar lets you select an individual window

... ... ... from now on.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Being a relative newcomer to Mac, it's very much a case of what I'm used to - for a long time I used a little utility called Faststone Capture over on the Dark Side, Grab is similar. I've never used shortcut much until now other than cut and paste.

Oh and my apologies, I see what what I called Grabber is actually Grab.

I understand, though I never used to make screenshots in Windows, as it was not that easy then. But the Mac OS X shortcuts for doing so are quite handy and fast and can be used by one hand and are a lot quicker than using a dedicated software.

Helpful Information for Any Mac User by GGJstudios​

 

[DW58]

I now totally agree - thanks for the advice.