So on the iPod touch, if you hold the "home" button and press the "power/sleep" button, the iPod takes a screenshot of the desktop and stores the image in yout Photos. Furthermore, upon connecting the iPod to your Mac, iPhoto will open and import the photos. Anyone know why this functionality exists?
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iPod touch iPod Touch, taking screenshots....why?
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For probably the same reason as how you can take screenshots of your desktop on a Mac. To show off your desktop, apps, dock, etc, and also show examples of applications and the like. And iPhoto always opens if you have any kind of images in your iPhoto library, like when you save them from a webpage.
The guys writing the books on the iPhone and the App developers are so happy about this exact functionality.
It was something not many people will use but all will benefit from it as anyone with a problem can now show us exactly what they see on the iPod touch/iPhone.
It was something not many people will use but all will benefit from it as anyone with a problem can now show us exactly what they see on the iPod touch/iPhone.
map shots
It's been extremely useful for my wife and I to take screenshots of the maps app before we head out of the house.
It's an imperfect substitute to being able to download map data for offline use, but it works well in a pinch.
Cheers,
DCBass
It's been extremely useful for my wife and I to take screenshots of the maps app before we head out of the house.
It's an imperfect substitute to being able to download map data for offline use, but it works well in a pinch.
Cheers,
DCBass
I often grab a snapshot of web pages to refer to later: Phone numbers, directions, prices, etc.
It's very handy to view them later, offline, via the photos app.
It's very handy to view them later, offline, via the photos app.
What about the people who have windows and don't have iPhoto?
You do know that if you plug your iPhone into a PC, it'll act like a regular camera, right? Just go to My Computer, and it'll be right there. Just go in and take the photos.
This is also true with the Touch, at least with 2.0 software on it. You get a DCIM folder just like you do with any camera.