This ain't no screenshot!

[mickbab]

Hi all,

Well as you can see (attachment), this screenshot is obviously not a screenshot.

Taken on a unibody MacBook Pro with shift-command-3, and I'm wondering why this has happened.

Any ideas?

EDIT: thought i should add that the screen didnt actually look like that, incase you were wondering
it was normal windows etc.

 

[yoyo5280]

No but it is a cool wallpaper...

Maybe if you were doing something processor/ram intensive at the time it screwed it up...

 

[DoFoT9]

looks fine to me

try it again, does it work now??

 

[mickbab]

looks fine to me

try it again, does it work now??

I just went and had another go (it's my mum's laptop, and as tech kid of the house its my job to fix these things). I could do a screenshot of windows (shift-command-4-space, Activity Monitor attached) but couldn't do whole screen (shift-command-3, attached) or part screen (shift-command-4, last attachment).

Has anyone experienced this?

 

[DoFoT9]

how odd!!!! never seen it ever. your on your own im afraid

 

[geoffreak]

Can you take a screenshot of your computer so we can see a comparison?

But seriously, have you tried restarting your computer?

 

[i.shaun]

I can only say to try the basic troubleshooting steps like reboot, repair permissions, etc..

See here: Troubleshooting Macs

 

[BobZune]

Are all the latest updates applied?

Also see http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090222232453221 for a related issue and possible fixes.

 

[-tWv-]

I just went and had another go (it's my mum's laptop, and as tech kid of the house its my job to fix these things).
Has anyone experienced this?

Same here. I'm the IT support for my house. You're not the only one.

 

[mickbab]

Well a restart seems to have fixed it.

But does anyone have any ideas what might have caused this?
Just interested.

 

[no.1 Apple Fan]

It sure looks pretty cool!

 

[motulist]

I'd run disk utility and verify your disk (not permissions).