When I make a screenshot, the screenshot is way bigger than I see it in real.
Is there a way to do normal screenshots?
Is there a way to do normal screenshots?
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Too big screenshots on iMac 5k
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redheeler
macrumors G3
The screenshot is taken at the same resolution as your iMac display and therefore retains the sharpness of HiDPI on Retina displays. If you want your screenshots to be at a non-HiDPI resolution, either scale it to 50% and export through Preview or change your resolution by going to System Preferences > Displays, Option-clicking on "Scaled" checking "Show low resolution modes" and changing to "2560 x 1440 (low resolution)" before you take the screenshots.
Because your other iMac has a lower resolution. Images that aren't displayed at their native resolutions (normally) will look like crap, even if it's higher than the native resolution.
matreya
macrumors 65816
I don't think he has another iMac, its just that Preview shows screenshots 4x the regular size..
redheeler
macrumors G3
Actually with OS X Retina screenshots Preview tends to show the proper 1:1 size on Retina displays. I do wish it would do this with every image like it did in Mountain Lion.
No, I am looking at the image of the same iMac 5K.
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No it looks wrong in Preview and in Safari too
redheeler
macrumors G3
How are you taking the screenshots? Is it Command-Shift-3/Command-Shift-4 or Grab.app?
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If it's not displaying Retina-aware in Preview already you can always try this trick: zoom out twice, three times if it sticks to the window size like in Zoom to Fit.
Oh yeah with Command-Shift 3 he makes it correct.
I often do it with Command-Shift 4 because I want an specific small area. There it's buggy 🙁
I often do it with Command-Shift 4 because I want an specific small area. There it's buggy 🙁
Pakaku
macrumors 68040
If you're not looking at it at a 1:1 ratio (as in pressing CMD-0 when opened in preview), it'll still look blurred.
Safari draws images at a non-retina resolution, which means it's twice as big as you intended.