Screen Capture files are corrupted

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Screen Capture files are corrupted

I use the built-in Screen Capture all the time....Command-Shift-3 and Command-Shift-4.

As recently as two days ago, it worked beautifully.

Today, it's not working correctly. The files get saved to the desktop, but they are corrupted. I can make out the image that I captured, but it looks like the horizontal setting on old cathode ray TVs is waaay out of sync.

I've tried a different user on the machine. I've tried changing the format from png to jpeg to pdf and back to png. Same result.

This is weird.

Any ideas?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on May 22, 2010 2:35 AM

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Answer 1

iyacyas

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May 22, 2010 7:23 AM in response to Zonker in Russia

Did you try repairing permissions with Disk Utilities?

Also curious if it does the same when booted into Safemode?

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Answer 2

May 23, 2010 2:48 AM in response to iyacyas

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try and report back.

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Answer 3

WZZZ

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May 23, 2010 5:48 AM in response to Zonker in Russia

The files get saved to the desktop, but they are corrupted. I can make out the image that I captured....

Where do you see the image corrupted? Is it the tiny image on the Desktop, or when you open it in Preview? Is Preview working OK otherwise?

Might try moving com.apple.preview.plist from Preferences in the Library in your home folder to the trash (don't empty until you know Preview is working OK.) This file might be corrupted and a new one, which will be automatically created when you use Preview again, might clear this up.

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Answer 4

May 23, 2010 1:07 PM in response to WZZZ

OK, weird. The problem has 'gone away' without doing anything specific. I didn't even realize it - I just did a screen shot because I needed it and then sent it to the person who needed it. Only later, did I realize that I had had problems just yesterday.

I didn't even get a chance to try the suggestions listed above.

By the way, all three versions of the file were corrupted: the desktop icon, the Quick Look version and the actual file as seen in Preview.

If it happens again, I'll be back.

Thanks for the help people. I hope to return the favor.

Message was edited by: Zonker in Russia

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