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how can I change screen capture format from .png to .jpg in LION

how can I change screen capture format from .png to .jpg in LION. The "terminal" suggestions of the past don't work? Thanks!

MacBook Air 2011, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Jul 22, 2011 11:30 PM

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Posted on Jul 23, 2011 1:19 AM

This works for me:


defaults write com.apple.screencapture type XXX


where XXX is one of png, pdf, jpeg-jfif, jpeg 2000, tiff, pict, bmp, gif, psd, sci, or tga. You need to log out and back in for the change to take effect.

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how can I change screen capture format from .png to .jpg in LION

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