Can't find com.apple.screencapture.plist

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Can't find com.apple.screencapture.plist

Hi all 🙂

So, I'm getting tired of OS X saving my screenshots taken my screen capture as a .tiff, since some websites don't like that particular file format and most of my friends using windows can't open it.

So, I found https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3202106?start=0&tstart=0 but it don't seem to work at all. I've typed the command into terminal, but it dosn't give me a message after typing in and enter. So, i went searching for the file the command should be able to modify, but i can't find it!! com.apple.screencapture.plist seem completely gone. I've used Houdini, (http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26729/houdini), but with no luck.

Am i missing something here?

I just want to change the format på PNG...

Thanks in advance

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 14, 2011 12:04 AM

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Answer 1

Jakelong Author

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Nov 14, 2011 1:30 AM in response to Neil from Oz

It seems completely gone... I can't find it and i find it quite strange.

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Answer 2

jsd2

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Nov 14, 2011 2:26 AM in response to Jakelong

The free utility TinkerToolcan change the shift-command-3 / shift-command-4 screenshot format. As mentioned, the default format there is .png:

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I don't think there is any way to change the TIFF format used for Grab screenshots.

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Nov 14, 2011 1:29 AM in response to Jakelong

The default format for screenshots taken using Grab is TIFF.

The default format for screenshots taken using the built-in OS X functions of Command-Shift-3 (entire screen) and Command-Shift-4 (selectable part of screen) is PNG.

If you've been using Grab, try using either of the built-in functions. Grab does offer a few additional mode choices (notably window screenshot and timed screenshot), but for most purposes the built-in functions suffice, and are quicker.

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Answer 4

Nov 14, 2011 12:19 AM in response to Jakelong

User>Library>Preferences (Hidden)

Finder -> Go to and hold down Option key would show "Library" in the list. Click on it would bring you to the hidden folder.

Should be in there

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