Does screen capture include location data?

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Does screen capture include location data?

Using Shift-Command-3 or Shift-Command-4 will capture the OS X Mavericks screen. Does it include location data? Can it be turn off/on?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), 8GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Posted on Jul 17, 2014 5:41 PM

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Ivan H Author

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Jul 18, 2014 5:48 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

But then, will it be inconsistent between OS X and iOS?

On an iPhone, I do a screenshot of an article by pressing Home+Sleep buttons together, then a screenshot will be taken to the Camera Roll. When that picture was post to social media, and someone downloads it, the screenshot shows the location I do the screenshot.

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Jul 18, 2014 5:57 AM in response to Ivan H

You asked if a screen shot in OS X has location data, as I said it does't and showed you a way to prove it you yourself.

If you have an issue with it not having location data you will need to contact Apple at Apple - Mac OS X - Feedback

regards

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Qser

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Jul 3, 2017 1:54 AM in response to Ivan H

At the moment I am dealing with the question whether screenshots taken with iOS have embedded geotags.

I can't confirm! The screenshots are save in .png format, which doesn't include exif data. The png's have no geotags.
The interesting question related to your comment: How does the social media upload gain this information?

This was tested on an iPhone SE (iOS 10.3.2) and ExifTool(version 10.53).

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Jul 17, 2014 5:52 PM in response to Ivan H

No, no location data. You can prove this tou tourself by opeing the image in Preview and opening the Inspector. You'll see the EXIF data does not include any gps data.

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