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Q: Whenever I take a screenshot on my Macbook Pro, it always comes out bigger than the area I selected. How do I fix this??

I just got a Macbook Pro for Christmas, replacing my old 2008 one. On my old one, I was able to screen grab (shift+command+F4) specific area sizes (like 500x500 area) and the picture it would export would also be 500x500. On this new Mac, the areas I screen grab are exported larger than they are when I take them. For instance, I'd take a screen grab of a 500x500 picture I drew, upload it to an image sharing website, and it would appear nearly double that size.

I've tried altering my display to see if that helps, but they always are bigger than what I grab.


Any help would be great.

MacBook Pro, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Dec 25, 2014 10:33 AM

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Q: Whenever I take a screenshot on my Macbook Pro, it always comes out bigger than the area I selected. How do I fix this??

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  • by CJPlz,

    CJPlz CJPlz Jan 3, 2015 4:09 PM in response to CJPlz
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    Jan 3, 2015 4:09 PM in response to CJPlz

    To anyone who may have this problem, I figured it out. Retina display makes it bigger than it actually is. To fix this, after each screenshot, open up the image in preview. There will be a little toolbox option, and within that a box with arrows in it. Set the dimensions to 50 rather than 100 and it should be good to go.