Hey afound,
I was able to figure out what they were saying in order to begin tinkering with it.
Where to set up the script with Automator:
-Open Automator (Looks like a robot with a bazooka).
-Select Service
-Make sure Library is highlighted for this part; In the search bar enter "Run Applescript"
-Drag that over to the right, the big grey box area
-You will then replace "(* Your script goes here *)" with whoever's script from above that you like (Or learn the language and create something new! 🙂). I preferred a_fanjul's response since I can understand it; I like how it asks me to save wherever while renaming my file and opening it in preview afterwards:
set f to (choose file namedefault location ¬
"/Users/user/Pictures/Screenshots" default name (do shell script "date +'Screenshot-%Y%m%d-%H%M%S.jpg'"))'s POSIX path
do shell script "screencapture -i -P -tjpg " & f'squoted form
-Forewarning: Make sure your file directory is correct
- Clicking the big black play button in the same box lets us run the script to test it out
-Save the file.
How to set it up to as a keyboard shortcut:
-Open System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts->Services
-Under General you shall see your new file you just created with no shortcut combination
-Click on "none" right next to the file name and set up your favourite keyboard combination
-I used my Macs original shortcut for this so I had to turn it off under Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts->Screen Shots
Close everything and your combo should work!
We can now run that script using our shortcut.
🙂