When I try to screenshot by using the shortcut "command-shift-3" or "command-shift-4" the message below appears..
"Your screen shot can't be saved. Unable to create type string"
Please help. Thanks!
MacBook Pro, Other OS, macOS Sierra Version 10.12.3
I suspect a corrupt plist
Finder>Go>Go to Folder> copy and paste: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screencapture.plist
delete this plist.
You can restart an see if the problem is sorted, plist are automatically re-created to default settings
If you still have no screen shots from your terminal app (applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) copy and paste:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png
Try your screen capture short cuts again. If all is as expected, you are done. If you do not see your screen shots on the Desktop, again from terminal copy and paste:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop
I suspect a corrupt plist
Finder>Go>Go to Folder> copy and paste: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screencapture.plist
delete this plist.
You can restart an see if the problem is sorted, plist are automatically re-created to default settings
If you still have no screen shots from your terminal app (applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) copy and paste:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png
Try your screen capture short cuts again. If all is as expected, you are done. If you do not see your screen shots on the Desktop, again from terminal copy and paste:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Desktop
THANK YOU!
hala8 wrote:
THANK YOU!
Good computing hala8 !
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