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First of all, you need to open Terminal: Go to your Applications folder. Open the Utilities folder. Open the Terminal application. Enter the following lines into Terminal depending on what setting you wish to change: To remove the drop shadow effect Enter the following line into Terminal and press Enter: defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool… Continue reading Add / Remove shadow effect for Mac screenshots

First of all, you need to open Terminal: Go to your Applications folder. Open the Utilities folder. Open the Terminal application. Enter the following lines into Terminal depending on what setting you wish to change: To change the save location Enter the following line into Terminal, replacing with your location and press Enter: defaults write… Continue reading Change save location / file format for Mac Screenshots

Combination Action Cmd + Shift + 3 Takes a screenshot of the screen and saves it as a file on the desktop. Cmd + Shift + 4, then drag the mouse to select an area Takes a screenshot of an area and saves it as a file on the desktop. Cmd + Shift + 4,… Continue reading Taking a Screenshot on a Mac