How to Take Better Screenshots on the Mac

In this video I show you everything you need to know about taking screenshots on Mac OS.

I show you a better method for taking screenshots of windows and menus for presentations.

I also show how to change the file type and default save location for screenshots.

Terminal commands used in this video:

To change the default save location:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture location (path to folder)

To remove the drop shadow:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true
killall SystemUIServer

To change the default file type:
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type (file type)
killall SystemUIServer

Available file types:
bmp
pdf
jpg
jp2
tif
pict
tag
png

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