Hidden Screenshot Tricks on Mac OS X

Here's a quick guide to the keyboard shortcuts for taking screenshots on Mac OS X.

• For capturing the entire screen press Command+Shift+3.
• For capturing only the current active window press Command+Shift+4 and then the space bar and Return.
• For capturing a specific limited region from the screen press Command+Shift+4 and choose the area by dragging the crosshairs.

Now here'a a small compilation of the hidden tricks of screenshots :
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By default the screenshots are saved as a .png file on the desktop. For changing the default save location do the following.
Open Terminal and type the following for example :

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /Users/IronCladWriter/Pictures

Make sure to replace the location path as desired.
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If you want to change the image type from default .png to say .jpg, simply type the following :

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg

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To apply the above changes type in Terminal :

killall SystemUIServer

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Alternatively you could fire up the Grab application, as seen in Other Utilities