Mac OS X

Sounds like you're reprimanding me. But I stand by my words. I find that there is a fundamental difference—sometimes subtle, more often blatant—at a social, urban level between PC users and Mac users. And the professionals I run into who are PC users are very agreeable and sexy but hopelessly straight and conventional. Mac users, on the other hand, are typically a bit more loose and carefree. But then again, most-likely, we're viewing people from different screens.

 

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Would be interesting to put that to the test. I feel a poll coming on....
uhhhhhhh, there it comes!

http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=70532

 

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Screen Capture Options in Mac OS X:

To capture the entire screen, you can simply press Command-Shift-3.

To capture a region of the screen, press Command-Shift-4, then click and drag the cursor to mark the area you want to capture. When you lift your finger from the mouse button, Mac OS X will record that real estate and place a .pdf file on your desktop.

Drawbacks:

• The mouse pointer will not be captured.

Mac OS X also ships with the Grab utility, located in the Applications -> Utilities folder. To use Grab, double-click on its icon and choose the type of image you want to capture.


Grab supports three modes of screen capture:

• Selection: Select the region you want to capture using the mouse
• Screen: Capture the entire screen
• Timed Screen: Capture the entire screen after a specific time interval

Unlike the built-in screen capture utility, Grab allows mouse pointers to be captured. You can capture actions like clicking on a menu item by using the Timed Screen mode


One cool feature in Grab is the option to include different mouse pointers (or simply hide the mouse pointer) in the screen capture. To activate this feature, click on Grab -> Preferences. A window containing all of the different mouse pointers will be shown


Saving a Large Document that Spans Many Screens

What if you want to save a big document, such as a long HTML page, that spans many screens on your monitor? An easy method, that's built right into Mac OS X, is to convert it the page to a .pdf file.

Go to the File menu and then choose Print. At the bottom of the Print dialogue box, you will see a button that reads Preview. Click it and it will process your document and open the Preview application that's included with Mac OS X.

You'll notice that when your document is displayed in the Preview application (or sometimes in Adobe Acrobat), it already looks like a .pdf file. Now all you have to do is choose File, then Save As PDF, and Mac OS X will convert your entire document into a real live multi-page .pdf document.

This is much easier than using Grab to save multiple screens, and then have to keep them in the proper order.

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How to enable and use Folder Actions

1.To create a Folder Action that converts images to JPG format just by dropping them into a folder (this particular Folder Action is included with OS X). Start by creating a new folder.

2. Now right-click (ctrl-click) on that new folder and select Enable Folder Actions

3. Again, right-click (ctrl-click) that same folder and this time select Attach a Folder Action…

4. You’ll probably be presented with a list of scripts. If you’re not, you’ll need to navigate to the folder that contains all of the Folder Action scripts. They’re in Mac HD/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts/. Select Image - Duplicate as JPEG and then click Choose


5. That’s it. Now drag a non-jpg picture into that folder (a PNG, GIF etc).

6. Ta-da! The Folder Action will have duplicated your image, but this time as a JPG. It will also save the original image.


7. If you ever want to change or disable a Folder Action, right-click (ctrl-click) the folder and choose Configure Folder Actions…

8. From here you’ll be able to manage all of your Folder Actions in one place.

Folder Action Resources
http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/01/30/folder-actions-for-os-x-explained-with-real-world-examples/