Mac Screen Capture Save As Jpeg

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By default the screenshot you capture on Mac is in .png file format. The .png file format supports lossless data compression which means that the screenshot size is on the higher side, well thats not bad for some but for those who are uploading them to web would not prefer it. The good news is that you can change the default file format to any other file format of your choice like gif, jpg or even pdf. In this guide, I will share how you can change the default file format of screen captured on Mac.

Changing screenshot file format

To change the default file format, you need to use the Terminal (also referred as command line) on Mac. To open terminal go to Applications ❯ Utilities ❯ Open Terminal.
To demonstrate I’m changing the default file format to jpg. To change from .png to .jpg type the following command in terminal and hit enter.

Now verify the change by taking a screenshot, press Command + Shift + 3 and that will take the screenshot of full screen and save it to the desktop in a .jpg file format.

Similarly to change in other file formats, type the following commands in terminal.

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Change to .gif

Change to .pdf

  • Feb 07, 2018 Screen Snippet - COMMAND + SHIFT + 4 Press the key combo and drag to select the portion of the screen to capture. Alternatively, if you use COMMAND + CONTROL + SHIFT + 4 at the same time, Mac OS X will copy the snippet to the clipboard rather than save it as an image to the desktop.
  • Screenshot or screen capture is a way to instantly capture the contents on a screen and save it on your device in a convenient manner. That way, you can use it later in numerous different ways.

Change Mac Screenshot To Jpg

You can switch between these file formats any number of times as per your requirement.

Reverting the changes

If at some point you choose to go back to .png file format then type the following command in terminal:

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In the new capture view, select the image tab and then choose share to file. If you don't need to add arrows or anything, then you can switch off preview in editor, which will save you a click. Now in Snagit's preferences, you'll need to set up the File sharing output.