<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>I typed that string you show below, except for "png" I typed first "jpeg" then "jpg" ( I mean I tried one, then the other ) </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I tested it by taking a Shift-Cmd-3 screen cap, which deposited a file on the desktop; its icon said PICT.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>tried it several times making extra sure that I typed the string as given, putting all the spaces and periods in the right spot.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 1, 2006, at 9:56 PM, John Baltutis wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">What didn't work for you? If the com.apple.screencapture.plist doesn't exist,</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">then this command:</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana; min-height: 11.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 9.0px Verdana; min-height: 11.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">executed in the Terminal app creates it and makes png the default</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">screencapture. If you use pdf, tiff, or jpg instead of png, that's what</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">screencapture's will become. A little more information on what you did and what</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Verdana" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Verdana">resulted would help the rest of us.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>