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<h6>Extend Mac OS X's Screenshots</h6>
<p><p>Mac OS X has a variety of built in screenshot methods. Here's a look at a few that offer more versatility than the basic full-screen capture (Command-Shift-3):</p>
<p>ΓÇó Press Command-Shift-4 and you'll get a crosshair cursor with which you can drag to select and capture a certain area of the screen.</p>
<p>ΓÇó Press Command-Shift-4-Space to select the entire window that the cursor is over, clicking on the window will then capture it. The resulting screenshot will even get a nice drop shadow.</p>
<p>ΓÇó Hold down the Space bar after dragging out a selection window to move your selection rectangle around on the screen.</p>
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<a href="/article/7033"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7033', 'show')">TidBITS Using Habeas Headers</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7033" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7033">The spam pandemic has grown to epic proportions. In 2002, I received over 23,000 spam messages (about 35 percent of my mail), and that's even after employing the Mail Abuse Prevention System RBL+ realtime blackhole list and a handful of other conservative server-side spam filters on our primary mail server</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 06 Jan 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7035"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7035', 'show')">Back to 2002, Forward to 2003</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7035" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7035">Last year at about this time, I made a few predictions about what I thought the top stories of 2002 would be (see "Peering Into 2002's Tea Leaves" in TidBITS-612)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 06 Jan 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7019" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7019">TidBITS 2002 Holiday Hiatus -- This marks our last issue of 2002, and we're all looking forward to a few weeks off with friends and family during the holiday season</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 16 Dec 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/7020"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7020', 'show')">easyDNS Gift Certificate Clarification</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7020" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7020">easyDNS Gift Certificate Clarification -- Our apologies to easyDNS for misrepresenting the utility of their gift certificates in last week's gift issue</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 16 Dec 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/7022"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7022', 'show')">QuicKeys X 1.5.4 Improves Menu Selections</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7022" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7022">QuicKeys X 1.5.4 Improves Menu Selections -- CE Software has released QuicKeys X 1.5.4, which reportedly improves the macro utility's capability to select menu items as part of your shortcuts (though it unfortunately still can't select menus in Eudora)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 16 Dec 2002</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7023" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7023">Fetch 4.0.3 Chomps Bugs -- Jim Matthews of Fetch Softworks has released Fetch 4.0.3, a free update to his popular FTP client that fixes numerous bugs and provides improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 16 Dec 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/7024"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7024', 'show')">Macworld Expo SF 2003 Events</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7024" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7024">The future of the East Coast Macworld Expo trade shows was called into question by the recent dispute between Apple and IDG World Expo, and the cancelling of Macworld Expo Tokyo in 2003 added to the uncertainty</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 16 Dec 2002</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7025" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7025">At the beginning of 2002 in TidBITS-612, I wrote "Peering Into 2002's Tea Leaves," an article that made some general predictions about which topics would garner the most attention this year</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 16 Dec 2002</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7013" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7013">In an industry where everything changes constantly, it's good to have a few traditions, and one of ours is this annual double-size gift issue. Filled with numerous gift suggestions from TidBITS readers, it's safe to say that there's something for everyone here, even if they're not a Mac user</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 12 Dec 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/7008"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7008', 'show')">A Few Updates from Apple</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7008" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7008">A Few Updates from Apple -- During our brief break, Apple released a number of small but potentially important updates, all of which should show up in Software Update.Mac OS 9 versions of the iMac (2.3 MB) and Power Mac (2.5 MB) SuperDrive Update appeared, providing necessary compatibility with new 4x DVD-R and 2x DVD-RW media</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Dec 2002</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7009" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7009">Free Macworld Expo Passes -- TidBITS readers interested in attending the upcoming Macworld Expo in San Francisco from 07-Jan-03 through 10-Jan-03 can get free exhibits-only passes (normally $15 to $35) from our friends at Peachpit Press</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Dec 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/7010"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7010', 'show')">Macworld Expo Tokyo 2003 Cancelled</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7010" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7010">Macworld Expo Tokyo 2003 Cancelled -- Following the recent dustup between Apple and IDG World Expo over the East Coast Macworld Expo, MacUser UK is now reporting that IDG World Expo has cancelled Macworld Expo Tokyo in 2003</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Dec 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/7011"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7011', 'show')">The Laptop Stands, But Not Alone</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7011" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7011">For many people, the attraction of Apple's Titanium PowerBook G4 is that it almost entirely eliminates the compromises like performance and screen size that seem endemic to laptop computers</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 09 Dec 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/6998"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6998', 'show')">No Issue Next Week</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6998" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6998">No Issue Next Week -- So we can all spend some relaxing time with our families and friends over the Thanksgiving holidays here in the U.S., we won't be publishing an issue of TidBITS next week on 02-Dec-02</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 25 Nov 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/6999"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6999', 'show')">PayBITS EFF Donation a Rousing Success</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6999" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6999">PayBITS EFF Donation a Rousing Success -- I'm overwhelmed. You've seen my reports about the amounts that PayBITS has generated, and for the most part, they've been sums that you wouldn't walk by on the sidewalk, but that wouldn't buy you a new Mac</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 25 Nov 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/7001"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7001', 'show')">Submit Your Holiday 2002 Gift Ideas</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7001" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7001">Submit Your Holiday 2002 Gift Ideas -- It's time once again for that annual spectacle of consumer confidence, and if it's up to us individuals to prop up the global economy, the least we can do is make sure our favorite Macintosh-related companies come out smelling like roses! As with previous TidBITS gift issues, we'll focus on the best suggestions from you, our loyal readers</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 25 Nov 2002</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7002" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7002">If you're at all like me, searching is one of the main things you do on the Web. Perhaps you're searching in Google, looking up a word at Dictionary.com, or just trying to find that TidBITS article you read a few weeks ago</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 25 Nov 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/6995"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6995', 'show')">Microsoft Contest Acknowledges Women in Business</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6995" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6995">Microsoft Contest Acknowledges Women in Business -- We make a practice of keeping up on what's happening in the Mac world, but some things still catch us off guard</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Nov 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/6997"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6997', 'show')">The Evil That Is the DMCA</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6997" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6997">Much has been written about what's wrong with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). After all, it's been used to jail programmers, threaten professors, and censor publications, and because of it, foreign scientists have avoided traveling to the U.S</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 18 Nov 2002</div></div>
<a href="/article/6988"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('6988', 'show')">Apple Enhances Titaniums and iBooks</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_6988" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_6988">Apple Enhances Titaniums and iBooks -- Just in time for the holiday feeding frenzy, Apple has updated the Titanium PowerBook G4 and iBook lines. The PowerBook G4 now offers either a Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive or the first slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW), the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 graphics processor, and a PowerPC G4 processor running at either 867 MHz or 1 GHz</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/Adam%20C.%20Engst">Adam C. Engst</a> | 11 Nov 2002</div></div>
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