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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>
<p>ΓÇó Hold down Shift after dragging out a selection to constrain the selection in either horizontal or vertical orientation, depending on the direction of your drag.</p>
<p>ΓÇó Hold down Option after dragging out a selection to expand the selection window around a center point.</p></p>
<a href="/article/7417"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7417', 'show')">Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/27-Oct-03</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7417" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7417">New Power Mac G5 keyboard -- Readers weigh in on the new keyboard that Apple ships with the Power Mac G5. (7 messages)Take Control comments -- The comments fly fast and furious as readers give their opinions (most highly positive, thank goodness!) about our new Take Control electronic books</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 27 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7408"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7408', 'show')">Default Folder X 1.9.1: Upgrade Before Installing Panther!</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7408" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7408">St. Clair Software has published version 1.9.1 of their popular Open/Save utility, Default Folder X. In addition to being compatible with both Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Default Folder X 1.9.1 now tracks files opened directly from the Finder (not just through the Open dialog), and lists recent and favorite folders in a system-wide menu, in the Dock or menu bar; furthermore, Default Folder's menus are now hierarchical</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 23 Oct 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7407" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7407">Apple Computer today announced major revisions to its iBook line, upgrading all models to G4 processors and adding USB 2.0, Combo CD-R/DVD-ROM drives which can burn CDs and read DVD media, and a minimum of 256 MB of RAM</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 22 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7404"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7404', 'show')">iTunes Music Store Expands to Windows, Audible, Indies</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7404" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7404">Last week, Apple launched what the company calls the "second generation" of the iTunes Music Store with a slew of related announcements, including iTunes for Windows, a new version of iTunes for the Mac, several new marketing alliances for the iTunes Music Store, and a useful update to the iPod.iTunes for Windows -- Most important of the announcements is undoubtedly the release of iTunes for Windows, which opens up the iTunes Music Store to oodles of Windows users and takes over as the primary interface to PC-connected iPods</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 20 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7406"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7406', 'show')">Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/20-Oct-03</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7406" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7406">Sender pays solution to spam --Would a system that charges spammers per message be effective in reducing the amount of unsolicited commercial email we receive? And what effect would it have on legitimate mailings, such as free weekly electronic newsletters? (3 messages)CA spam law article errata -- Brady Johnson, who wrote last week's article on California's anti-spam laws, makes a correction and explores a few issues raised by readers</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 20 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7398"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7398', 'show')">AOL, Colored Sugar Water to Promote iTunes</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7398" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7398">In addition to rolling out iTunes Music Store for Windows, Apple today announced two substantial marketing initiatives designed to keep the iTunes Music Store leading the pack of legal online music distribution services</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 16 Oct 2003</div></div>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7399" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7399">Alongside the launch of iTunes for Windows, Apple has updated the software for recent iPods equipped with a dock connector. iPod Software 2.1 now transfers the On-The-Go playlist to iTunes, no longer turns the backlight off after a few seconds while you're using the iPod's controls, changes the battery meter to a solid bar versus a set of five indicator levels, and improves scrolling through large playlists</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 16 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7400"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7400', 'show')">iTunes Music Store Expands to Windows, Audible, Indies</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7400" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7400">Apple today launched what the company calls the "second generation" of the iTunes Music Store with a slew of related announcements. Most important is undoubtedly the release of iTunes for Windows, which not only brings what is arguably (according even to some Windows users) the best MP3 player on the planet to Windows, but also opens up the iTunes Music Store to oodles of Windows users and connects to the iPod</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 16 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7397"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7397', 'show')">Apple Posts $44 Million Fourth Quarter Profit</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7397" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7397">Apple Computer today reported a $44 million profit on $1.715 billion in revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2003. Gross margins for the quarter were at 26.6%, and international customers accounted for only 38 percent of the revenue</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 15 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7396"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7396', 'show')">Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/13-Oct-03</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7396" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7396">Early G3s and Panther -- Readers speculate about which machines Mac OS X 10.3 will support. Although early beige Power Mac G3s aren't officially supported, will Panther run on them anyway? (2 messages)Palm and Mac compatibility -- Palm's new handhelds include updated built-in applications, but how well do they synchronize to the Mac? (8 messages)Mac OS X 10.2.8 problems -- Even though Apple pulled its problematic Mac OS X 10.2.8 update and replaced it with a "fixed" version, some people report problems with the new revision</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 13 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7387"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7387', 'show')">StuffIt Standard Edition 8.0 and StuffIt Engine 8.0.1 Released</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7387" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7387">Aladdin Systems has released StuffIt Standard Edition 8.0, the most recent version of the bundle containing DropStuff, DropZip, DropTar, and the free StuffIt Expander</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 08 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7388"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7388', 'show')">iCal 1.5.1 and iSync 1.2.1 Released</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7388" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7388">Apple updated its calendar and syncronization utilities today, improving performance and adding support for more devices. iCal 1.5.1 tweaks the calendar's interface slightly, turning the Info window into a sliding drawer and adding the capability to set custom category colors</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 08 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7389"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7389', 'show')">Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Slated for 24-Oct</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7389" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7389">Apple Computer announced today that Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, this year's new version of the Mac OS X operating system, will be available at Apple's retail stores and authorized resellers at 8:00 PM on Friday, 24-Oct-03</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 08 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7386"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7386', 'show')">Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/06-Oct-03</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7386" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7386">Thoughts on online radio shows -- After Adam was interviewed on Inside Mac Radio Daily last week, he became curious about what readers thought of the show and online radio shows in general</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<div class="featured_meta"><a href="/index.cgi?tbcat=" class="category"></a> | by <a href="/author/TidBITS%20Staff">TidBITS Staff</a> | 06 Oct 2003</div></div>
<a href="/article/7381"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7381', 'show')">Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/29-Sep-03</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7381" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7381">TiVo Series2 improvements -- Readers report their experiences with TiVo's second-generation digital video recorder, including how it differs from DirecTV combination units</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/7369"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7369', 'show')">Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update Withdrawn</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7369" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7369">Apple Computer has withdrawn its recent Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update, citing Ethernet problems on some Power Mac G4 desktop systems after installing the update</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/7368"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7368', 'show')">Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7368" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7368">Apple has released Mac OS X 10.2.8 via Software Update, as a standalone installer for Mac OS X 10.2.6 and 10.2.7, and as a standalone combo updater which will update any version of Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar to Mac OS X 10.2.8</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/7364"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7364', 'show')">Apple Releases Wireless Keyboard and Mouse</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7364" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7364">At last week's Apple Expo in Paris, Apple introduced the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Wireless Mouse, a pair of Bluetooth-based wireless input devices for Macs running Mac OS X 10.2.6 or later with Bluetooth capabilities (either built in or provided by an external adapter)</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/7367"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7367', 'show')">Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/22-Sep-03</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7367" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7367">Boring headers for Eudora -- For those who want to eliminate unnecessary headers in Eudora, here's a thread for suggesting specific headers to hide. (11 messages)Asante FR1004AL can share a non-PS printer -- Some non-Postscript printers can be shared by the Asante wireless router mentioned in Adam's article</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
<a href="/article/7358"onMouseOver="blurb_slide('7358', 'show')">Apple Enhances 12-inch and 17-inch PowerBooks</a></h4>
<div class="article_preview" id="blurb_7358" style="display:none"><div id="popup_inner_7358">Along with the new 15-inch PowerBook G4, Apple made some small but welcome changes to the existing 12-inch and 17-inch PowerBook G4s. The 12-inch PowerBook G4 replaces its 867 MHz CPU with a 1 GHz PowerPC G4 CPU plus 512K of level 2 cache, double the previous amount</div><!-- blurb inner --></div><!-- blurb outer -->
