Change Mac screenshot file format in OS X

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  1. technical

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    Use Terminal:

    Change the screenshot format to JPG
    Type or paste the following line into a Terminal window and hit the Return key to execute the command:

    defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg;killall SystemUIServer

    Change the screenshot format to GIF
    Type or paste the following line into a Terminal window and hit the Return key to execute the command:

    defaults write com.apple.screencapture type gif;killall SystemUIServer

    Change the screenshot format to PDF
    Type or paste the following line into a Terminal window and hit the Return key to execute the command:

    defaults write com.apple.screencapture type PDF;killall SystemUIServer

    Change the screenshot format to PNG
    Type or paste the following line into a Terminal window and hit the Return key to execute the command:

    defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png;killall SystemUIServer

    Change the screenshot format to TIFF
    Type or paste the following line into a Terminal window and hit the Return key to execute the command:

    defaults write com.apple.screencapture type tiff;killall SystemUIServer
     
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