Tips to make screenshots in to .pdf format instead of .png

DEVONthink Tips
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Not really a DevonThink tips but nice regardless. I do not like the .png files and searched how to get all screenshots in .pdf format instead.

Solution:

  • Open Terminal and type:

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

If you change your mind:

  • Open Terminal and type:

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

2

Just an FYI…
blog.devontechnologies.com/2015/ … evonthink/
and…
blog.devontechnologies.com/2015/ … n-capture/
:mrgreen:

3

I DID search the forum first - but not good enough.

Everything is already invented by DevonThink…

Thanks BLUEFROG!

4

:smiley:

Note: Two downsides to the process…
The screencapture may not be as crisp as the PNG file.
JPGs and PNGs are still more native and transportable.

Still fun stuff though!

5

I see that now. But after I run OCR on either the .pdf or .png they become a bit fuzzy regardless or do I do something wrong?

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Check your OCR settings in Preferences. You might have down sampled the image, making it fuzzier, by choosing a low dpi resolution. I usually use a setting of 600. The disadvantage of course is that a high resolution requires a larger file, so that the OCR’d PDF is bigger than the original.

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Ok, I remember reading in a thread earlier that standard was the best - so 150 right now.

Will change to 300dpi and see if that is a good balance between quality and size.