By default the screenshot you capture on Mac is in .png file format. The .png file format supports lossless data compression which means that the screenshot size is on the higher side, well thats not bad for some but for those who are uploading them to web would not prefer it. The good news is that you can change the default file format to any other file format of your choice like gif, jpg or even pdf. In this guide, I will share how you can change the default file format of screen captured on Mac.
- Nov 07, 2020 To change the default screenshot format from PNG to JPG, simply type the following command into Terminal and press Enter: defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg; killall SystemUIServer. You can now try capturing a screenshot on your Mac using the Command + Shift + 3 combo and should see the screenshot saved in the JPG format instead of.
- Open the Pages document that you want to convert. Choose File Export To, then select the format. In the window that appears, you can choose a different format or set up any additional options. Enter a name for your file, then choose a location for the file.
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Changing screenshot file format
You can take a screenshot and convert it to JPG with Preview. You can save a PDF file in Word and export it as JPG with PDFpen, or you can use a free online converter. To reverse the process, however, you need a powerful OCR tool, such as PDFpen or TextSniper to extract your text from an image and put it back into the Word document.
To change the default file format, you need to use the Terminal (also referred as command line) on Mac. To open terminal go to Applications ❯ Utilities ❯ Open Terminal.
To demonstrate I’m changing the default file format to jpg. To change from .png to .jpg type the following command in terminal and hit enter.
Now verify the change by taking a screenshot, press
Similarly to change in other file formats, type the following commands in terminal.
Change to .gif
Change to .pdf
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You can switch between these file formats any number of times as per your requirement.
Reverting the changes
If at some point you choose to go back to .png file format then type the following command in terminal: