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macOS: Change screenshot file type

By default, screenshots save as .png files in macOS. They look awesome but they are not compressed and take a lot of disk space.

If you’re sharing to Facebook and Twitter and don’t really care about screenshot quality, open Terminal and paste the following command:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg

You can also use other formats like .pdf, .tiff, etc. Just change the last letters of the code to your preference.



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