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  • Changing location for screen shots in Mac Os X

    I take a lot of screenshots, and while Os X makes it easy to capture the screen – Cmd + Shift + 3 to capture entire desktop, Cmd + Shift +4  to capture a portion, or Cmd + Shift + 4 and then hit the spacebar to screen grab an entire application window – it saves all the shots to the desktop. I don’t like to clutter up my desktop so I usually change the default folder for screen shots. Here’s how, open Terminal and type in:

    defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /<yourpath>/

    Replace with the full path to the directory where you want to store you screen shots (the directory has to exist). Example: /Users/Kris/Desktop/screengrabs.

    Log out and back in again and your all set.

  • Disable Photoshop CS4′s rotate canvas

    Photoshop CS4 has built in support for Macbook Pro’s multigesture trackpad. The problem is that I keep accidentally rotating the canvas, which is incredibly annoying. Luckily Adobe has released a plugin to disable this feature/annoyance. Download it here.

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