How to take a Kindle screenshot?

December 9, 2008 7:06 AM

How do you take a screenshot on the Kindle? I know the keystroke, but can't find the screenshot file anywhere.

I have found Igor's description that says that Alt-Shift-G is the keystroke, and "due to an implementation bug, screenshots can only be stored on SD card, not the main storage. A gif file is saved in the card root." But that's all the documentation I can find online.

I dutifully inserted an SD card, took a screenshot, and then put the SD card into a camera to download the image into the computer... but iPhoto found no images on the card. Am I doing something wrong, missing a step, ...?

posted by mark7570 to computers & internet (5 comments total)

Only thing I can think is that iPhoto might only be looking for jpegs on the camera (since that's likely what your digital camera saves images as) and might not grab any file off the SD card. Do you have access to an SD card reader to read the contents of the card directly? Can you mount the camera and look at the SD card contents, taking iPhoto out of the equation completely?
posted by genial at 7:20 AM on December 9, 2008

Did you open the SD card on your desktop and look at the files on it? iPhoto's automatic transfer is only going to be looking for photos in the folders where your camera would put them.

If your camera doesn't mount the card on your desktop, consider getting a USB card reader which will. They're only a few bucks and they'll save wear & tear (not to mention battery life) on your camera. The card reader will still work in iPhoto the same way you're used to.
posted by bcwinters at 7:21 AM on December 9, 2008

SD card reader - will give it a shot, thanks!
posted by mark7570 at 7:35 AM on December 9, 2008

Why did you move the SD card from your Kindle to your camera? You can use the included USB cable to plug your Kindle directly into your mac. When you do so, you will see two new drives, one for the Kindle itself, and one for the SD card. The images should be at the root of the SD card drive.
posted by b1tr0t at 7:50 AM on December 9, 2008

Ahh - will have to try that. Thanks, @b1tr0t
posted by mark7570 at 12:45 PM on November 19