Automatic screenshots on a Mac
September 19, 2009 1:03 AM Subscribe
Can someone point me in the direction of a free Mac program that will run in the background, automatically taking screenshots at a set interval?
Response by poster: Thanks for the suggestions guys! InstantShot! is perfect.
posted by ben5757 at 5:05 AM on September 19, 2009
posted by ben5757 at 5:05 AM on September 19, 2009
Not to suggest you may be using it for a naughty purpose, but note that taking a screenshot on anything short of a 4-processor supermighty Mac incurs a tiny hiccup that freezes the Mac for a moment (less than a second).
It might not be noticed most of the time, but when it happens in the middle of typing or performing some action like a drag, it is noticeable.
And I know that if I found my Mac freezing for a second every minute, I'd track down the problem and find InstantShot, or a cron script, or whatever was causing it....
posted by rokusan at 11:45 AM on September 19, 2009
It might not be noticed most of the time, but when it happens in the middle of typing or performing some action like a drag, it is noticeable.
And I know that if I found my Mac freezing for a second every minute, I'd track down the problem and find InstantShot, or a cron script, or whatever was causing it....
posted by rokusan at 11:45 AM on September 19, 2009
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/usr/sbin/screencapture
Open up the Terminal utility and type in
man screencapture
for options.You could run this periodically via
crontab
, runningscreencapture
on set intervals.posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:21 AM on September 19, 2009