Just replace the jpg part in the end of the Terminal command with the file format you want. The command is same as the method we used above for JPG. You can pick any other file format like – gif, pdf, png etc. From now on, when you take screenshots on your MacOS, the default file format should be jpeg. Or, you can type the following command to restart the interface server, (the finder window) and it’ll do the same thing.ĥ. However, the effect will take place only after you restart your Mac. From now on, the default format of your screenshot will be jpeg. To do that, press spacebar and cmd, to bring up spotlight search and then search for and click on “Terminal”.Ģ. Type or copy/paste the following command into the Terminal window and then press the enter key defaults write type jpgĤ. So, long story short, if you often upload the screenshot on the web, change the default screenshot format to jpg.ġ. To give you an idea, following are two full-size screenshots of my 5k iMac’s and although there is no noticeable difference in quality, the png file is over 5 MB while the jpg screenshot is just 32 KB. Related: Why Screenshot Are Always Saves As Png? But there is one big issue, by default MacOS saves all screenshot to png format, which although is the best option when it comes to text, but the file size is too big for online websites.
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