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Extend Mac OS X's Screenshots

Mac OS X has a variety of built in screenshot methods. Here's a look at a few that offer more versatility than the basic full-screen capture (Command-Shift-3):

• Press Command-Shift-4 and you'll get a crosshair cursor with which you can drag to select and capture a certain area of the screen.

• Press Command-Shift-4-Space to select the entire window that the cursor is over, clicking on the window will then capture it. The resulting screenshot will even get a nice drop shadow.

• Hold down the Space bar after dragging out a selection window to move your selection rectangle around on the screen.

• Hold down Shift after dragging out a selection to constrain the selection in either horizontal or vertical orientation, depending on the direction of your drag.

• Hold down Option after dragging out a selection to expand the selection window around a center point.

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iWeb 3.0.2

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Apple has bumped iWeb to version 3.0.2. According to Apple's sparse release notes, the minor update improves comments and search support for blogs and podcasts published to Apple's MobileMe service. Assorted MobileMe publishing issues are also fixed. ($79 as part of iLife, free update, 177.14 MB)

 

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Comments about iWeb 3.0.2

Mac Bakewell  An apple icon for a TidBITS Contributor 2010-09-12 16:17
After update of iWeb 3.0.2 - together with Safari 5.0.2 - Group permissions on applications folder have been changed from ADMIN read/write to WHEEL read-only. Easy enough to fix but unnerving as I was at a loss where this unsolicited change had come from!

Further details at http://download.cnet.com/Apple-iWeb/3000-10248_4-87377.html
Mike Bowie  2010-09-14 01:16
The one thing I would love to know is if the new version includes the ability to easily add a PayPal Shopping cart – without having to endure the frustration and need for specialised technical knowledge to get it done! Any takers, please?
Adam Engst  An apple icon for a TidBITS Staffer 2010-09-14 05:03
Apple said nothing about any changes there, so I'd assume that the answer is no. Sorry!