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+title = "HowTo: OS X screenshots without shadows"
+date = 2012-12-20
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+
+The beautiful shadows that OS X brings to screenshots are good in some ways or
+depending the purpose of the screenshot itself. But for other things are a
+pain in the ass.
+
+After some research I've found multiple ways to get rid of that shadows
+
+## 1) The default setting
+
+Since the terminal command allows you to deactivate the shadow I assumed that
+there could be some `defaults` option for the same purpose. And it is!
+
+With this two commands you can use the normal keybinds to do _shadowless_
+screenshots:
+
+``` text
+defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool true killall SystemUIServer`
+```
+
+To revert to the original status:
+
+``` text
+defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow -bool false killall SystemUIServer
+```
+
+## 2) The Grab utility
+
+Open the Grab.app: `Applications > Utilities > Grab`, and under the `Capture`
+menu you will find the `Window` option.
+
+You can also use the `SHIFT`+`CMD`+`W` keybind -while Grab.app is focused-.
+
+## 3) The terminal way
+
+OS X provides us with the `screencapture` command, so we can hack around and
+build our own scripts. A simple one that allows interactive capture without
+shadow:
+
+``` text
+screencapture -i -o filename.png)
+```
+
+A more complete one that saves the screenshot on the desktop with the datetime
+as filename:
+
+``` text
+screencapture -i -o ~/Desktop/screenshot_`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`.png)
+```
+
+These are some ways I found. You can play around and make your own bash or
+Automator scripts and improve it to your needs.
+
+Hope this helps!