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Screen-grab like a Mac with Digeus SnapIt! (Sort of.)

In a previous post, I wrote: 


It's super smooth to do a screen capture in Mac: 

1. command + shift + 3 to capture the whole screen. 
2. command + shift + 4 > click + drag to capture part of the screen. 
3. command + shift + 4 > spacebar > click to capture a window.

In all cases, a png image will appear on your Desktop. 

The people at Digeus provided me with a copy of SnapIt Screen Capture Software to review. This is what I learned. 

1. SnapIt is snappy. It starts up quickly (after a hassle-free typical install). It doesn't slow down my machine. It runs in a little Taskbar icon. 

2. It can be set up to mimic behaviour 2 above: 

2.1.Press Prt Scrn and your mouse pointer will change to crosshairs. Click and drag the portion of the screen that you want to capture. 
2.2. Right-click the SnapIt icon in the Taskbar and click Save As. 
2.2.1. Or, set up the Preferences to autosave the image wherever you want - I save mine as pngs on my Desktop, mimicking my Mac. 

3. And that's about it. SnapIt doesn't do 1 and 3 like the Mac does. 

3.1. But I'm happy - SnapIt allows me to capture my Twitter Serendipities well enough! Give it a go - it's free to try. 

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iPhone-to-iPhone chat for free anywhere in the world (it's not Ping!)

The dream: Free SMS-like chat with your iPhone peeps.

The fulfilment:

1. Get WhatsApp.

2. Watch WhatsApp automatically find other WhatsApp users in your
Contacts.

2.1. (Make sure your contacts' phone numbers are present.)

3. Click on your WhatsApp-enabled friends' names to instant-message
them for free!

This beats Ping! because:

1. It's free. Ping! isn't, though the Lite version is (but it's ad-
supported).
2. You don't have to create and publicise another username. WhatsApp
uses your phone number.
3. Autodiscovery is the killer feature. You don't have to publish that
you're on WhatsApp. Any user with your number will find out
automatically.

Go get WhatsApp from the App Store now! Go, go! (Especially if you're
an iPhone-toting friend of mine!)

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Is there an easier way to screengrab in Windows?

It's super smooth to do a screen capture in Mac: 

1. command + shift + 3 to capture the whole screen. 
2. command + shift + 4 > click + drag to capture part of the screen. 
3. command + shift + 4 > spacebar > click to capture a window.

In all cases, a png image will appear on your Desktop. So easy, so intuitive! (Once you remember the key combinations. I think to myself, "capture + screen + x...") 

On Windows, I press the Prnt Scrn key, open Paint, paste in the image, save as jpg, then crop as needed. Very messy. Is there an easier way? Maybe I'm just being a Windows n00b and doin it rong. Feel free to correct me, if I am. 

In the mean time, I'm going to review SnapIt Screen Capture Software. I'll see how it goes and let ya know. 

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iPhone Ping! means another username to publicise. Mine's alphalim. What's yours?

So, here's an app that behaves just like SMS, except:

1. It only works between iPhones that have the app installed.
2. It works over the net, so it's free if you're on Wi-Fi.
3. There is no 3.

You Ping! people using their Ping! usernames. Mine is alphalim.

Ping!

Pong.

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I love this Dropbox blog post announcing the arrival of the iPhone app!

From http://blog.getdropbox.com/?p=102 

Keep a 2 GB folder automatically synced on all your computers - Mac, Windows and now, iPhone too! (Get more than 2 GB when you shell out the clams.) 

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"There is no step 2."

I suppose I take this for granted, by now. 

But for those who aren't familiar with it, this is the install procedure for Firefox (and most apps) on Mac. 

"Drag app to Applications folder." 

;). 

(Uninstall? "Drag app to Trash.") 

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