[muglo] saving Web pix to Mac

Welcome, James. As you can see, we're a helpful bunch. As you can also
see, the Mac world offers more than one way to do most things and we're
constantly learning new tricks from each other. 

I'm somewhat embarrassed to confess that although I've been using Macs
since they first came out, I've never used Gerhard's trick of just
dragging Web photos onto the desktop, or into any folder or document
you choose. I've always done it by Control-clicking the image, which
invokes a pop-up menu with a range of options from which I can choose
to save the picture to the desktop and reposition it from there into
whatever final destination I like. Gerhard's way is many times faster.
I'm switching as of now.

Ken.d's way is as slow as the one I've always used (you can only save
to the desktop, and then have to open the image from there, move it to
somewhere else and do whatever you want with it), but sometimes it's
the only way to go, because certain prissy Website designers have
figured out ways to make their images immune from being captured in the
other two ways. But taking a screen shot, either of the whole active
screen window (Command-Shift-3) or just of a part of it which you're
about to define (Command-Shift-4) always works; if you can see it, you
can capture it. 

The target-type icon that ken.d mentions, by the way (and by the way,
who he?) is your cursor, which turns into a cross-hair image; you
define the image to be saved to your desktop by dragging the
cross-hairs from any corner of the desired area to the diagonally
opposite corner.

There are a couple of shareware programs available on the Web (Snapz,
etc.) which can make ken.d's procedure handier by letting you specify
where you want the image saved, in preference to the desktop.

The one thing to watch out for when you're capturing an image this way
-- or any way -- is that you get the biggest possible version of that
image. For instance, if you're doing a Google search for pictures of
the Bluenose, you'll get thumbnail-sized images of it, and accompanying
links; you have to follow the links to find the full-sized images,
which are the ones you want. Sometimes, too, Websites will carry small
images that can be double-clicked to invoke much larger ones.

Tee is right in pointing out the usefulness of the Help menu, the
rightmost one on your menu bar. Nearly every Apple program has one, and
it nearly always has the answer to whatever you need to know. Not
always, but nearly. When that fails, Apple and most of its big software
makers have highly helpful user forums, where you'll usually find that
the question you want to ask has been asked before, and answered.
Similarly, a well-worded query on Google will often lead you to the
information you need.

Finally, of course, it's sometimes quicker and more tempting just to
ask MUGLO. You not only get good advice, but also a chance to get
acquainted, if only online, with other like-minded Mac users (hey,
ken.d, who you?).

Welcome, indeed.

Doug Bale
dougbale@xxxxxxxxxx

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