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Mac screen capture - sound off?

SensiRiderSensiRider 97 Posts
edited February 2006 in Strut Central
Dear Mac experts,Apple care is no help and the google tells me nothing.Tiger 10.4.5.When I use screen capture (shift-command+4) and i-tunes is playing I hear a pop in my internal speakers as I release the mouse button. This is just as the file is being written to the desktop and corresponds with the time when the screen capture makes that stupid camera shutter sound, so I suspect it's some problem with what program is grabbing control of the sound output. Anybody know a way to change the sound defaults for screen capture? I know you can use the terminal to change the default file format and I'm wondering if there's a similar approach to the sound settings. Thanks.

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  • kojackkojack 42 Posts
    it's not nearly as elegant as the key command, but if you use the Grab app, which is just a GUI for the terminal commands, you can turn sound off in the preferences.
  • SensiRiderSensiRider 97 Posts
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  • SensiRiderSensiRider 97 Posts
    it's not nearly as elegant as the key command, but if you use the Grab app, which is just a GUI for the terminal commands, you can turn sound off in the preferences.

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  • LooksLikeSinbadLooksLikeSinbad 187 Posts
    maybe it's an alert sound, some of them sound like a pop or a glitch. if you turn off the alert sounds in the system preference that might do it.



    Dear Mac experts,

    Apple care is no help and the google tells me nothing.

    Tiger 10.4.5.

    When I use screen capture (shift-command+4) and i-tunes is playing I hear a pop in my internal speakers as I release the mouse button. This is just as the file is being written to the desktop and corresponds with the time when the screen capture makes that stupid camera shutter sound, so I suspect it's some problem with what program is grabbing control of the sound output. Anybody know a way to change the sound defaults for screen capture? I know you can use the terminal to change the default file format and I'm wondering if there's a similar approach to the sound settings.


    Thanks.
  • SensiRiderSensiRider 97 Posts
    maybe it's an alert sound, some of them sound like a pop or a glitch. if you turn off the alert sounds in the system preference that might do it.

    I probably should have mentioned that after the pop the speakers stop working. I-tunes (or whatever other sound generating program) is still running and when I pause and resume the track the sound starts up again.
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