Automate screenshots in mac os x

Update

You can do this with Screenbar. It gives you a user interface instead of running it in the terminal.

Automate screenshots with shell script

I needed to automate screenshots in mac os x, but i needed to use both my hands to play a game at the same time as i was taking screenshots. So i found this gem at TrickyWays. The following script will take a screenshot with a unique name and save it on your desktop. Just copy and paste it into a terminal window:

while [ 1 ];do vardate=$(date +%d\-%m\-%Y\_%H.%M.%S); screencapture -t jpg -x ~/Desktop/$vardate.jpg; sleep 5; done

Just edit the number 5 to a interval in seconds that fit your needs.

Automate screenshots in mac os x terminal

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