#Houdahspot hidden files how to
#Houdahspot hidden files for mac

It's strange, too, because the normal menu search results are segmented by group it doesn't make sense that Show All can't retain/regain that lost functionality. Yeah, that's what the Show All Spotlight results window used to look like in Tiger, but it's been gone since Leopard for some unknown reason. May you all have the most wonderful holidays! :-) Where do I include my system's specs, as I understand they're important in these forums? I'd like to keep the image for easier recognition. Lastly, thanks for the heads up on the signature.

#Houdahspot hidden files for mac

I will try Secrets for Mac (looks awesome!) and will write back if I don't find the answer there the answer to my problem. This may be a result (don't know) of my using Snapz Pro X for more accurate screen capturing (and thus, I may have a conflict in configurations?!?!). Right now I get 'Sshot 1' as the naming convention and then I have to add the date as I like to keep track of when and where I got images from.

#Houdahspot hidden files how to

I still don't know how to get back to having the datestamp automatically included in the file's name. As for the screen capture, I'm glad to know I can change the format via the Terminal (sometimes I prefer jpg's for uploading to blogs and other social networking channels, as I'm aware (I'm a developer) that png's don't play nice sometimes unless websites include the IE png hack in their CSS). If you don't mind, could you review our signature AKcrab: Thanks so much for the help! About Spotlight, I will try to use the link suggested by Turtle777. Our current signature rules give you two options:Īn image (200x50px max, 10KB max, non-animated) and up to one line of text, OR If you don't mind, could you review our signature guidelines? It appears you can customize the text for the filename in a screen capture, but I've never played around with that function.ĭownload Secrets for Mac - Customize many hidden or incomplete Mac OS X settings. I like to use 'secrets' to tweak some of these settings. (I don't know why you would want to, the png format plays nicer with transparencies.)Ĭhange Default Screenshot Save Format In Mac OS X With Default Grab App () If you want to change the format back to jpeg, there are a few ways to do it. png extension is indeed there, it's just hidden. You may find 3rd party software that comes closer to what spotlight used to do.Ģ) My screenshots include the date and time.