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Hello,
1. When I first upgraded to Leopard, my screenshot utility worked (CMD-Shift-3/4). It has since stopped... any ideas? I see that at least two other people reported the same problem here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5749312&#5749312
But it was not resolved. Yes, I know there's a 'Grab' utility and I know there are a number of 3rd party apps. I just want this native feature to work.
2. I've also noted that Spotlight has stopped working: I type something into the search window and there is no response at all. It's not that what I'm looking for cannot be found, it's that nothing happens. Now, I noted in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6051741&#6051741
That I could try forcing a re-index by listing the entire volume as private, then removing it. It worked the first time, but now Spotlight doesn't work again. Any suggestions?
Please let me know if you have any ideas. My last 3 questions have gone unanswered and I'm losing hope in the Apple forums...
Thanks.

Here is a solution that worked for me:
1) Paste into terminal: open ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
2) Expand the Property List "Root" in the window that pops up
3) Click "AppleDisplayScaleFactor" and click the Delete button at the top of the window.
4) Logout/Login
Done!
AppleDisplayScaleFactor is part of the resolution independence in Leopard. If you had tweaked this, even if you reverted back to the original value of 1.0, screencapture won't save pictures.

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